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Police Issue Alert After Area Resident Loses $1K In Email From Friend Charity Scam Police Issue Alert After Area Resident Loses $1K In Email From Friend Charity Scam
Police Issue Alert After Area Resident Loses $1K In Email From Friend Charity Scam Police are warning area residents to be wary after one was taken for more than $1,000 as part of a charity scam. Police have issued an alert warning of a charity scam involving a phony email sent from fraudsters. According to police, the resident received an email they believed to be from a close friend, including the use of the first and last name. The email was requesting that the victim, a resident of Hamden, Connecticut, help out with a charity event for a cancer hospital. “This wonderful person with a big heart, contributed over $1,000 to what they believed was going to a great cause…

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by Zak Failla
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Knife-Wielding Area College Student Chases, Threatens Roommate, Police Say Knife-Wielding Area College Student Chases, Threatens Roommate, Police Say
Knife-Wielding Area College Student Chases, Threatens Roommate, Police Say An area college student was arrested after chasing his roommate with a knife and threatening to kill him, according to police. Josiah Diaz-Cregan, a freshman at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, was arrested Monday after Hamden Police responded to a report of threatening on campus, said Hamden PD Capt. Ronald Smith. An investigation revealed that the 18-year-old student had a verbal dispute with his roommate, Diaz-Cregan, Smith said. The dispute escalated when Diaz-Cregan chased his roommate with a knife while threatening to kill him.  With the assistance of Quinnipiac Univers…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Most Wanted Fugitive In Double-Murder Case Caught In Area Most Wanted Fugitive In Double-Murder Case Caught In Area
Most Wanted Fugitive In Double-Murder Case Caught In Area A 54-year-old man named one of U.S. Marshals’ 15 most wanted fugitives was captured 16 years after he allegedly killed his sister and an ex-girlfriend in New York City. Andre Neverson, 54, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 4 after U.S. Marshals and police received information that he was hiding in a house in Bridgeport, authorities said. U.S. Marshals and Bridgeport Police closed in when Neverson was spotted leaving the home. Neverson, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is accused in the 2002 murders as well as for a parole violation and an illegal entry into the United States, according to the …

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by Jon Craig