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• Towns to Receive Reimbursements for Body Cameras

  01-12-2017 23:19 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  More than $1.7 million in reimbursements are coming to over a dozen Connecticut police departments that paid up front for body cameras and other equipment.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New, long-acting drugs cut frequency of migraine headaches

  01-12-2017 22:46
  New, long-acting drugs may hold hope for millions of people who often suffer migraines.
  The medicines are given as shots every month or so, and studies of two of them found they cut the frequency of the notoriously painful and disabling headaches.
  The drugs are the first preventive medicines developed specifically for migraines. They work by interfering with a substance involved in modifying nerve signaling and progression of pain and symptoms.
  In studies published Wednesday by the New England J
  
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• Home surveillance video shows Amazon contractor pooping in gutter

  01-12-2017 22:34
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Surveillance video appears to show a delivery driver contracted by Amazon defecating in a gutter in front of a South Sacramento home.
  Nemy Bautista said it happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
  Bautista got home to find what he thought was dog poop and checked his home surveillance to see if he could find the dog's owner. Instead, Bautista says a woman driving a U-Haul van, delivering packages for Amazon, did the deed.
  Bautista told KTXL he contacted Amazon and a representative c
  
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• Single dad adopts 3 sons: ‘Fatherhood has brought me lots of joy’

  01-12-2017 22:33
  RICHMOND, Va. -- Sometimes your future does not turn out to be exactly what you planned.
  "I look in the mirror all the time, and if you would have told me 10 years ago that this would happen, I wouldn’t believe you," Barry Farmer said. "I wished to be a father, but it wasn’t going to be this soon."
  Barry Farmer is a single dad, a very busy single dad.
  How this Richmond Schools employee came to be a father to three young men began just over eight years ago, at age 21, when he got his
  
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• Security video shows nanny chasing down package thief

  01-12-2017 22:33
  EVERETT, Wash. - As you wait for your holiday packages to arrive, take a look at this Washington State nanny who chased and apprehended a suspected package thief.
  Home security services RING sent KCPQ the video, which shows a 29-year-old woman allegedly stealing a package off a porch. As the woman tries to run the package back into a car, a nanny bolts out of the house after her.
  The getaway car drives away and the suspected thief falls. The nanny grabs her and drags her to the home. Polic
  
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• Murdered teen stabbed 80 times, set on fire by man she met on Facebook

  01-12-2017 22:32
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  PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man is charged with murdering a 15-year-old girl and setting her body on fire after they met on Facebook, according to WPVI.
  Cole Swaringer-Herring, 23, faces murder, arson and other charges in connection with the death of Sabriya McLean. According to police, the suspect met McLean in person on Monday night after the two were reportedly communicating on Facebook.
  The suspect confessed to his parents, according to WPVI. After the suspect’s par
  
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• Three mastiffs rescued after getting stuck in storm drain

  01-12-2017 22:31
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado - How in the world did this happen?
  That's exactly what authorities in Jefferson County, Colorado, were wondering when they got a call Monday about THREE mastiffs stuck in a storm drain.
  The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office noted the mastiff is a pretty big pup. "That's why this story is so incredible," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
  It turns out the pups escaped their yard, and curiosity led them to a nearby drain.West Metro Fire Rescue along with an
  
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• ‘Delivering white supremacy’: Pizzeria apologizes for delivery driver’s Confederate flag

  01-12-2017 22:31
  BEAVERCREEK, Ohio — A pizzeria has apologized after a photo of a delivery driver’s truck with a Confederate flag on the back made the rounds on social media, WHIO-TV reports.
  One Twitter user shared the photo along with the caption:
  “Looks like @LaRosasPizza is delivering white supremacy today. We are not doing this in 2017.”
  Looks like @LaRosasPizza is delivering white supremacy today.
  We are not doing this in 2017. pic.twitter.com/9fcccAilBG
  — C-Beam (@SpaceAvian)
  
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• Holiday Festivities at The Shops at Yale in New Haven

  01-12-2017 22:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The holiday season can be felt throughout the month of December in downtown New Haven at The Shops at Yale. The retailers that make up the community are holding free events open to the public.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis 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: Joe Aresimowicz & Berlin High Football

  01-12-2017 21:45
  Speaker of The House Joe Aresimowicz and Berlin High School’s Football Coach.
   
  
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• RB Handcuffs Worth Adding For Fantasy Playoffs

  01-12-2017 21:42
  By Matt Citak
  With Week 13 of the NFL season finally here, we are only one week away from the start of the playoffs for most fantasy football leagues. If you made it this far, you’re likely going to ride your starters that got you into the postseason from here on out. But as we have seen throughout NFL history, injuries happen. Depending on who your starting running back is, it may be wise to grab his backup before the start of the playoffs. Don’t be the person that loses a starting
  
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• Bank Robbery in Southington Led to Secure Mode at Schools

  01-12-2017 21:22 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Southington schools were placed in secure school mode Friday as police investigated a robbery in the center of town, but the increased security has been lifted, according to school department officials.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• Keidel: NFC South Is Back On Top

  01-12-2017 20:53
  By Jason Keidel
  In terms of competitive balance, the NFL has mutated much over the last 20 years. Indeed, in the era of free agency, a team’s fortunes can change with a single draft, or sometimes a single player.
  The team with the league’s best record, the 10-1 Philadelphia Eagles, didn’t even make the playoffs last year. And just about all the NFC’s playoff contenders were home last January. That includes the two that make this weekends juiciest matchup, when the Carolin
  
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• Altercation at UConn Leads to Precautions at QVCC

  01-12-2017 20:49 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Quinebaug Valley Community College is taking extra precautions to protect students and staff after death threats against a college employee who is accused of grabbing papers from a conservative commentator...Photo Credit: Quinebaug Valley Community College Website
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Amatos Toys’ Christmas

  01-12-2017 20:00
  Steve Amato’s Amatos Toys was recently used to film a Christmas movie that airs on Lifetime, A Very Merry Toy Store. Plus, Santa visits this weekend! Toys collected will be brought to the Holiday store.
   
  
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• State Comptroller Projects $207.8 Million Deficit

  01-12-2017 19:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The state comptroller is projecting a deficit of more than $207 million for Connecticut for the fiscal year 2018, which would require the governor to submit a deficit mitigation plan, and legislative leaders...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• College Basketball Games To Watch: Creighton And Gonzaga Throw Down In Spokane

  01-12-2017 19:31
  By Steve Silverman
  While a lot of focus will be on the various college football conference championship games going on this weekend, we have some exciting college basketball games to look forward to as well.
  Here’s a look at some of the top college basketball matchups for the coming week.
  (All times Eastern, records as of December 1)
  Friday, December 1
  No. 25 Creighton (5-1) at No. 15 Gonzaga (6-1), 10 p.m. ET, Spokane, Washington
  The Blue Jays are starting to make a name for themselves th
  
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• Bloomfield Police ID Man Found Dead

  01-12-2017 19:10
  (Bloomfield, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)– Bloomfield police have identified the man found dead in the street outside his home early Friday morning.
  Police say an autopsy reveals that Charles Daniels, 82, sustained a “heavy impact injury” to the right hip.
  Police responded to a call at a home on Cottage Grove Road just after midnight. They found Daniels man lying in the roadway.
  No one was inside the house, and a search of the surrounding area yielded negative results.
  The State Pol
  
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• Police ID 82-Year-Old Bloomfield Man Found Dead Outside Home

  01-12-2017 19:01 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating what they are calling the suspicious death of an 82-year-old Bloomfield man early Friday morning.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Crumbling Foundations Funding

  01-12-2017 18:25
  Christine Stuart of CT News Junkie looks at the crumbling foundations funding. She also talks changes to the housing markets, and casinos looking to force a ruling on the new casino.
   
  
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• Blumenthal Says Flynn Pleas “Shattering” To Trump

  01-12-2017 18:20
  (Washington, DC/CBS Connecticut) – Senator Richard Blumenthal is weighing in on former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s guilty plea of lying to the FBI regarding its probe into possible coordination between Russia and Trump campaign officials to meddle in the 2016 election.
  Blumenthal in a statement says Flynn’s admission is “shattering” to the Trump presidency.
  He also says the admission has “breached the White House gates”, adding the Senate J
  
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• Alleged Bear Killers In Court

  01-12-2017 17:58
  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) – One of the Connecticut men charged in connection with the illegal killing of two bears has pleaded guilty while the other has applied for a program that could lead to dismissal of the charges.
  The Hour reports that 34-year-old Daniel Moran was fined $500 and lost his hunting license after pleading guilty Thursday to conspiracy to illegally takinga bear.
  Also Thursday, 28-year-old Antonio Lio’s attorney asked for accelerated rehabilitation, saying his client is a
  
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• Ray Dunaway: No Third Term For George Jepsen

  01-12-2017 17:32
  Attorney General George Jepsen on Monday released a statement announcing that he will not run for reelection as Connecticut’s Attorney General in the coming year, and he elaborates on that announcement.
   
  
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• Ice Caused Issues This Morning

  01-12-2017 17:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Ice on the roads has people sliipping and sliding Friday morning.
  
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• Crash Closes East Street in Granby for Hours

  01-12-2017 17:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  East Street in Granby will be closed for several hours after a car hit a pole.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Arrest Man In Connection With Violent Bat Assault

  01-12-2017 17:01
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut police have arrested a man they say bashed another man in the head with a baseball bat, leaving the victim lying in the street convulsing.
  Waterbury police say 24-year-old Christian Torres, of Bridgeport, was arrested Thursday following an investigation into a street fight Nov. 3.
  The Republican-American reports that officers arrived at the scene to find a large crowd around 24-year-old Luis Fernandez, who was seriously injured and co
  
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• Men Arrested After Sexual Encounter With 15-Year-Old Boy: Police

  01-12-2017 16:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Two men have been arrested after a 15-year-old boy reported to Danbury Police that he had a sexual encounter with the men after meeting them through the Grindr app over the summer.Photo Credit: Danbury Police
  
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• Police ID Man Found Dead in Woods in Lisbon

  01-12-2017 16:56 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police have identified the man found dead in the woods in Lisbon Saturday as 26-year-old David Cloutier III, of Uncasville.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police ID Man Found Dead In Lisbon

  01-12-2017 16:56
  LISBON, C0nn. (CBS Connecticut) – State police Friday identified the man whose body was found Saturday afternoon in a wooded lot off of River Road in Lisbon.
  Troopers say there is no criminal aspect to the death of David Cloutier III, 26, of Uncasville.
  Police were called to the scene near a shopping center in the early afternoon after Cloutier’s body was discovered.
  Detectives still want to hear from anyone who may have information on the case. They can call 860-848-6500 or text TIP
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Will Eagles Cover Against Seahawks?

  01-12-2017 16:54
  North Carolina Tar Heels @ Davidson WildcatsFriday, December 1, 2017, 8:00 ET
  DAVIDSON +10
  Expect the Spectrum Center to be rocking for an in-state matchup between Davidson and North Carolina. The Wildcats are coming off a 15-point win against Charlotte, and in 63 percent of simulations, the Tar Heels fail to cover. Take the points.
  SportsLine Expert: Stephen Oh
  >>MORE: See all College Basketball picks
  Georgia Bulldogs @ Auburn TigersSaturday, December 2, 2017, 4:00 ET
  GEORGIA +2.5
  Three w
  
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• Two Charged With Having Sex With Teen Boy

  01-12-2017 16:12
  DANBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Danbury police have arrested two men for allegedly having sex with an underage teen boy back in July.
  Police say the boy, 15, accompanied by his parents, on July 12, reported that he had a sexual encounter hour earlier with two men whom he had met through a dating app.
  The men are identified as Timothy Connolly, 56, of New Milford and Jamal Jackson, 31, of Brookfield, according to police. The two are charged with second-degree sexual assault and having il
  
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• New Owner of New England Store Chain to Redevelop Buildings

  01-12-2017 16:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The real estate firm that purchased southern New England retail chain Benny's has announced it will redevelop the locations for retail use.Photo Credit: WJAR-TV
  
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• Connecticut Couple Charged In Armed Robberies In Maine

  01-12-2017 15:54
  (Bangor, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A couple from the Oakville section of Watertown are facing charges in Bangor, Maine in connection with a pair of armed robberies in Bangor, Maine.
  According to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Bangor, Seth Blewitt is charged.
  Authorities say on May 28 of this year, the 30-year-old entered a TD Bank branch and announced a holdup to a teller before making off with a bag of cash.
  The very next day, prosecutors say Blewitt robbed a Bangor Dollar Store at gu
  
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• CBS Sports’ Ian Eagle On Week 13 Chiefs-Jets Matchup, More

  01-12-2017 15:30
  By Matt Citak
  The Kansas City Chiefs enter their Week 13 matchup as losers of five of their last six games. It’s been a tale of two seasons for the Chiefs. Their 5-0 start had many around the league considering them Super Bowl contenders, but it’s been almost all downhill since their Week 5 victory over the Houston Texans. The Chiefs, who were one of the highest-scoring teams in the NFL through five weeks, have struggled to put up points over the last month and a half. The team has s
  
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• Flynn To Plead Guilty To Lying To FBI

  01-12-2017 15:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is scheduled to plead guilty to making false statements to the FBI.
  A plea hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EST. The Justice Department announced Friday that the hearing will take place before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras at a D.C. federal courthouse. Flynn is accused of “willfully and knowingly” making false statements to the FBI while serving in the Trump administration
  Court documents released Frida
  
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• Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI

  01-12-2017 15:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI, becoming the first Trump White House official to face criminal charges and admit guilt so far in the wide-ranging election investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
  Flynn also agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s probe, which focuses on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s team in
  
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• StubHub Begins Closing East Granby Offices Today

  01-12-2017 14:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  StubHub, the ticket reselling company, will begin closing its East Granby offices today.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Death of Elderly Man in Bloomfield Deemed Suspicious

  01-12-2017 13:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating what they are calling the suspicious death of an elderly man in Bloomfield.Officers responded to the 300 block of Cottage Grove Road just after midnight Friday after receiving a...
  
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• Police Investigating Bloomfield Suspicious Death

  01-12-2017 11:31
  (Bloomfield, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)– An unidentified man was found dead in Bloomfield early Friday morning.
  Police responded to a call at a home on Cottage Grove Road just after midnight. They found the elderly man lying in the roadway near the home, and say he may have lived there.
  No one was inside the house, and a search of the surrounding area yielded negative results.
  The State Police Major Crimes Unit and the States Attorney’s Office have been brought in to assist in the
  
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• Suspect in Four Gas Station Robberies Arrested

  01-12-2017 06:18
  (West Hartford, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)– West Hartford Police say they’ve arrested a man responsible for robbing the same gas station four times since June.
  62-year-old Robert Escobar of Hartford faces charges of sixth degree larceny and first degree robbery. Surveillance video implies he had a gun when he robbed the Sunoco Gas Station on Farmington Avenue. The robberies occurred once in June, once in October, and twice this month. The suspect was arrested in connection with the most
  
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• Hartford boxing academy teaching kids life lessons through boxing

  01-12-2017 06:14
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  The brand new home for the Charter Oak Boxing Academy opened Thursday night on Pope Park Highway.
  Parents and kids can got in on the action but one of the academy’s missions? Keeping at-risk boys and girls on a path to success by providing not just coaching for box
  
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• Man Suspected in 4 Robberies at West Hartford Gas Station

  01-12-2017 05:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  West Hartford police have arrested a Hartford man accused of robbing a Sunoco gas station multiple times over the course of several months.Photo Credit: West Hartford Police Department
  
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• Woman Involved in Altercation With Conservative Speaker at UConn ID'd

  01-12-2017 03:28 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A conservative commentator giving a speech at the University of Connecticut was arrested Tuesday after a fight broke out at a speech titled, "It's OK To Be White."
  
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• Woman Involved In Altercation With Conservative Commentator Identified

  01-12-2017 02:19
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ A community college adviser has been identified by her lawyer as the woman involved in an altercation with a conservative commentator during his speech at the University of Connecticut titled “It’s OK To Be White.”
  The Hartford Courant reports attorney Jon Schoenhorn says Catherine Gregory hired him after commentator Lucian Wintrich said publicly he’d press charges against her.
  Gregory works at Quinebaug Valley Community College in Connecticut.Wintric
  
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• Todd Feinburg: Bob Stefanowski, Candidate for Governor

  01-12-2017 02:16
  Bob Stefanowski, GOP candidate for governor, explains his economic plan for the state, state worker pension problems, and what we do from here.
  Todd talks institutional laziness, government waste, and the pension problem… and wants to known where are you leaving Connecticut for?
  Plus the Israel Horovitz allegations… his son Adam supports the women and believes said allegations. And Sen. Joe Markley discusses the XL Center rehab budget.
  
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• New Haven Tree Shines Brightly Over Historic Green

  01-12-2017 01:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Holiday joy was in the air Thursday night at the annual New Haven Tree Lighting.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Car Strikes DOT Truck on I-84 in Willington

  01-12-2017 00:49 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Three people were taken to the hospital after a car struck a Department of Transportation dump truck on Interstate 84 Thursday.
  
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• DOT Truck Struck In Highway Work Zone In Willington

  01-12-2017 00:47
  (WILLINGTON,Conn./WTIC News) – A stationary DOT truck was struck from behind in a work zone on Interstate 84 westbound in Willington Thursday afternoon. The truck displaying a flashing yellow arrow was hit shortly before 1 o’clock near Exit 71.
  The vehicle which hit the truck was diven by 47 year old Kiran Shah of West Warren, New Jersey. The vehicle overturned after the collision and Shah was extricated by members of the Willington Fire Department. He was taken to Hartford Hospital
  
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• State Police Seek Jewett City Armed Robbery Suspect

  01-12-2017 00:42 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police are searching for a suspect who robbed the Bestway gas station in Jewett City Wednesday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• State Police Seeking Jewett City Robbery Suspect

  01-12-2017 00:32
  (JEWETT City,Conn./WTIC News) – State Police are seeking a suspect in the Wednesday evening armed robbery at the Bestway gas station at 211 North Main Street. The suspect entered the store shortly after 6 pm and point a gun at the clerk and demanded money from the cash register.The suspect fled after receiving an undisclosed about of money.
  State Police say the suspect is believed to be a Hispanic male about 5’10’ with a heavy build. He was last seen wearing a red bandana on hi
  
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