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57-Year-Old Woman Wanted In NY For Burglary, Grand Larceny Nabbed In CT
A woman wanted for larceny she allegedly committed on New York was caught in Connecticut, police said.
On Wednesday, Nov. 30, around 6:30 p.m., police in New York and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office on Long Island notified Connecticut State Police that they held an active arrest warrant for 57-year-old Middlesex County resident Jacqueline Jewett of Westbrook, police said.
Later that day around 7:20 p.m., Jewitt turned herself in to Connecticut State Police and was taken to York Correctional Institute in Niantic, where she is held on a $500,000 bond, according to police.&…
Man, 31, Wanted For Forgery, Felonies Found Asleep At Wheel In Greenwich, Police Say
A Long Island man found sleeping at the wheel of his vehicle in Fairfield County was later charged with being a fugitive from justice.
Matthew Amato, 31, of West Islip, was found around 6:18 a.m., Thursday, April 25, in his 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the travel lane of Sound Shore Drive by Greenwich Police, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz.
Upon an investigation, officers found that Amato was wanted on several warrants in Suffolk County for two counts of forgery, police said.
Amato was arrested and charged with being a fugitive from justice.
He is being held on $500,000…
Woman With Five Kids Arrested After Apparent Danbury Kidnapping
Connecticut State Police apprehended a woman wanted for kidnapping after locating her car at a Danbury gas station.
The incident took place Tuesday after troopers received a notice to be on the lookout for a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer from Pittsfield, Mass., with a woman and five children, said Trooper Kelly Grant.
According to officials, the woman, Shareen Tanna, 40, had taken her three children in violation of a custodial interference order, along with two others and had threatened to harm herself and the children.
She was believed to be traveling to Rochester, N.Y., where she had a home…