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Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In South Kent Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run: Feds Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In South Kent Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run: Feds
Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In South Kent Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run: Feds A Romanian man involved in a terrifying 2007 Connecticut home invasion has been sentenced to seven years in prison after evading capture for 15 years, authorities said.  Stefan Alexandru Barabas, 38, was part of a group that terrorized two residents in a scheme that seemed straight out of a nightmare. Just before midnight, Barabas and his accomplices — Emanuel Nicolescu and Alexandru Lucian Nicolescu — broke into a South Kent home wearing masks and wielding knives and fake guns, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.  They tied up and blindfolded two adults, injecting them with a s…

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by Josh Lanier
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Missing Simsbury Man Found Dead In Wooded Area Missing Simsbury Man Found Dead In Wooded Area
Missing Simsbury Man Found Dead In Wooded Area A Simsbury man who has been missing for more than a month has been found dead in a secluded wooded area by police during a search of the area. The body of Bernard Soldate, age 57, of Simsbury, was located around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10 by members of the state police K9 unit along with Simsbury detectives on the north side of the Farmington River, which runs along Tariffville Road. Soldate was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine a cause of death. He was last seen in the West Hartford area on Wednesday, Nov. 23, police said. His vehicle, a 2004 blue Jeep…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Nabbed During CT Home Burglary In Progress, State Police Say Suspect Nabbed During CT Home Burglary In Progress, State Police Say
Suspect Nabbed During CT Home Burglary In Progress, State Police Say A 31-year-old was arrested after police said a Connecticut teen found the man burglarizing his home. New London County resident Benjamin Dahm was arrested at about 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20, according to Connecticut State Police. Police responded to a residence in the Town of Old Lyme after the 16-year-old reported that there was an unknown man in his home, authorities said.  Old Lyme Police officers saw Dahm inside the home upon arrival and discovered a Jeep Cherokee in the garage.  The Jeep did not have license plates and did not belong there, police said. Authorities report…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Cruiser Rammed During Execution Of Search Warrants At CT Hotel, Police Say Cruiser Rammed During Execution Of Search Warrants At CT Hotel, Police Say
Cruiser Rammed During Execution Of Search Warrants At CT Hotel, Police Say An Audi rammed a police vehicle in an effort to get away as officers served two search warrants at a Connecticut hotel related to narcotics and firearms-related crimes, according to authorities. The incident took place in Hartford County at the Hawthrone Suites, located at 191 Spencer St., in Manchester on Thursday, Aug. 12. Police officers, along with the Capitol Region Emergency Services Team (CREST), and East Central Narcotics Task Force, executed two search warrants on two rooms at the hotel and seized both firearms and narcotics, said Manchester Police Department Lt. Ryan She…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say
Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole two purses from vehicles within two days while the victims were present.  The Ansonia Police Department said the two events took place on Saturday, Jan. 30 and Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Cumberland Farms on Pershing Drive and the other from the Stop & Shop on Division Street. The first incident took place around 11:55 a.m., Jan. 30, when a woman was in the Stop & Shop parking lot putting groceries in her car when someone entered the unlocked front passenger door and took her purse, said Ansonia PD Lieutenant Patrick Lynch. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Nearly 200 Cars Stolen Over The Weekend In Connecticut, Sept. 12-13 Nearly 200 Cars Stolen Over The Weekend In Connecticut, Sept. 12-13
Nearly 200 Cars Stolen Over The Weekend In Connecticut, Sept. 12-13 Nearly 200 motor vehicles were stolen in Connecticut over the weekend. From, Saturday to Sunday, Sept. 12-13, 179 cars were stolen in Connecticut, according to Hartford Police. Of the stolen cars 68 percent - 122 vehicles - were stolen with the key fobs left inside the cars, police said. “This is what is happening while you sleep,” Hartford Police said. “Lock your cars. Take your fobs.” The thefts are mostly crimes of opportunity. This weekend, Hartford Police said a 15 and 16-year-olds were arrested in a car stolen from Enfield. On Friday, Sept. 11, Hartford Police detailed the kind o…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Eight Unlocked Vehicles Broken Into In Darien, Police Say Eight Unlocked Vehicles Broken Into In Darien, Police Say
Eight Unlocked Vehicles Broken Into In Darien, Police Say Police issued an alert after nearly a dozen unlocked vehicles were broken into in Darien. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the Darien Police Department announced that nine cars had recently been burglarized, with open storage compartments and disturbed items from those compartments strewn throughout the vehicles. Nine break-ins and attempted break-ins were reported on Oakshade Avenue, Stanley Road, Libby Lane, Holly Lane, and Hollow Tree Ridge Road between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. No items were stolen in eight of the break-ins, though a tool was taken from a vehicle on Holly Lane. …

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by Zak Failla