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CT Lawmaker Charged With DUI: Reports CT Lawmaker Charged With DUI: Reports
CT Lawmaker Charged With DUI: Reports Connecticut State Rep. Aundré Bumgardner has been arrested for driving under the influence, multiple news outlets report. According to WFSB, police stopped the 30-year-old Democrat on Gold Star Highway at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 2. Bumgardner said he was trying to get his intoxicated wife home after hitting something on the highway, then failed three sobriety tests.  Bumgardner reportedly blew 1.822% and 1.722%, both more than twice the legal limit of .08%, the outlet says. Bodycam footage obtained by CT Insider shows Bumgardner failing field sobriety tests. Daily Voice has reached …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Purse Forcibly Stolen From Woman In CT Library Parking Lot: Suspects At Large Purse Forcibly Stolen From Woman In CT Library Parking Lot: Suspects At Large
Purse Forcibly Stolen From Woman In CT Library Parking Lot: Suspects At Large Authorities are looking for suspects traveling in a stolen vehicle who forcibly stole a purse from a woman in a Connecticut library parking lot.  The incident happened in New Haven County on Wednesday, June 26 just after:15 p.m., when an 80-year-old woman's purse was stolen in the parking lot of the Southbury Library at 100 Poverty Rd. after a short struggle, according to Southbury Police.  The suspects' vehicle was described as a black Cadillac XT5 with a Rhode Island registration 1BR577, which was later confirmed to have been stolen from Stonington, police said. Before pol…

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by Ben Crnic
News
CT Man Admits Committing 37 Robberies Across State CT Man Admits Committing 37 Robberies Across State
CT Man Admits Committing 37 Robberies Across State A Connecticut man has admitted to committing at least 37 violent robberies across the state in 2022.  Hartford County resident Lonny Cross, age 45, of Bristol, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, May 21, for the crimes that ranged from Hartford to Fairfield County and one in New York in September and October 2022, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, Cross committed 37 robberies and attempted robberies of gas station convenience stores, mini-markets, and liquor stores in North Branford, Waterbury, Wol…

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by Kathy Reakes