February 2012
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“In a huge battle over the state’s liquor laws, hundreds of citizens packed...”
– The Courant’s Christopher Keating in a report from Hartford.
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Black, Hispanic Drivers Faced Tougher Treatment...
Black and Hispanic drivers stopped by police across Connecticut are significantly more likely to leave the encounter with a ticket or a court date than are white motorists pulled over for the same offense, Matthew Kauffman reports in a first-ever analysis of state data.
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“I am really sad that I shot those two people and I did it because I was so angry...”
– Victor Valcarcel Sr. to investigators after he was arrested for shooting two supervisors at the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain. Valcarcel, a 64-year-old maintenance worker, says he couldn’t do enough work to satisfy his new boss.
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Police Keeping Data From License Plate Scans
“Some police departments in Connecticut that use license plate scanning technology to identify unregistered and stolen cars are holding on to the data and sharing it, raising privacy concerns about how that information could be used,” Matthew Kauffman reports.
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“They’re putting the squeeze on him so he’ll open up on other things....”
– Andrew Parente on the feds’ case against Hartford wiseguy Robert Gentile, 75, who was busted with Parente recently for allegedly selling prescription painkillers. But associates believe the FBI is interested in Gentile for another reason — potential inside information on the 1990 heist...
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Judge: Aging Hartford Mobster Had 'Veritable... →
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“The fact I viewed child pornography is beyond my comprehension.”
– Former Granby police captain David Bourque, who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Friday for possessing thousands of images of child porn, Dave Altimari reports.
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Jury: Hartford Archdiocese Negligent, Reckless; $1... →
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Feds: Police Captain Had Horrific Child Porn Stash →
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“Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– A federal appeals court in its ruling Tuesday striking down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, the L.A. Times reports.
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“There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life. This...”
– Mitt Romney, on Donald Trump endorsing him during a joint appearance in Las Vegas. (via officialssay)
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“Gronk and I have a great bond. We are one. If we talk about stats, it’s...”
– New England Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez on fellow tight end Rob Gronkowski. Hernandez, a 22-year-old from Bristol, Conn., believes “Gronk” will be a big factor Sunday despite an ankle sprain.
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January 2012
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“It’s a surreal experience to be condemned to death.”
– Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was sentenced to death Friday for the home invasion attack that left Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Micahela, dead in their Cheshire, Conn., home in the summer of 2007, Alaine Griffin reports.
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Group: Text TACO to 69866
An immigration reform group is planning to send a taco to East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo’s office every time a person sends them a text message with the word “Taco,” the Courant reports.
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Police: Ax Murderer Ate Victim's Eyeball, Brains →
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“I might have tacos when I go home.”
– East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, when asked by WPIX reporter Mario Diaz what he planned to do for the Latino community after four East Haven police officers were arrested Tuesday on charges of violating civil rights. Click here for video.
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“These defendants behaved like bullies with badges.”
– Janice K. Fedarcyk, the FBI’s assistant director-in-charge of the New York office. Four East Haven police officers were arrested Tuesday in connection with a 10-count federal indictment charging them with violating the civil rights of Latinos in the Connecticut town.
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“I thought America was a free country.”
– From the journal of Loni Bouchard, who was 19 when she allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old boy she was hired to babysit. Bouchard, now 20, pleaded not guilty to sex assault charges Monday in Middletown Superior Court.
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“In 5-billion yrs the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember...”
– astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter five minutes ago. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“I feel like my heart is gone.”
– Cathy Lewis, the mother of Tiana Notice, before a judge sentenced Tiana’s killer to 60 years in prison Friday. James Carter Jr. waited outside his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on Valentine’s Day 2009 and stabbed her 18 times.
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