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• What is the ‘grey market’ and how to avoid getting scammed when online shopping

  21-02-2017 23:44
  
  HARTFORD — If you’ve done any online shopping lately, the The Connecticut Better Business Bureau has a warning for you. You may have bought something off the “grey market” and not even realized it. Most products can be found online in what is know as the grey market, but shoppers end up getting less than they bargained for. This means your purchase may come with no warranty and may not be manufactured according to US regulatory standards. This applies to ev
  
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• Value of Brady’s missing Super Bowl jersey listed as $500K

  21-02-2017 23:36
  
  BOSTON — The value of Tom Brady’s missing Super Bowl jersey is listed as $500,000 on a Houston Police Department report. The New England Patriots quarterback is listed as the complainant in the report dated Feb. 6, the day after the Patriots came back from a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime. The police report was made public Tuesday. Investigators have been working to identify who was in the locker room at the time the jersey […]
  
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• Night showers with temps in the 40s lead to a clear and milder Wednesday

  21-02-2017 23:24
  
  The clouds are now in place, and a little rain is on the approach overnight tonight. Temps stay mild tonight, in the upper 30s, so it’s just rain and nothing else. Rain exits early Wednesday morning, and as the skies clear, the temps take off, up to the mid 50s Wednesday, and the low 60s Thursday – which may be good enough for a record breaker in the high temp department. A few more chances for rain arrive by the […]
  
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• Nail salon employee stabbed with pen; New London police arrest suspect

  21-02-2017 23:21
  
  NEW LONDON — One nail salon employee was stabbed with a pen and another was charged with assault Tuesday after a fight at the business, according to police. Around noon, New London Police were called to Lucky Nails Salon, 191 Jefferson Ave. to investigate the report of a fight and stabbing taking place. Police said when they arrived, they found the parties separated and one of them was bleeding from the face. Officials said both parties were employed at the salon […]
  
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• No Verdict Yet for Dad Accused of Throwing Baby off Bridge

  21-02-2017 23:16
  
  The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a Middletown father accused of throwing his 7-month-old son off the Arrigoni Bridge in 2015.Photo Credit: Middletown Police and Silver Alert
  
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• Holy Land Cross in Waterbury Vandalized

  21-02-2017 23:14
  
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• End of Week Warmth Will Rival Records

  21-02-2017 23:09
  
  A push of mild air will settle into the region through the end of the week. High temperatures for Thursday and Friday could even break records.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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• Crews Quickly Put Out Fire at Grant's in West Hartford

  21-02-2017 23:08
  
  Crews worked quickly to put out a small fire at Grant's in West Hartford on Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Waterbury’s Holy Land cross vandalized, police investigating

  21-02-2017 22:57
  
  WATERBURY — Police are investigating after the iconic Holy Land U.S.A. cross was defaced over the weekend. Waterbury Police said they received their first complaints from the owners on Sunday night. The vandals used spray paint to draw graffiti on the cross according to police. Police said the drawings included multiple pentagrams and other satanic symbols. “It’s the symbol of Waterbury. Regardless of one’s religion or faith, it’s something everyone’s pro
  
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• Salem woman charged with DUI 8 months after crash that seriously injured elderly couple

  21-02-2017 22:40
  
  PLAINFIELD —  A Salem woman is facing criminal charges after an investigation found she was driving under the influence when she crashed into a car involving two elderly people in June 2016. On June 6, around 12:32 p.m., Plainfield Police Department, Plainfield Fire Department, and American Legion Ambulance responded to a two car head-on car crash on Starkweather Road. Police said Stephanie Januszewski, 30, failed to drive in her lane as she crossed the center road line, cra
  
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• Double the fee, double the return: Gov. Malloy’s proposed bottle bill revision drawing criticism

  21-02-2017 22:37
  
  EAST HAVEN — A couple redeeming cans and bottles at T&J IGA, in East Haven, don’t like Gov. Dannel Malloy‘s plan to double down to a dime on Connecticut’s beverage deposit law. “I think he’s just trying to get more money out of people,” said Biagio Infante of New Haven. “It’s not worth it to raise everything up. We struggle enough as it is.” If the bill passes, a 24 pack of soda, for instance, would now have a deposit […]
  
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• Bull in Wild NYC Chase Dies Hours After Capture

  21-02-2017 21:18
  
  The rogue bull that escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse and led police on a wild, hours-long chase through neighborhood streets Tuesday, ducking under caution tape and sidestepping police officers, has...Photo Credit: NBC 4 New YorkThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Cross at Holy Land in Waterbury Vandalized

  21-02-2017 20:54
  
  The Holy Land cross in Waterbury, which stands high upon Pine Hill, has been vandalized and the graffiti is visible to people driving by on Interstate 84.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Officials Launch New Plastics Recycling Program

  21-02-2017 20:49
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Some 200 grocery and other stores across Connecticut are part of a program to recycle certain plastics– ones that can’t just be dropped into the blue, single-stream recycling bin.
  Officials gathered at the Price Chopper supermarket in Middletown Tuesday to unveil the new Connecticut WRAP (Wrap Recycling Action Project) initiative, to recycle plastic shopping bags, bubble wrap and plastic wrappers which should not be thrown into the blue sin
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: 8 Essential Skills For Culture of Autonomy

  21-02-2017 20:30
  
  Sandra Janoff is in town with Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) to kick off the series on February 23rd. In addition to signing her book, she will explain Lead More, Control Less’ non-traditional approach to leadership and will provide an overview of the eight essential skills for establishing a culture of autonomy,  self-leadership, and for wearing “authority more lightly.”
  
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• Keidel: Where Should Tony Romo Go?

  21-02-2017 20:26
  
  By Jason Keidel
  While the media and masses play spin the bottle with Tony Romo’s career, it feels like there are more candidates for the Cowboys QB’s services than there are NFL clubs.
  Depending on the channel, show or pundit, the beleaguered Cowboy — who had a biblically bad year, going from Cowboys QB to injured to benched to perhaps cut in six months — has a dozen potential destinations. Predictions for where Romo will end up pinball across the map, from the Bears to t
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: An Argument Against The Mileage Tax

  21-02-2017 20:24
  
  Sen Len Suzio (R-13) is Co-Chair of the Committee on Children and Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee. He is also a member of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding, Judiciary, Veterans Affairs Committees.
  Suzio joins Ray to make his argument to defund the mileage tax– which would charge drivers in the state by the mile– as well as HB 6313.  HB 6313 was designed to establish a tax for single-use carry out plastic and paper bags.  The funds from such tax would then be used
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Public Healthcare Forum Preview

  21-02-2017 20:23
  
  Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Ray to preview the public forum he will be hosting with healthcare professionals at the Berlin Senior Center.
  The forum will focus on healthcare and the Affordable Care Act.  Learn more…
  
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• Woman Charged in 2016 Plainfield Crash That Injured Moosup Couple

  21-02-2017 20:16
  
  A Salem woman is accused of driving under the influence and causing a June 2016 head-on crash in Plainfield that sent a Moosup couple to the hospital.Photo Credit: Plainfield Police
  
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• Deliberations Begin in Trial of Dad Accused of Throwing Baby

  21-02-2017 20:12
  
  The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a Middletown father accused of throwing his 7-month-old son off the Arrigoni Bridge in 2015.Photo Credit: Middletown Police and Silver Alert
  
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• Middletown Bridge Baby Death Case Going To Jury After Closing Arguments

  21-02-2017 20:08
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — After closing arguments today, a jury will now decide the guilt or innocence of a Middletown man accused of throwing his infant son off the Arrigoni Bridge.
  Lawyers for the defense and the prosecution both used a lifelike baby doll during their presentations, and both leaned on a mock-up of a bridge railing.
  States Attorney Peter McShane says the defendant sent vicious text messages to the baby’s mother just before killing the child.
  “Those texts are indicat
  
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• Free Tax Preparation Help Available in New Haven

  21-02-2017 20:03
  
  New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and city and community officials are encouraging more Elm City residents to take advantage of the city’s free tax preparation program.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Trump administration outlines plan to crack down on undocumented immigrants

  21-02-2017 19:34
  
  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security Tuesday laid out the Trump administration‘s plans for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, including a potentially massive expansion of the number of people detained and deported. But the Trump administration also emphasizes that it is leaving intact the DACA program — President Barack Obama‘s protections for so-called DREAMers — even if the new rules chip away at protections for undocumented migrants overall.
  
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• MONEY WISDOM: Social Security Myths

  21-02-2017 19:24
  
  Joel addresses some myths about Social Security that need to be put to rest, while also tackling the hotly-debated issues in the financial world.
   
  
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• COMPUTER TALK with TAB: Fake Support Scams & Firefox Update Issues.

  21-02-2017 19:19
  
  Google says real estate is the biggest market sector targeted by e-mail malware. Other sectors are also ranked. Bill Gates believes robots that take your job should pay taxes. Japan plans to recycle old phones to make medals for the 2020 Olympic Games. On the Mexican border, feds find marijuana slinging catapults. Over in Germany,  a kids doll is labeled as an “espionage device,” and banned.You next home phone could be an Amazon Echo or Google Home device. Watch a replay o
  
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• Cow on the Run in NYC Eludes Cops for Hours

  21-02-2017 19:02
  
  A rogue cow running through Queens, New York, drew a huge law enforcement response Tuesday as it ducked under caution tape and sidestepped police officers, eluding cops for hours before it was taken into custody...Photo Credit: NBC 4 New YorkThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• VOICES OF RECOVERY: Incredible Journeys Toward Recovery

  21-02-2017 18:50
  
  Hosts Ann Baldwin, President and CEO of Baldwin Media and Phil Valentine, Executive Director of the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery, speaks with guests Ray and Steve about their incredible journeys to recovery. To hear Ray & Steve’s individual stories, tune-in Sundays to Voices of Recovery!
   
  
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• HEALTHY ROUNDS: Current Neurology Therapies

  21-02-2017 18:39
  
  Dr. Alessi discusses current therapies in neurology with Dr. L. John Greenfield Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University of Connecticut.
   
  
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• LAW TALK: “Docs vs. Glocks” Decision & Defamation Lawsuit Over FB Posts

  21-02-2017 18:24
  
  Find out the he Appellate Court decision resolving the “Docs vs. Glocks” dispute between physicians and gun rights advocates in Florida.
  In a warning to all Social Media users, a North Carolina defamation lawsuit settled for $500k when a woman said she’d been unjustly defamed by another woman’s derogatory comments on Facebook. Their disagreement involved a  fight for control over a local low-power radio station.
  Listener calls discuss probate estates, the right (or n
  
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• Couple Fined for Not Removing Racial Slur Spray-Painted on Home

  21-02-2017 18:23
  
  A Connecticut couple whose garage door was spray-painted with a racial slur now faces hundreds of dollars in fines for refusing to remove itLexene Charles, 56, and his common-law wife, Heather Lindsay,...Photo Credit: Lexie Charles/Heather LindsayThis 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 study says Hartford one of the worst state capitals to live in

  21-02-2017 17:57
  
  HARTFORD — A new study ranks Hartford as one of the worst capitals to live in. WalletHub, a website that offers free credit scores, reports and credit improvement, ranks Hartford next to last on their list of best state capitals. Hartford’s quality of education and health rank was 20 but it’s affordability rank was 49, economic well-being rank was 45 and its quality of life rank was 40. The only capital deemed worse than Hartford was Jackson, MS. The top three capital
  
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• 5-year-old sneaks out with friend to ‘buy toys’ at night; driver rescues them from busy highway

  21-02-2017 17:29
  
  BOW, Wash. – A Washington State family is thanking a random stranger for stopping and saving their 5-year-old daughter from a midnight adventure. The young girl and her friend had waited until her parents had fallen asleep to sneak out. They had made it a quarter-mile before being stopped by Marc Breckenridge and his fiancé. “The first thing I saw was Zoey, their chocolate lab, standing right in the middle of the road,” said Breckenridge. Breckenridge was on his way [&he
  
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• President Trump calls recent anti-Semitic incidents ‘horrible’

  21-02-2017 17:14
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the recent spate of threats targeting the Jewish community in the US are “horrible” and “painful” as he faced a growing chorus of calls from Democrats and Jewish leaders urging him to speak out. Trump made the remarks following a tour of the National Museum of African American Museum and Culture, hours after Hillary Clinton tweeted that “everyone must speak out, starting (with) @POTUS,” using Trump’s
  
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• Police: Southington mom drove drunk with kids in the car before crash

  21-02-2017 17:09
  
  SOUTHINGTON — A Southington woman stands accused of driving drunk with kids in her car. On Wednesday just after 3:15 p.m. police arrested Bethany Duguay, 37, of Southington, for DUI, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and failure to maintain proper lanes. Police said they went to Curtiss Street and Riverside Court to investigate a crash. Police said Duguay was driving her car west on Curtiss Street, failed to negotiate a curve, and entered the eastbound lane, […]
  
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• 5 MLB Old Faces in New Places

  21-02-2017 17:09
  
  by Rob Joyce
  The Super Bowl is behind us, March Madness is still a few weeks away. That means the start of baseball season is holding fans over until then, as spring training gets underway. Truck day has come and gone, and now the rumor mill flies – so and so looks great/terrible, this team is on the rise, etc. It’s all hyperbole until the regular season really begins, but among the biggest storylines in every camp is how the new players are faring.
  And for these five recognizable pl
  
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• 5 Worst Trades in NBA History

  21-02-2017 17:03
  
  by Rob Joyce
  NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans still managed to send shockwaves through the league, as trade talks were abuzz. And after being selected for the Western Conference as a member of the Kings, DeMarcus Cousins didn’t have to board a plane back to Sacramento, as he was shipped off to the Pelicans. It’s a blockbuster deal, as the big man joins fellow All-Star Anthony Davis to form one of the NBA’s most intimidating frontcourts. As for the Kings, they receive Buddy H
  
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• AAA: Vehicle Rust Damage Costs US Drivers $3B A Year

  21-02-2017 16:52
  
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A new AAA report estimates U.S. drivers pay about $3 billion a year to repair rust damage from road de-icers.
  AAA said Tuesday that liquid de-icers are faster and more effective. But they’re even more corrosive than traditional salt.
  It says the fact that they remain liquid at lower temperatures makes it easier to coat vehicle surfaces, cracks and crevices.
  AAA says rust damage to brake lines and fuel tanks can be deadly.
  Drivers should
  
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• QU student a natural at making smoothies

  21-02-2017 16:50
  
  HARTFORD — Quinnipiac University student Kostas Sousoulas of Branford won the first Global Student Entrepreneur Awards contest held in Connecticut, and will represent the state at the national GSEA competition in March in Kansas City, Mo. He developed an idea for Yimello Smoothies, which are created from all-natural, non-GMO ingredients. His girlfriend, another college student, is his business partner. He stopped by FOX 61’s Good Day Connecticut to tell Amanda Raus how he c
  
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• You can now transfer money internationally through Facebook

  21-02-2017 16:40
  
  LONDON — Forget about likes and shares. You can now transfer money internationally through Facebook. The money transfer startup TransferWise has launched a new chatbot that enables Facebook users to move funds abroad using the social platform’s Messenger service. The bot can be used to move money between the U.S., Canada, Australia and the European Union. It will also notify users via an alert when their regularly used currencies hit favorable rates. Facebook users were previously ab
  
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• Pet of the Week – Taquito

  21-02-2017 16:39
  
  HARTFORD —  Taquito is a 1-year-old chihuahua mix, a little dog who weighs just under 8 pounds. He has had a bunch of dental work, after dental x-rays showed his baby teeth hadn’t come out, so they needed to be pulled. He had an adult tooth that was stuck, so that came out, and his other adult teeth didn’t come all the way down, which are called “under-erupted” teeth, so he may need dental work in the future because of that. He may stil
  
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• Hartford Ranks Among Worst State Capitals to Live In: Study

  21-02-2017 16:39
  
  WalletHub has ranked all 50 state capitals from best to worst to live in, and the news isn’t looking good for Hartford.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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• Salem Woman Charged In June Car Crash

  21-02-2017 16:37
  
  PLAINFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) –  Plainfield police have arrested a Salem woman in connection with a two-car, head-on crash last June that injured a husband and wife.
  Stephanie Januszewski, 30, was driving a 1998 Honda Civic on Starkweather Road that crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into a 2006 Mazda 3 driven by Marcia Huhta, 76, on the afternoon of June 6, 2016, said police. Januszewski, Huhta, and Huhta’s husband, Matti Huhta, all suffered serious injures in the
  
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• Download Tickets To See an Advance Screening of ‘A UNITED KINGDOM’

  21-02-2017 16:25
  
  Want to see an advance screening of Fox Searchlight’s A UNITED KINGDOM on Wednesday, Feb 22 at 7pm at Bow Tie Palace? Keep reading to find out how you can download FREE tickets to the screening!
  Download and print your FREE tickets to see A UNITED KINGDOM at FOXSEARCHLIGHTSCREENINGS.COM
  About A UNITED KINGDOM:A UNITED KINGDOM is the true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana (David Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a white woman from London, which caused a
  
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• Ask the Attorney – Rental car accident

  21-02-2017 16:14
  
  Ask the Atty, I was injured by a woman who was driving a friend’s rental car. The car rental company is refusing to take care of my property damage or medical bills claiming that the person driving was not a covered driver. I was not at fault but now I need surgery to repair my shoulder. What are my options? Margie K
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 21, 2017

  21-02-2017 16:01
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50-  Dr. Angela Stein of Pro Health Physicians shares a reminder– February is American Heart Month.  Dr. Stein joins Ray to offer information about heart disease, including simple steps to lower heart disease risk factors, and can offer practical guidance on improving heart health, addressing questions.
  7:20- Chris Powell, Managing Editor of The Journal Inquirer, says only Governor Malloy has offered anything us
  
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• Second Hill Lane Closing Early Due to Smoke in Elevator

  21-02-2017 15:43
  
  Second Hill Lane school in Stratford is closing at 10 a.m. today because of smoke in an elevator at the school this morning, according to the superintendent’s office.Photo Credit: Submitted Video
  
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• Prospect Police Issue Warning About Donation Scam

  21-02-2017 15:31
  
  Prospect police are warning residents about a police donation scam and said they are not making phone calls to ask for donations.Photo Credit: NBC OTS
  
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• Woodbridge Couple Accused of Dozens of Identity Thefts in Atlanta Area

  21-02-2017 15:04
  
  A Woodbridge, Connecticut couple suspected in dozens of identity thefts in the Atlanta, Georgia area has been arrested.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
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• Woman Charged With OUI After Crashing With Children in Car

  21-02-2017 14:54
  
  A Southington woman was arrested after causing a car accident while driving under the influence with two young children in the car, according to Southington police.Photo Credit: Southington Police Department
  
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