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Mom Intentionally Drove Son Into Connecticut Lake In Murder/Suicide, Police Say Mom Intentionally Drove Son Into Connecticut Lake In Murder/Suicide, Police Say
Mom Intentionally Drove Son Into Connecticut Lake In Murder/Suicide, Police Say Police have determined that a mother “intentionally drove” into a Connecticut lake, killing herself and her son who was a passenger. The incident took place on Friday, July 31, when Connie Crowell, age 54, of Monroe, and her passenger and son John Crowell, age 22, both died due to drowning when she drove an SUV into the Housatonic Lake in western New Haven County in the Town of Seymour, on Roosevelt Drive. Seymour Deputy Police Chief Roberto Rinaldi said that following a lengthy investigation, the department has ruled the incident as a murder/suicide.  "Connie Crowell inten…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes
NYC Duo Charged In $42.8K Scam With Money Sent To Vacant Homes Two men from New York City were arrested as they retrieved $42,800 in payments sent by victims of a telephone scam to vacant homes for sale in Fairfield County, police say. Police received a complaint on Tuesday, Nov. 19, of suspicious activity concerning the delivery of packages to vacant homes for sale.  On Friday, Nov. 22, police received a call from a UPS security about suspicious deliveries scheduled to be delivered to two vacant homes for sale in eastern Fairfield County in the town of Monroe.  Surveillance was set up on each of the homes. A vehicle was observed driving pas…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
'Amityville Horror' Ghost Hunter To Be Buried In ‘Haunted’ Cemetery 'Amityville Horror' Ghost Hunter To Be Buried In ‘Haunted’ Cemetery
'Amityville Horror' Ghost Hunter To Be Buried In ‘Haunted’ Cemetery Lorraine Rita Moran Warren, renowned ghost hunter and paranormal researcher of "Amityville Horror" fame, will be buried in the "haunted" Fairfield County cemetery at Stepney Village in Monroe, where people have claimed to see a White Lady roaming the grounds. Warren, who died on Thursday, April 18, at her Monroe home at the age of 92, was half of the husband and wife team of Ed and Lorraine Warren, known as the “ Seekers of the Supernatural”. The Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952. Called “ America’s top Ghost hunters” the team was often asked to assis…

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by Kathy Reakes