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• Hartford police bust large-scale heroin operation

  05-09-2015 23:38
  
  HARTFORD – On Thursday just after 6 p.m. police said they executed search and arrest warrants on Main Street as a result of a long-term investigation into a large-scale heroin trafficking operation.
  Seized in the raid were almost 3,000 bags of heroin, close to 100 bags of cocaine, and $14,000 in suspected drug proceeds.
  According to police, the operation involved several controlled purchases, surveillance, on-site arrests, and electronic monitoring.
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• Hartford police bust large-scale drug factory

  05-09-2015 23:38
  
  HARTFORD – On Thursday just after 6 p.m. police said they executed search and arrest warrants on Main Street as a result of a long-term investigation into a large-scale heroin trafficking operation.
  Seized in the raid were almost 3,000 bags of heroin, close to 100 bags of cocaine, and $14,000 in suspected drug proceeds.
  According to police, the operation involved several controlled purchases, surveillance, on-site arrests, and electronic monitoring.
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• Torrington Road Closed Due to Rollover Crash With Entrapment

  05-09-2015 23:37
  
  Hayden Hill is closed in Torrington after a rollover crash that trapped someone in a vehicle.
  
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• Crews Respond to Reported Restaurant Fire

  05-09-2015 23:22
  
  West Hartford firefighters are responding to a fire reported at a restaurant in Blue Back Square.
  
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• Westport police rescue 3 fishermen from water off Cockenoe Island

  05-09-2015 23:05
  
  WESTPORT – On Saturday at around 11:20 a.m. the Westport Police Marine Division received a radio distress call regarding a capsized canoe with three men in the water east of Cockenoe Island.
  Police responded to the area in boat and located the men floating in the water.
  All three were pulled from the water onto the police boat and found to be in good health.
  All were wearing life jackets at the time their 18 foot canoe tipped over. Their canoe was recovered and towed to Compo Marina.
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• Bobcat Sighting in Manchester

  05-09-2015 23:03
  
  Manchester animal control officials described a beautiful encounter with a bobcat after area residents spotted one and called to alert them.Photo Credit: Manchester Animal Control
  
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• It's National Cheese Pizza Day!

  05-09-2015 22:12
  
  Today's National Cheese Pizza Day!
  
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• Police: officer rescues 1-year-old who locked herself in BMW

  05-09-2015 22:04
  
  NORWALK — Norwalk police say an officer rescued a 1-year-old girl after the child accidentally locked herself in a BMW.
  Police said Officer Jeremy Salley found the little girl red-faced and sweaty inside the car at about 11:30 a.m. Friday. She had been in the car, parked outside the Rowayton Library, for about 10 minutes.
  The car’s security system couldn’t be overridden, so Salley used a spring-loaded window punch to break out the driver’s side window, crawled inside and
  
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• Fishermen Rescued After Canoe Capsizes

  05-09-2015 22:00
  
  Emergency responders rescued three fishermen from Long Island Sound near Cockenoe Island in Westport after their canoe capsized.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Parents granted probation in 19-month-old’s fatal abuse case

  05-09-2015 21:50
  
  NEW HAVEN — Parents whose 19-month-old son died after they allowed a baby sitter suspected of abuse to care for him alone have been granted probation.
  The New Haven Register reports a judge granted accelerated rehabilitation to 35-year-old Sivakumar Mani and his 26-year-old wife Thenmozshi Rajendran. Charges of risk of injury to a child and interfering with a police officer will be dismissed in two years if they complete a court-ordered program. They also were accused of falsely telling po
  
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• Bathroom access for transgender teen divides Missouri town

  05-09-2015 21:33
  
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  HILLSBORO, Mo. – Missouri transgender teen Lila Perry says she began to feel like a girl when she was 13 and started appearing as one in school this year when classes began in August.
  The 17-year-old Hillsboro High School senior wears skirts, makeup and a long wig styled with bobby pins. She even started using the girls’ locker room to change for gym class, despite the school’s offer of a single-occupancy restroom.
  “I am a girl. I am not going to be pushed awa
  
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• Louisiana women arrested after video of violent fight with McDonald’s worker surfaces

  05-09-2015 21:14
  
  Watch VideoLAPLACE, LA – Four Louisiana women face charges after a cellphone video surfaced showing a McDonald’s worker being pulled through a drive-thru window and punched several times.
  17-year-old, Kailin Holland of Harvey has been booked with second-degree battery in connection with the fight which happened last Wednesday (August 26). Authorities say Holland is the person who pulled the 16-year-old victim through the window.
  The fight happened about 8:21 p.m. at the McDonald&rsqu
  
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• What will Apple announce on Wednesday?

  05-09-2015 20:53
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Despite what a recent Apple invitation promised, Siri is terrible at giving hints.
  Luckily, there are enough rumors and hints flying around online to give us a pretty good idea of what to expect at next week’s big Apple press event. Apple will almost definitely upgrade its iPhones, likely introduce a new Apple TV, and maybe launch a large iPad Pro.
  We will be reporting live from the event at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on September 9. Come
  
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• Red Sox Place Ramirez On 15-Day DL

  05-09-2015 20:40
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have placed Hanley Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right shoulder.
  The 31-year-old Ramirez missed the previous seven games because of the injury. During his time down, he has taken grounders at first as he attempts to convert from an outfielder to infielder again.
  Ramirez is batting .249 with 19 homers and 53 RBIs.
  In May, he sprained his left shoulder making a catch and running into a side wall in left.
  He hit 10 homers in April, but his p
  
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• Some kids using ‘secret’ apps to hide photos from parents

  05-09-2015 20:38
  
  BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. -- The app police have struck again. An Alabama prosecutor posted a warning for parents about a photo-hiding app for smartphones -- and her video went viral.
  Pamela Casey, the district attorney for Blount County (population 58,000), published the warning on her office's Facebook page. It has attracted 1.4 million views since Tuesday.
  Casey showed parents how to identify the app, Private Photo (Calculator%) on their children's smartphones. The app appears to be a simple calcu
  
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• Hamden Police Investigating Street Robbery Of SCSU Student

  05-09-2015 20:22
  
  HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Police are investigating the reported armed robbery of a Southern Connecticut State University student near campus.
  The university said in a Facebook posting that the male student was not injured. The university said two men with handguns took several personal items from the student on a sidewalk in front of the 190 Pinerock Avenue apartments.
  Hamden police are investigating the midnight Friday incident. 
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• Cruise ship ‘suicide’ woman wakes from coma, denies she jumped; murder investigation opened

  05-09-2015 20:21
  
  ROME — A 53-year-old woman, who investigators believed attempted suicide by jumping off a cruise ship, awoke from a six-week coma and now claims she did not try to kill herself.
  Laura Stuardo told police she had argued with her partner in their cabin on the Costa Fortuna cruise ship while it was docked in the Norwegian port of Flam on July 19. She fell 100 feet from the private balcony of their room, according to media reports.
  “I don’t remember if he pushed me, but I
  
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• Have Faith In Your Fantasy Baseball Roster Down The Stretch

  05-09-2015 20:17
  
  By Sam McPherson
  It’s getting down to the end of a long fantasy baseball season, with only four weeks left in the Major League Baseball season. With so little time left, making up ground in your fantasy league is a difficult task this late. A lot of fantasy owners will overreact, however, and make too many moves.
  At this point, fantasy baseball owners need to stick to the plan, trust in the moves they have already made, and commit to the reliable players they have on their rosters already.
  
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• Prosecutor: Ohio mom brutally beaten, body hidden in closet while suspects partied

  05-09-2015 19:29
  
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  ASHTABULA, Ohio -- Prosecutors say an Ohio woman was beaten to death and her body was hidden in her closet for days while two suspects partied.
  Mandy Gottschalk, 36, was reported missing by her family on Aug. 17. Her body was found several days later in a shallow grave.
  Kyle Starkey and Ryan McBride were both arrested after Gottschalk's body was found.
  Starkey has been indicted on two counts of murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidenc
  
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• Home health care worker arrested for stealing from elderly clients

  05-09-2015 17:59
  
  LEDYARD — Police arrested a woman after she stole from elderly clients she was caring for.
  Police took Aleesha-Lin Wood, 25, of Norwich into custody on Friday.
  According to officials, a lengthy investigation revealed Wood had stole from several elderly clients in her care in the Town of Groton. Wood stole over $10,000 worth of jewelry, gold and silver coins, silverware, and money from the victims.
  Wood was working for Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services at the time. Wood was release
  
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• Gas Prices Continue Dropping Labor Day Weekend

  05-09-2015 17:32
  
  Gas prices continued to fall as millions of Americans hit the road for the three-day weekend.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area
  
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• Dog Pound Challenge Serves to Help Animal Rescues

  05-09-2015 17:08
  
  Dogs from Huskies to Bulldogs are helping rescue dogs Labor Day Weekend -- at the inaugural UConn women's volleyball Dog Pound Challenge, that is.
  
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• Cop Pulls Child From Hot Vehicle

  05-09-2015 16:26
  
  (Norwalk, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A Norwalk police officer had to rescue a child accidentally locked in a car.
  It happened at the Rowayton Library around 11:30 Friday morning.
  Police say an officer responded to a report of the one-year-old little girl in a BMW.
  She was described as red faced and sweaty.
  The officer, Jeremy Salley, had to knock out a window with a spring loaded window punch to climb inside and get the little one.
  EMS evaluated and cleared the child at the scene.
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• Water Testing Kits This Weekend At Goshen Fair

  05-09-2015 16:15
  
  GOSHEN, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s Department of Public Health is providing free private well testing at the Goshen Fair.
  The first 100 people who visit the agency’s private well education booth will be eligible for the testing.
  The booth will be open Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  The free kits will allow homeowners to collect a water sample from their well, which will be analyzed by the Department of Public Health
  
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• Officer Rescues Girl, 1, Who Locked Herself in BMW

  05-09-2015 16:10
  
  An officer rescued a 1-year-old girl found locked in a BMW at a Norwalk library late morning on Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• College Student Robbed at Gunpoint

  05-09-2015 16:02
  
  A Southern Connecticut State University student was robbed at gunpoint and police are looking for the two men responsible, police said.
  
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• Man Injured After 30-Foot Fall From Railroad Trestle

  05-09-2015 16:00
  
  LifeStar airlifted a man to the hospital after falling from a railroad trestle on Barlow Street in Bristol on Friday night.
  
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• Two men rob SCSU student at gunpoint

  05-09-2015 13:16
  
  HAMDEN — Police are looking for two men after they reportedly robbed a Southern Connecticut State University student on Friday.
  The robbery happened around midnight in front of the 190  Pinerock apartments.  According to police, two men displaying handguns, took personal items from a student before fleeing the area.
  The student was not injured during the incident.
  
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• Life Star transports man after falling off his quad

  05-09-2015 12:54
  
  BRISTOL — A man is injured after falling off his quad on Friday night.
  Police were called to the railroad tracks on Barlow Street around 9:30 where they discovered a man lying on the tracks.
  According to police, Michael Blake, 41, of Bristol, was riding his quad eastbound on the tracks when he was thrown from the vehicle. Police said Blake fell 30 feet from the railroad trestle onto the tracks.
  Life Star transported Blake to Hartford Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
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• The Stan Simpson Show: Stopping the murders in Hartford

  05-09-2015 11:32
  
  HARTFORD - There have been 24 murders in Connecticut's capital city. Hartford has the most in New England - more than Boston, which is much bigger in population.
  Stan talks Hartford’s out-of-control murder rate with his guest, Sgt. Steven Austin, of the Hartford Police Department's Special Operations Unit. He oversees the city’s “Longevity Project”, which reaches out to ex-offenders to present other options than living a life of crime. Stan talks to h
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: Remedies for the murder surge in Hartford

  05-09-2015 11:32
  
  HARTFORD - There have been 24 murders in Connecticut's capital city. Hartford has the most in New England - more than Boston, which is much bigger in population.
  Stan talks Hartford’s out-of-control murder rate with his guest, Sgt. Steven Austin, of the Hartford Police Department's Special Operations Unit. He oversees the city’s “Longevity Project”, which reaches out to ex-offenders to present other options than living a life of crime. Stan talks to him about street viol
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: More on Hartford’s murder rate

  05-09-2015 11:31
  
  HARTFORD - There have been 24 murders in Connecticut's capital city. Hartford has the most in New England - more than Boston, which is much bigger in population.
  Stan talks Hartford’s out-of-control murder rate with his guest, Sgt. Steven Austin, of the Hartford Police Department's Special Operations Unit. He oversees the city’s “Longevity Project”, which reaches out to ex-offenders to present other options than living a life of crime. 
  
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• Man Falls While Driving ATV On Bristol Railroad Trestle

  05-09-2015 08:52
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — A man was severely hurt in a bizarre crash in Bristol last night.
  Police say a man rode his four wheel ATV on a railroad trestle, then fell off the vehicle.
  The man plummeted 30-feet, and landed on the pavement on Barlow Street.
  A passerby found Michael Blake lying on the roadway, and called police.
  Life Star took the 41-year-old Bristol resident to Hartford Hospital.
  Police found the ATV on the railroad tracks.
  
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• Prado’s RBI Double In 11th Gives Marlins 6-5 Win Over Mets

  05-09-2015 08:24
  
  STEVEN WINEAP Sports WriterMIAMI (AP) — Martin Prado had his first five-hit game Friday night, and his final hit gave the Miami Marlins an extra-inning victory.
  Prado lined a two-out double in the 11th to score Christian Yelich from first base and beat the New York Mets 6-5.
  Cole Gillespie singled to open the 11th against Mets reliever Erik Goeddel (0-1). Yelich hit into a fielder’s choice, and scored without a play when Prado hit a 3-2 pitch into the right-field corner off Eric O&rs
  
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• Cromwell-Portland Team Plays First Scrimmage Since Hazing Arrest

  05-09-2015 05:24
  
  The Cromwell-Portland Panthers took on the Granby Bears Friday night in the high school football team's first scrimmage since a 16-year-old member was arrested on hazing charges.
  
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• Police Respond to Crash on Route 8 North in Derby

  05-09-2015 05:09
  
  Route 8 northbound was closed for hours Friday night near exit 17 in Derby following a crash on the highway, according to state police.
  
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• Bus driver arrested after leaving 5-year-old on bus for hours

  05-09-2015 05:00
  
  NEW BRITAIN - A bus driver in New Britain was arrested for leaving a child on a school bus for several hours.
  On Wednesday, police say a mother of a Smith Elementary School student got a call her 5-year-old son had been marked absent, but she had put him on the bus at 8:40am.
  New Britain police began investigating the missing child. School administrators reached out to the bus company DATTCO, which confirmed the child was picked up that morning.
  They later found the boy still asleep on the bus
  
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• Thousands flock to state parks and shoreline for Labor Day weekend

  05-09-2015 04:53
  
  MADISON -- Hammonasset Beach State Park was filled to capacity Friday evening as campers and holiday travelers descended on the shore line to enjoy the waning days of Summer.
  "It went by too fast. Way too fast," said Mike Maler of Branford. "It's close to home but it still feels like it's far away and you can't go wrong with the beaches, the amount of beaches, beach area that's here, campgrounds are nice and clean so it's going to be a great weekend."
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• Red Sox Hold Off Phillies

  05-09-2015 04:48
  
  By KEN POWTAK   Associated Press
   
   
   BOSTON (AP) _ Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo homer and David Ortiz an RBI double in Boston’s four-run seventh inning as Joe Kelly won his seventh straight start and the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 Friday night.
  Mookie Betts added an RBI double for Boston, which entered the weekend 10-1-2 in its last 13 series against the Phillies.
  Odubel Herrera had a two-run homer and three hits for Philadelphia.
  Kelly (9-6) gave
  
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• Connecticut prosecutors seek to re-argue for death penalty

  05-09-2015 04:44
  
  HARTFORD— Connecticut prosecutors are seeking to re-argue the death penalty before the state Supreme Court, which voted last month to strike it down as unconstitutional.
  The Hartford Courant reports that the chief state’s attorney’s office filed a motion Friday to again argue the case.
  Justices ruled 4-3 that the death penalty “no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency.”
  Prosecutors seek to strike from the record an opinion by Justice Andrew J. McDon
  
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• Yankees Out Hit,Rays Out Scored

  05-09-2015 04:36
  
  By BEN WALKER   AP Baseball Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Sizzling rookie Luis Severino won his third straight start and Alex Rodriguez hit his 681st career home run, sending the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games.
  Brian McCann and Greg Bird also homered for the Yankees, who hold the top AL wild-card spot and are trying to catch East-leading Toronto. New York won with just four hits _ an infield tapper and three long balls.
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• Tom Brady Thanks Supporters

  05-09-2015 04:22
  
  Tom Brady took to Facebook Friday to thank his supporters and express his excitement to begin the regular season after a summer-long battle inside and outside of a federal courtroom where Judge Richard...Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• LifeStar Responds to Bristol

  05-09-2015 04:20
  
  LifeStar responded to Bristol on Friday night, according to dispatchers for the medical helicopter service.
  
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• Tom Brady speaks out on suspension ruling for the first time on FaceBook

  05-09-2015 04:13
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Like every game, Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he’s focused on his next opponent. But he doesn’t feel like he’s got a new edge with star quarterback Tom Brady able to play in the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Asked Friday how it felt to have Brady back with his four-game “Deflategate” suspension erased, Belichick told reporters: “He never left.”
  Brady certainly factored into his team’s celebration pl
  
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• Old Saybrook Lighthouse Sold to Owner of Hepburn Estate

  05-09-2015 04:10
  
  The owner of Katharine Hepburn's sprawling 3.4-acre estate in Old Saybrook has brought the nearby Breakwater Lighthouse.Photo Credit: Elizabeth O'Brien-Deitz
  
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• Motorcycle Crash Closes Route 32 in Montville

  05-09-2015 04:02
  
  Route 32 is closed in both directions in Montville while troopers investigate a serious motorcycle crash, according to state police.Photo Credit: Google Maps
  
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• Seymour man arrested for abducting his estranged wife

  05-09-2015 03:58
  
  SEYMOUR – A Seymour man wanted for a domestic disturbance and abduction of his estranged wife was taken into custody Friday without incident, according to police.
  Police say the incident occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, August 29, during a domestic disturbance in which a female victim was potentially taken against her will.
  Shortly after midnight, police got a 911 call from a Seymour resident who lives in the area of Brookdale Road. He reported a disturbance across the
  
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• Route 8 Northbound Closed in Derby Because of Crash

  05-09-2015 03:40
  
  Route 8 northbound is closed near exit 17 in Derby while authorities respond to a crash, according to state police.
  
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• Man Took Video Up Women's Skirts at South Windsor Target: Cops

  05-09-2015 03:35
  
  An Ellington man is facing charges after using his phone to take video up women's skirts at a Buckland Hills Drive store in South Windsor, police said.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Former DMV official sentenced to prison for sexual assaults

  05-09-2015 03:14
  
  WATERBURY – A disgraced former state official was sentenced to prison Friday.
  Former Department of Motor Vehicles Deputy Commissioner Victor Diaz of Waterbury received eight years in prison plus ten years of special probation after pleading guilty to repeated sexual attacks against a young girl.
  Diaz pleaded guilty in June to one count of illegal sexual contact with an underage victim. The plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors that would spare the victim from enduring a difficult
  
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