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Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say
Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say Federal authorities are sounding the alarm over scams that impersonate well-known businesses and government agencies.  In 2023, data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alone show more than 330,000 reports of business impersonation scams and nearly 160,000 reports of government impersonation scams. That amounts to nearly half the frauds reported directly to the agency, the FTC said. Combined, reported losses to these impersonation scams topped $1.1 billion for the year, more than three times what consumers reported in 2020. Reports show an increasingly blurred line between busine…
Know Him? CT FedEx Driver Assaulted Delivering Package, Police Say Know Him? CT FedEx Driver Assaulted Delivering Package, Police Say
Know Him? CT FedEx Driver Assaulted Delivering Package, Police Say Police in Connecticut are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly attacked a FedEx driver as he was delivering a package. The incident took place in Hartford County around a5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23 on Lydall Street in Manchester. Manchester police responded to a home on Lydall Street for a report of package theft, said Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police. When they arrived on the scene, a FedEx driver reported he was attacked by a man while approaching the residence with a package, Shea said. The driver said the suspect arrived in a vehicle and got out of th…
Police ID 24-Year-Old Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In CT Police ID 24-Year-Old Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In CT
Police ID 24-Year-Old Killed In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In CT Police identified a 24-year-old man who died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Connecticut. The crash happened in the Hartford County town of South Windsor at the intersection of Sullivan Avenue and Rye Street at about 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, the South Windsor Police Department reported. Nathan Dallas Eberly, of Simsbury, was riding a motorcycle home from work at FedEx, located at 40 Kennedy Road, when he was struck by a tractor-trailer, police announced on Monday, Oct. 3. Police said the investigation into the crash is ongoing. Authorities asked anyone with information abo…
Local Man Accused Of Breaking Window Of FedEx Truck During Dispute In Fairfield County Local Man Accused Of Breaking Window Of FedEx Truck During Dispute In Fairfield County
Local Man Accused Of Breaking Window Of FedEx Truck During Dispute In Fairfield County A 61-year-old man is facing charges after police said he broke the window of a FedEx truck during an argument with the driver in Fairfield County. Police responded to a report of a dispute in the 300 block of Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan at about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, the New Canaan Police Department reported. Authorities said Robert Muller, of New Canaan, was driving south on Ponus Ridge Road when another vehicle entered his travel lane because a FedEx truck had stopped to make a delivery. Muller told officers he was upset about the way the truck was positioned on the road, an…
School Bus Driver In Fairfield County Faces DUI Charge After Crash School Bus Driver In Fairfield County Faces DUI Charge After Crash
School Bus Driver In Fairfield County Faces DUI Charge After Crash A Fairfield County school bus driver has been charged with putting 26 middle school students at risk when he crashed into a FedEx van. Harold Bollings, age 64, of Stratford, was arrested on Tuesday, March 1, on a warrant for the incident which took place on Wednesday, Jan. 12 in Stratford. The crash took place in the area of 3241 Main St., said Captain Frank Eannotti, of the Stratford Police. At the time of the crash, Bolling was driving a school bus with 26 students aboard, said Eannotti. During the crash, the school bus struck a FedEx truck and came to rest on a property on Main St…
Man Sentenced For Trafficking Drugs To Connecticut Man Sentenced For Trafficking Drugs To Connecticut
Man Sentenced For Trafficking Drugs To Connecticut An out-of-state man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for trafficking drugs into Connecticut. Leonard C Boyle, acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Noe Castro, age 51, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 20. According to court documents and statements made in court, in late 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Task Force and New Haven Police Department began investigating an organization that was responsible for trafficking kilogram-quantities of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and Arizona to the New Haven area.…
CT FedEx Employees Accused Of Stealing 20 Smartphones CT FedEx Employees Accused Of Stealing 20 Smartphones
CT FedEx Employees Accused Of Stealing 20 Smartphones Two FedEx employees have been charged with allegedly stealing 20 smartphones from a shipping box on a conveyor belt. Simon M. Muriithi, age 18, of South Windsor, and Tyshawn Thomas, age 19, of East Hartford, both employees at the FedEx distribution center in South Windsor were arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 19. According to Sergeant Mark Cleverdon, of the South Winsor Police, the two were observed by FedEx security stealing smartphones from a shipping box on their conveyor belt.  In total, 20 phones were taken, totaling approximately $8,000, police said. Both men …