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• Card Skimmer Found at West Hartford Sunoco

  02-02-2017 23:48
  
  A skimmer was found at a Sunoco in West Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• East Hartford Man Linked to Shooting Charged With Attempted Murder

  02-02-2017 23:47
  
  One person was arrested on Thursday for allegedly shooting a 25-year-old man in East Hartford over the weekend, police said.Photo Credit: East Hartford Police
  
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• Suspect in East Hartford convenience store shooting arrested

  02-02-2017 23:45
  
  EAST HARTFORD — Police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting last Saturday. Alphonso Clarke, 26, of Hartford, was arrested in Hartford, and charged in connection with the shooting of Greg Beaufort, 25, in East Hartford on January 28. Police were called to the Krauszer’s store at 468 Main St, for reports of shots fired around 2:30 a.m.Saturday. Police found Beaufort with multiple gun-shot wounds. He was taken to Hartford Hospital where he underwent surg
  
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• Judge discharges bankruptcy after 50 Cent pays $22 million

  02-02-2017 23:36
  
  HARTFORD — A federal judge has discharged rapper 50 Cent‘s bankruptcy case after he paid more than $22 million. Bankruptcy Judge Ann Nevins approved the discharge Thursday in Hartford, Connecticut. The rapper who burst onto the music scene in 2003 with his debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin,” filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in 2015, citing debts of $36 million and assets of less than $20 million. He owns a home in Farmington, Connecticut. Nevins approved a plan
  
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• More toddlers suffer eye burns from laundry packets, study says

  02-02-2017 23:13
  
  BOSTON —  From 2012 to 2015, the number of chemical burns to the eye linked to laundry detergent packets rose more than 30 times among young children, a new study says. More than 1,200 3- and 4-year-olds received such burns in that time period, according to the research published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Ophthalmology. Single-dose detergent packs, known as laundry packets or pods, entered the mass market in 2012. “Each pod consists of a detergent mixture wrapped in [
  
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• Connecticut AG Sues Doctor, Alleging Prescription Scam

  02-02-2017 23:04
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s attorney general is suing a Stamford doctor and her husband, alleging they took part in a scam to sell medically unnecessary custom-made prescription drug creams.
  The lawsuit alleges that UConn employee Kwasi Gyambibi, of Stamford and his wife, Dr. Kakra Gyambibi, convinced other state employees to use the expensive compound-drug mixtures made by Advantage Medical and Pharmaceuticals LLC.
  The lawsuit says those prescribed the d
  
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• Sharon Man Accused of Possessing 116 Child Porn Images

  02-02-2017 22:54
  
  A Sharon man is accused of possessing child pornography images on his computer, police said.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• CBS Sports’ Clark Kellogg Breaks Down Indiana-Wisconsin Big Ten Clash

  02-02-2017 22:13
  
  Bryan Altman
  The calendar has finally flipped to February, meaning March is officially right around the corner. Breezing through the month to get to March Madness may seem like a good idea, but February’s in-conference showdowns set the table for the NCAA Tournament and all the madness.
  This weekend features more action-packed games in multiple conferences. The Big Ten showdown between the Indiana Hoosiers and the No. 9-ranked Wisconsin Badgers, to air Sunday, Febr
  
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• Cody Rhodes Still Doesn’t Regret Leaving WWE

  02-02-2017 21:55
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  For a pro wrestler there is no greater risk than leaving WWE and gambling on yourself. Yet, for the man formerly known as Cody Rhodes that gamble is paying off big time. If you follow him on social media, you’ll know his departure has changed him. He doesn’t have time for quirky tweets about what he’s eating for breakfast anymore. His timeline is flooded with announcements for upcoming dates where he’ll be wrestling.
  What does his touring schedule look li
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Six Exceptional Car Dealers’ Community Service

  02-02-2017 21:43
  
  Ford dealers gave more than $100 million to causes in 2016, and Ken Crowley of Crowley Ford shares details with Ray.  Ford dealers contributed to a wide variety of causes in 2016, with the largest number giving to children’s causes, environmental and hunger relief, education and scholarships, and initiatives to aid veterans, police, fire and first responder personnel.
  Six dealers from around the world are being honored for exceptional community service as part of Ford’s Salute t
  
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• Platt Students Work on Project for International Space Station

  02-02-2017 21:43
  
  A project students at a Milford technical school have been working on will be going to space. Their project is for NASA and will be used at the International Space Station.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Getting Noticed During The Super Bowl

  02-02-2017 21:40
  
  How are advertisers looking to get noticed this year during the commercial breaks during this Super Bowl? Steve Wolfberg, Principal and Chief Creative & Growth Officer with advertising agency Cronin, offer some expert insight.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Streamlining Student Services

  02-02-2017 21:38
  
  Director of Communications Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Maribel La Luz joins Ray to break down advances in streamlining student services.
  Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) announced an upgrade to their current Enterprise Student Information Systems which is designed to streamline student services, advising, security and mobile technologies.
  The upgrade will secure and modernize the existing technology and, among other things, allow students to register, enroll and
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Will Aetna Leave Connecticut?

  02-02-2017 21:36
  
  Ken Gosselin covers real estate and financial services for the Hartford Courant.  He has a question– could Connecticut be losing another major company?  Aetna is discussing a move to Boston with Massachusetts officials.  What would such a move do to Connecticut?
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: The Urban League’s Landmark Study

  02-02-2017 21:18
  
  Dr. Stanley Battle, founding director of University of Saint Joseph’s Masters of Social Work Program, and editor of “The State of Black Hartford,” discusses the Urban League’s update of its landmark study.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: A Look At Supreme Court Justice Pick Neil Gorsuch

  02-02-2017 21:15
  
  David Alistair Yalof, Professor and Department Head University of Connecticut Department of Political Science, looks at Trump’s Supreme Court Justice pick, Neil Gorsuch.
  
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• Rooftop 'Igloo' Bar Opens Next Week in Boston

  02-02-2017 20:54
  
  Rooftop cocktail bars are all the rage in the summer. But in the winter, Boston's frigid temperatures can make them a tough sell. But it looks like The Envoy Hotel may have figured out a solution.Photo Credit: Facebook/Outlook & Lookout at The Envoy HotelThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Informational Hearing On Failing Foundations

  02-02-2017 20:48
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – The crumbling foundations plaguing homeowners in Eastern Connecticut were the focus of an hours-long legislative forum in Hartford Thursday.
  The session brought together the construction industry, state officials, citizens’ groups, and lawmakers. A second session– tentatively set for Feb. 17– is expected to include tax assessors, realtors and state and federal agencies.
  More than 450 homeowners have filed complaints about failing founda
  
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• CBS Adds “Doubt” To Mid-Season Schedule

  02-02-2017 20:40
  
  Brace yourselves this February for the season’s sexiest new drama, Doubt. Things are heating up in the courtroom on Wednesdays, starting February 15th at 10/9c, as we follow the journey of a New York legal firm’s finest group of lawyers. This groundbreaking drama will push the envelope with an all-star diverse cast of beautifully flawed characters with one common factor…passion! They’re crazy about justice, passionate about defending the innocent and willing to risk it a
  
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• TODAY's Al Roker to Visit College Campuses for #Rokerthon 3

  02-02-2017 20:34
  
  This year, Rokerthon is Storming Into the Madness and hitting college campuses across America…The TODAY show is asking college students to show their school spirit and say why Al Roker should do a live...Photo Credit: TODAYThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Couple Charged After Police Find Heroin Operation Across from School

  02-02-2017 19:52
  
  A Middletown couple has been arrested after police said they found thousands of dollars worth of heroin, as well as other drugs, in an apartment across the street from an elementary school.Photo Credit: Middletown Police
  
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• Maine governor again won’t support Patriots in Super Bowl

  02-02-2017 19:15
  
  PORTLAND, Maine — Another year, another Patriots Super Bowl appearance that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has no interest in watching. The Republican governor of New England‘s biggest state said during a WGAN-AM radio appearance on Thursday that he won’t watch the big game against the Atlanta Falcons. LePage says he continues to have “a real hard time getting over what Bob Kraft did to the state of Connecticut.” The Patriots owner terminated a deal to move the franchise to
  
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• Cold Temperatures for Friday and the Weekend

  02-02-2017 19:15
  
  Scattered snow showers and flurries will continue throughout the day with temperatures rising to near 40 degrees statewide.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths On The Rise

  02-02-2017 19:14
  
   Dr Ulysses Wu, chief of infectious disease joined Ray as reports show pneumonia and influenza deaths on the rise.  According to the CDC, 7.4 percent of deaths were due to pneumonia and influenza during the week ending Jan. 7, which is above the epidemic threshold of 7.3 percent for that week. Flu-related hospitalizations continued to rise as well. As of Jan. 21, there have been 4,317 lab-confirmed flu-associated hospitalizations this season, up drastically from the 2,864 rep
  
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• Police Investigating Burglary at East Windsor Sushi Restaurant

  02-02-2017 19:07
  
  Police are investigating and armed robbery at a sushi restaurant in East Windsor.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Rep. Tony Guerrara Talks Tolls and Seatbelts on School Buses

  02-02-2017 19:00
  
  Rep. Tony Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, asks where does the committee see tolls or a mileage tax going this session? Also has the debate over seatbelts on school buses returned?
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Save Money and Reduce Trash Program In West Hartford

  02-02-2017 18:52
  
  Mornings With Ray Dunaway with Robert Klee
   
  Robert Klee, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), will talk about the SMART (Save Money and Reduce Trash) trash reduction program, which could be coming to West Hartford.
   
  
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• New Haven Firefighter Killed in New Britain Crash

  02-02-2017 18:46
  
  A New Haven firefighter who turned 37 yesterday was killed in a crash in New Britain early Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Director of NASA’s HUNCH Program Visits Platt Technical High School

  02-02-2017 18:43
  
  David Tuttle, Precision Machining Department Head at Platt Technical High School, talks the school visit from Stacy Hale.
  Director of NASA’s nationwide HUNCH program (High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware), Hale will visit Platt Technical High School on February 2nd at 10:00 am. Platt Tech students, who have been working with NASA to build and inspect space station parts, will have the opportunity to sign their names on a locker that will eventually end up in the space station.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Red Sox Prepare For Spring Training

  02-02-2017 18:17
  
  Red Sox team historian Gordon Edes talks about the team coming together, Chris Sale’s big welcome and the team’s preparations for Spring Training. On Saturday, single-game tickets for most Red Sox home games go on sale.
  
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• Groundhogs Differ on Early Spring or 6 More Weeks of Winter

  02-02-2017 18:09
  
  The groundhogs have spoken -- well not really -- and there is some dissention in the rodent community on whether we'll have an early spring of six more weeks of winter.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• State Committee to Meet on Crumbling Foundations Issue

  02-02-2017 18:07
  
  The state Planning and Development Committee of the General Assembly will meet for a four-hour session today about the crumbling home foundation problem plaguing hundreds of Connecticut homeowners.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bishop Announces Plans To Merge Stamford Catholic Schools

  02-02-2017 17:44
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Diocese of Bridgeport is merging four of Stamford’s five Catholic schools into one pre-K through eighth-grade flagship school this fall as part of a phased restructuring plan.
  The Stamford Advocate reports that Bishop Frank Caggiano on Wednesday announced a system combining all of the diocese’s elementary schools to address declining enrollment and financial challenges.
  The plan stipulates that the new school will at first operate out of two campuses
  
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• Man Faces Deportation For 12-Year-Old Theft Conviction

  02-02-2017 17:43
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man whose wife and daughter are seriously ill is facing deportation to the Dominican Republic because of a 12-year-old conviction for stealing a purse.
  The Journal Inquirer reports that Domingo Ferreira is scheduled to appear in federal court in Hartford on Thursday.
  The 44-year-old East Hartford resident came to the U.S. 30 years ago and faces losing his legal permanent resident status.
  Ferreira’s wife, Diane, has an inoperable brain tumor and hi
  
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• Class at SCSU Studies Early Days of Trump Presidency

  02-02-2017 17:12
  
  A new politics class at Southern Connecticut State University will be focusing on the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration.Photo Credit: NBC
  
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• Five Burning Super Bowl Questions

  02-02-2017 17:00
  
  by Rob Joyce
  Both teams have arrived in Houston, and it’s time to start really breaking down Super Bowl LI. The Patriots are going for their fifth Super Bowl, all in the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era. The Falcons, conversely, are appearing in their second Super Bowl and are trying to hoist their first Lombardi Trophy. Two of the best quarterbacks in the league are going head-to-head, both defenses are good, not great, and we could be in for one of the highest-scoring title games of all-time
  
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• Trump To Review Illegal Sub Photos Case

  02-02-2017 16:59
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The conviction of a Navy sailor who took photos of classified areas inside a submarine is getting a new look from the Trump administration.
  An attorney for Kristian Saucier, who is serving a one-year prison sentence, says he was encouraged by President Donald Trump’s national security adviser to seek a pardon. Trump has said he is reviewing the case.
  Saucier pleaded guilty last year to unauthorized detention of defense information for taking the photos inside t
  
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• Physicians’ Group Named Dodd Prize Winner

  02-02-2017 16:37
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) – A physicians’ group that has worked to document war crimes around the world and prevent atrocities has been named the winner of a human rights award from the University of Connecticut.
  The New York-based Physicians for Human Rights advocacy organization was announced Thursday as the recipient of the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights at UConn’s Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
  The group uses science, clinical medicine and research
  
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• Maine Governor Laments Failed Plan To Move Patriots To Connecticut

  02-02-2017 16:12
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Another year, another Patriots Super Bowl appearance that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has no interest in watching.
  The Republican governor of New England’s biggest state said during a WGAN-AM radio appearance on Thursday that he won’t watch the big game against the Atlanta Falcons.
  LePage says he continues to have “a real hard time getting over what Bob Kraft did to the state of Connecticut.” The Patriots owner terminated a deal
  
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• Board Approves Plan to Update 3 East Lyme Elementary Schools

  02-02-2017 16:06
  
  A lack of air conditioning, better security and increasing enrollment are reasons the East Lyme Superintendent of Schools said the town's three elementary schools need upgrades.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford Reopens After Several Crashes

  02-02-2017 15:56
  
  The area around 300 Bloomfield Ave. in West Hartford was shut down after two vehicles and a school bus crashed, but the scene has cleared.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• New Haven Firefighter Killed In Early-Morning Crash In New Britain

  02-02-2017 15:07
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – An off-duty New Haven firefighter was killed early Thursday when a car hit a utility pole on Black Rock Avenue in New Britain.
  Jeffrey O’Neil, 37, of New Britain, was the lone passenger in the 2002 Honda Accord. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said police. Wednesday was O’Neil’s birthday. He had been with the New Haven Fire Department for about two years.
  The driver of the car, Yabey Oppenheimer, 37, of Hartford was taken to a l
  
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• Man Killed In Early-Morning Crash In New Britain

  02-02-2017 15:07
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – New Britain police say a local man was killed early Thursday when a car hit a utility pole on Black Rock Avenue.
  Jeffrey Oneil, 37, was the lone passenger in the 2002 Honda Accord. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said police. Wednesday was Oneil’s birthday.
  The driver of the car, Yabey Oppenheimer, 37, of Hartford was taken to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
  The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m., just east of Warren Street
  
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• One Lane Moving After Car Fire on I-84 West in Middlebury

  02-02-2017 14:52
  
  One lane is getting by on Interstate 84 West in Middlebury after a car fire.Photo Credit: Middlebury Fire DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• School Bus Involved in Crash in Southbury

  02-02-2017 14:51
  
  Police responded to a school bus crash on Main Street in Southbury and said no one was injured.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Hartford Man Sentenced To 49 Years In Craigslist Killing

  02-02-2017 14:31
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Hartford man convicted of orchestrating the robbery and murder of a man during the prospective sale of two Craigslist items has been sentenced to 49 years in prison.
  The Hartford Courant reports 25-year-old Rashad Moon told a Hartford Superior Court judge Wednesday that he was sorry about the shooting but maintained his innocence. Moon was found guilty in December of felony murder and other offenses.
  Prosecutors say Marvin Mathis fatally shot Fe
  
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• Man Convicted Of Murder For Role In Fatal Home Invasion

  02-02-2017 14:27
  
  LITCHFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man has been convicted of murder and several other charges for his role in a fatal home invasion in Sharon.
  The Republican-American reports that the Litchfield jury on Wednesday found Hiral Patel guilty in the shooting death of 23-year-old Luke Vitalis in August 2012. Patel faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced on April 21.
  Prosecutors say Patel, of Branford, was one of several men involved in a plot to steal the pro
  
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• New Britain man killed in early morning accident

  02-02-2017 14:25
  
  NEW BRITAIN — A New Britain man is dead after an early morning accident. Police said that on Thursday  at approximately 1:15 a.m., they went to Black Rock Avenue just east of Warren Street for a report of a car that hit a telephone pole. The New Britain Fire Department was on scene to help with getting people out of the 2002 Honda Accord and stabilizing it. Police said the driver of the car, Yabey Oppenheimer, 38, of Hartford was taken to the hospital for
  
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• Teen Pleads No Contest In Crash That Killed 2 Passengers

  02-02-2017 14:24
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut teenager who authorities say drove a stolen car and crashed into a utility pole in 2015, killing two passengers, has pleaded no contest to manslaughter charges.
  Court records obtained Wednesday by the Republican-American show that 18-year-old Luis Quinones entered the pleas in Waterbury Superior Court in the deaths of 13-year-old Neibor Luzuriaga and 15-year-old Sajanae Winfrey.
  Records show that Quinones will be sentenced to 15 yea
  
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• Connecticut Pastor Had The Power, But Not The Money

  02-02-2017 14:19
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The pastor of a Connecticut church has been charged with stealing about $8,000 worth of electricity.
  The Connecticut Post reports that Bishop William Marshall, pastor of City of Life Worship and Deliverance Center in Bridgeport, was charged Wednesday with third-degree larceny.
  Marshall, who was released on a promise to appear in court, did not return calls for comment.
  Authorities say back in October investigators for United Illuminating Co. wer
  
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