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Longtime CT Eye Doctor Sentenced For Bogus Brain Scan Scheme Longtime CT Eye Doctor Sentenced For Bogus Brain Scan Scheme
Longtime CT Eye Doctor Sentenced For Bogus Brain Scan Scheme A longtime ophthalmologist in Connecticut will have to pay back over $1 million and spend time in federal lockup after confessing that he ordered unnecessary brain scans to line his pockets. Hartford County resident Donald Salzberg, age 69, of Avon, was sentenced to one year in prison in Boston federal court on Thursday, May 9. It came nearly two years after Salzberg, who operated Salzberg, M.D. on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford for nearly 40 years, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and receive kickbacks. Earlier Report: Popular CT Eye Doctor Admits To Tak…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Friends 'Heartbroken, In Shock' Over Couple's Death In Eastern Mass Car Crash Friends 'Heartbroken, In Shock' Over Couple's Death In Eastern Mass Car Crash
Friends 'Heartbroken, In Shock' Over Couple's Death In Eastern Mass Car Crash Peers are lamenting after of a couple that recently graduated from the same college in Rhode Island died in rollover crash in Eastern Massachusetts this weekend.  Haley Gens and Joshua "Josh" Taylor, both age 23, were killed in the single-vehicle crash that happened in Middlesex County near 717 Highland Street in Holliston on Saturday night, March 18, Holliston Police report.  Connecticut resident Gens, of the town of Avon in Hartford County, participated in cross country at Bryant University while Taylor, a resident of Holliston, was a member of the Ultimate Frisbee team, as previously r…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Car Bursts Into Flames After Ramming Into Tree In Hartford County: Police Car Bursts Into Flames After Ramming Into Tree In Hartford County: Police
Car Bursts Into Flames After Ramming Into Tree In Hartford County: Police A single-vehicle crash turned into a blazing fire, officials say.  Only a small amount of smoke was visible when officials responded to the scene of a car crash in Hartford County on East Main Street/Route 44 in Avon around 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, according to the Avon Police Department. The car crashed into a tree near Raymour & Flanigan Furniture and Mattress Store.  Officers pulled the driver and their passenger from the vehicle before the fire spread, engulfing the vehicle.  At 9:43am, the Avon Police Department responded to East Main Street/Route44 in the area of Raymo…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Intoxicated Avon Man Causes 3-Car Crash In Farmington, Runs From Cops: Police Intoxicated Avon Man Causes 3-Car Crash In Farmington, Runs From Cops: Police
Intoxicated Avon Man Causes 3-Car Crash In Farmington, Runs From Cops: Police A man with a history of driving while intoxicated caused a three-car pile-up with two other vehicles before ignoring police and driving away from the scene, officials say.  In Hartford County, Jeffrey Gostyla, age 54, rear-ended a car stopped at a red light around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, causing it to crash into the vehicle in front of it on the I-84 Exit 39 off-ramp in Farmington, according to Connecticut State Police.  State troopers arrived on the scene to find two vehicles blocking the right center lane of traffic and learned from the vehicles' drivers that the car that …

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Illegal Gun Possession After Crash On CT Roadway Man Charged With Illegal Gun Possession After Crash On CT Roadway
Man Charged With Illegal Gun Possession After Crash On CT Roadway A Connecticut man has been charged with illegal gun possession after state police found a loaded gun while investigating a crash. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the town of Norfolk. According to Connecticut State Police, troopers responded to a crash on Route 44 in Norfolk, where Hartford County resident David Kulikowski, age 39, of Avon, drove his Toyota Corolla off the road on Route 44 and collided with a concrete barrier. He then continued across the highway into the grassy shoulder where he struck a utility pole, state police said. …

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School
New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School The arrest report for a Connecticut teacher accused of sexually abusing young female students reveals that as many as 13 victims had reported the teacher's alleged actions to the principal or other authorities for several years. News of the Litchfield County teacher's actions became public on Tuesday, Aug. 23, with the arrest of three employees and a former administrator, for failing to report abuse by a former Plymouth Center School teacher, James Eschert, a Hartford County resident. Those arrested were: Chrystal Collins, age 59, of Bristol Rebecca Holleran, age 47, of Bristol Sherri Tur…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Doctor Admits To Getting Kickbacks In Exchange For Ordering Unnecessary Procedures CT Doctor Admits To Getting Kickbacks In Exchange For Ordering Unnecessary Procedures
CT Doctor Admits To Getting Kickbacks In Exchange For Ordering Unnecessary Procedures A Connecticut eye doctor was paid handsomely from a five-year fraudulent medical billing scheme that netted millions of dollars. Hartford County resident Donald Salzberg, age 67, of Avon, pleaded guilty Thursday, July 14, to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to receive kickbacks in federal court in Boston. Prosecutors said that between 2014 and 2019 Salzberg, who owned and operated an ophthalmology practice in West Hartford, conspired with a principal for a medical diagnostics company to order hundreds of unnecessary brain scans. Salzburg and h…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket
Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket One CT Lottery player is feeling extra lucky after cashing in a winning scratch-off ticket worth a half-million dollars. In Hartford County, a resident of Avon who chose not to disclose a name won $500,000 playing "$500,000 Extravaganza!" on Monday, March 28 after cashing in a ticket sold at the Big Y Class Market on West Main Street in Avon. "$500,000 Extravaganza!" players have a 1 in 3.09 chance of winning, lottery officials said. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is validated through a Lottery Retailer's terminal, the remaining number of unclaimed prizes for that …

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Admits To Child Exploitation Offense CT Man Admits To Child Exploitation Offense
CT Man Admits To Child Exploitation Offense A Connecticut man will spend years behind bars after admitting to distributing child pornography, federal officials announced. Michael Ferro, age 36, formerly of Avon in Hartford County, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 in district court in New Haven to one count of distribution of child pornography following his arrest last year. Prosecutors said that on Aug. 18, 2021, Ferro used the Kik social media app to begin chatting in a group with an undercover FBI agent who posed as the father of a 12-year-old girl. When Ferro determined that the officer was purportedly engaging in sexual activi…

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by Zak Failla
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Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses
Connecticut Man Charged With Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses A Connecticut man has been charged by federal authorities with multiple child exploitation offenses. Hartford County resident Michael Ferro, age 35, of Avon, surrendered to law enforcement on Wednesday, Sept. 29, according to Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. As alleged in the complaint, on Wednesday, August 18, Ferro, using the Kik social media application, began chatting in a Kik group with an FBI covert agent who was posing as a father of a 12-year-old girl.  After Ferro determined that the fictitious father was engaged in sexual activity with his “…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Shops Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Shops
Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Shops Ulta Beauty has plans to close 19 stores this year. Shops slated to get the ax have not been announced, but the beauty supplies chain has shops in Connecticut and Massachusetts that could be impacted. Ulta Beauty top officials blamed COVID-19’s economic disruption as the reason for the cuts. Even while it closes some stores, Ulta Beauty has plans to open 30 more. Efforts will be made to transfer employees from closed shops to new or already existing ones, the company said in a press release. Ulta operates 1,500 to 1,700 stores in the U.S. In Massachusetts, there are Ultas in Holyoke …

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by Kristin Palpini