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Suspects On Run After CT Gas Station Robbery Suspects On Run After CT Gas Station Robbery
Suspects On Run After CT Gas Station Robbery Police are searching for four men, all wearing ski masks, who allegedly robbed a Connecticut gas station during the early morning hours. The incident occurred in Middlesex County at around 4 a.m. on Monday, April 29, at the Sunoco gas station at 519 Washington St. in Middletown. According to Chief Erik Costa of the Middletown Police, the store clerk, who was not injured, told police that four men, all wearing ski masks and gloves, entered the store and ordered him to stay where he was. The suspects then stole items from the store, including $1,250 in cash and change and more than $5,0…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket 24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket
24-Year-Old Wins $25K: Family Tradition Yields Lucky CT Lottery Ticket After nearly trading her winning lottery ticket with her sister, a 24-year-old from Connecticut is now $25,000 richer. Old Lyme native Gabriella Cohen learned she had won the whopping prize after scratching off her “$500,000 Extravaganza” lottery ticket that she had won in a game played by her family every Christmas Eve, Connecticut Lottery announced on Friday, Jan. 27.  During the celebration at her family's Old Lyme house on Christmas Eve, Cohen was partaking in this tradition, during which family members will throw ping pong balls into cups with hidden numbers inside. Thes…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man
Call By Concerned Citizen Leads To DUI Arrest Of CT Man A Connecticut man was arrested for an alleged DUI after a concerned citizen called the state police. The incident took place in Tolland County around 9:50 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31 at a gas station in the town of Somers. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers received a report from a concerned citizen of an individual who appeared intoxicated, sitting inside a vehicle at the Sunoco gas station, located at 169 Main Street, in the town of Somers.  A description of the vehicle was provided and the reporting party expressed concern about the individual potentially driving away from…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station
Winning $825K Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Sold At CT Gas Station One fortuitous CT Lottery player won nearly $1 million playing a popular scratch-off game sold at an area gas station, lotto officials announced. A Hartford County player from Newington - who chose not to disclose a name - is feeling lucky after cashing in a "200X" worth $825,000 that was sold at the Sunoco station on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington on Tuesday, April 26. According to CT Lottery, the top prize on a "200X" ticket - where players can win up to 200 times - is $1 million. The overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.21. That wasn't the only ticket worth at least six figures that w…

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by Zak Failla
News
High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say
High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say A Long Island man was arrested in Fairfield County after taking engaging the police in a high-speed pursuit. Nassau County resident Jax Bateau, age 22, of Elmont, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 18, after Greenwich Police officers spotted a car speeding on Sound Beach Avenue around 2:40 a.m., said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella.  The vehicle then pulled into the Sunoco gas station on Arcadia Road but quickly left after seeing the police officers and fled south on Park Avenue at a high rate of speed, and ran a red light at the intersection of Park Avenue and Lockwood Avenue, Zuccerel…

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by Kathy Reakes