A ripped bag was not what Kristine Wolfe was hoping to put under the tree for her boyfriend this year, but it's all a UPS worker left behind this week.

"He left it as a present, I guess," the North Haven resident told NBC Connecticut. 

UPS said 26-year-old Quintell Suggs was hired as a seasonal driver's helper, but police said he was helping himself to items along the delivery route. 

"First day on the job [and he's] going around stealing packages," Wolfe said. 

Wolfe was watching from the window on Monday when a UPS worker went to put a new package she had been expecting in her mailbox.

She said it seemed routine until she saw the Suggs walk away with a package that was already inside her mailbox after slipping it inside his shirt.

"I was like, 'He just stole what was in the mailbox from the regular postman'," Wolfe said.

Police said they recovered a $150 Bose speaker Suggs allegedly stole earlier in the day during a drop-off at a business on Republic Drive.

Suggs was charged with two counts of larceny.

UPS said they hire 95,000 workers during the holiday season and Suggs is no longer an employee of the company. They said they are cooperating with the investigation. 

A Southington man is accused of stealing money from a North Haven liquor store in November, police said.

On Nov. 25, Jeff Bell entered the Wine Merchant on State Street wearing a mask and brandishing a knife, police said. 

The 36-year-old ran behind the counter with the knife where two employees were standing and took $900 from the register before running away, according to North Haven police. 

The Southington man was later identified police who obtained a search warrant for his apartment. 

On Wednesday, Bell was arrested and charged with robbery and larceny. His bond was set at $150,000. 

A 52-year-old woman in Suffield is considered endangered because of her "medical history and past behaviors," police said. 

Kimberly Saxton was reported missing on Wednesday.

She is described as being 5 feet 3 inches and weighing 120 pounds. She has blond hair and brown eyes.

Police did not say what she may have been wearing or where in Suffield she was last seen. 

Anyone with information on Saxton's whereabouts is asked to call Suffield Police at (860) 668-3870.

Director Morgan Spurlock, best known for his documentary film, "Super-Size Me," admitted Wednesday to a history of sexual misconduct dating back to his college days, NBC News reported. 

Spurlock, 47, wrote "I am part of the problem,” in a blog post in which he confessed to settling a sexual harassment lawsuit, cheating on all of his romantic partners, including both of his wives, and was accused of rape in college. 

The post was shared from Spurlock's verified Twitter account. A representative for the documentarian declined to provide a comment.

In a tweet after his blog post, Spurlock said he was "seeking help."

A pickup with a plow caught fire in Clinton Thursday morning. 

Police said the truck, which belongs to a contractor, caught on fire on Nod Road. The driver got out and called 911. 

Firefighters extinguished the fire.

People are wondering if a newly discovered, weirdly oblong asteroid being called Oumuamua is just a space rock or really an alien spacecraft, NBC News Mach reported.

The interstellar object was spotted about a month ago by a collection of telescopes in Hawai'i after it had already sped by Earth. Now it's halfway to Jupiter.

Oumuamua is different from the average asteroid. Its trajectory is hyperbolic rather than elliptical, its cigar-like shape has never been seen before in an asteroid and we've never seen an object passing from another stellar realm.

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It's an extremely long shot that Oumuamua is a spaceship, but the SETI Institute has spent 60 hours scanning it for transmissions, and will soon devote another antenna to the task.

#BlackWomen trended on Twitter as many hailed African American women for playing a major role in driving Democrat Doug Jones' projected victory against Roy Moore in deep-red Alabama.

NBC News exit polls showed 96 percent of black voters supported Jones, with 98 percent of black women and 93 percent of black men backing him. One of the factors that motivated black women was the protection of their communities, DeJuana Thompson, co-founder of strategy firm Think Rubix, told NBC News.

“When you have rhetoric coming out about possible pedophilia, and when you’ve got rhetoric coming out about slashing critical resources to education and the programs that help sustain homes in the African-American community, black women are always going to show up for their communities,” Thompson said.

Through Woke Vote, a program Thompson founded to get millennials out to vote, she went to historically black colleges and universities and churches across the state to mobilize students and black women to vote.

“If you focus on African-American women you will bring along the men," Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels said. 

Carlee Soto's sister Victoria Soto was shot and killed while shielding her students from gunfire during the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook School in December 2012. She wrote this essay for NBC News' THINK opinion section: 

Since the shooting at Sandy Hook, my family has been forced to find a new normal in our life. I can’t call my sister for advice or see her relish being an aunt to my son. All I can do is remember the good times we had — at Christmas and throughout the year. But I’ve also taken on a new role throughout the years: advocating for common-sense gun laws that will help save lives. 

I’ve become intimately aware of our nation’s gun laws. I’ve met other survivors of gun violence as part of the Everytown Survivor Network and shared my story with members of Congress, urging them to take action to close the gaping loopholes in our nation’s gun laws. I remember the disappointment and outrage when legislation in Congress to close the background check loophole failed to become law in 2013. But I’ve learned that change happens over time and since 2012, a groundswell of Americans has gotten more engaged in the fight for gun safety. 

Still, it’s astonishing to me to learn that last week — just days before we mark five years since the day Vicki was shot and killed in her classroom — gun lobby-backed members of in the House voted in favor of legislation that would gut our states’ gun laws. The gun lobby’s number one priority — known as “concealed carry reciprocity” — would override the standards that states have set for who can carry hidden, loaded guns in public.

State Representatives Geraldo Reyes, of Waterbury, and Minnie Gonzalez, of Hartford, will be going to Puerto Rico this week, but traveling there will be no vacation for them.

Since Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Connecticut legislators have raising money for the island. In just over two months, they’ve reached their goal of $100,000, thanks to the community’s donations.

As the island continues to recover from the disaster left behind by the hurricanes, the two legislators will be on the island, assessing damage and using the money they raised to help buy everyday needs for the many victims left with nothing.

“We will actually go and purchase these items and give them to the people of need,” said Rep. Reyes.

Gonzalez flies out on Sunday with several generators, while Reyes leaves late Wednesday with 200 pounds worth of items.

“Food items, toiletries emergency items and flashlights and such. These are things I will disperse in the southern part of Puerto Rico and pretty much the greater Ponce area,” he said.

As those items are being dispersed, a trailer full of donations will follow. Inside are pallets filled with canned food, water and medicine and more.

For the two state representatives who are funding their own travel expenses heading to the island has personal meaning. Reyes is of Puerto Rican decent and Gonzalez was born there and both have family members living in Puerto Rico.

“I know it’s going to be hard. I have two sisters over there and they’ve been telling me that I’m not going to recognize my town,” said Gonzalez.

“I’ve taken this trip many times, but I’m a little anxious of what I’ll actually find,” said Reyes.

Both plan to come back to Connecticut to speak to legislators about the conditions on the island.

“I’m planning to bring the experience here and show them how hard it is and how people are suffering over there,” said Gonzalez.

Schools in Winchester were closed Thursday because a water main on Main Street broke around 3:30 a.m., but the superintendent said there will be school Friday.

The superintendent said the water main break directly affected Batcheller School and Pearson would also close for the day.

School officials said the central offices were closed because of the water main break and morning or evening activities were canceled Thursday.

The city's pipes are more than 100 years old.

Following are snow totals from across the state as of this morning. 

If your town is missing, check the total for the closest town and comment on how much snow you have. 

• Bakersville: .7 inch, as of 7 a.m.
• Bridgeport Airport: .5 inch, as of 6:50 a.m.
• Columbia: 2.5 inches as of 9:01 a.m.
• Cornwall Bridge: 1 inch, as of 7 a.m.
• Coventry: 1.8 inches, as of 8:31 a.m.
• Farmington: 1.5 inches as of 8:36 a.m.
• Litchfield: 1 inch
• Moosup: 2 inches as of 8:15 a.m.
• New Canaan: 1.6 inches, as of 9 a.m.
• New Hartford: .7 inch, as of 7 a.m.
• New Milford: 1.2 inches, as of 8 a.m.
• Norfolk: 1 inch, as of 8 a.m.
• North Haven: 1.2 inches, as of 9 a.m.
• Norwalk: 2 inches, as of 9 am.
• Norwich: 3.4 inches
• Oakville: 1 inch, as of 7:15 a.m.
• Shelton: 1.4 inches, as of 8:45 a.m.
• Southington: 2.2 inches, as of 9:10 a.m.
• Staffordville: 1 inch as of 8:03 a.m.
• Tolland: 1.9 inches, as of 8:52 a.m.
• Wallingford: 2 inches, as of 9:30 a.m.
• Waterbury: 1.2 inches, as of 8:45 a.m.
• Westbrook: 1.6 inches, as of 8:30 a.m.
• Winsted: .4 inch, as of 7 a.m.

Two current UConn players will join several former Huskies in the pool of players that will try out for spots on the USA Basketball Women's National.

Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson both earned spots on the team pool, which was announced on Thursday.

The pair will join former UConn stars Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Stefanie Dolson, Tiffany Hayes, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck on the squad.

In all, 29 players were named to the roster.

The 2017-20 USA Basketball Women's National Team is coached by current South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, who coached Team USA to gold medals in the Olympics in London and Rio, will serve as a special adviser.

The players ultimately selected to the team will compete in the 2018 FIBA World Cup of Basketball and if the team qualifies, they will also play in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to end net neutrality rules, which that have prevented internet service providers from playing favorites with websites.

The change won't affect everyone in the United States the same way, according to data compiled by mapping firm Esri. By and large, cities are more likely to be impacted by changes than rural areas, according to the data, though people in Northwest Corridor and Silicon Valley are joined by those in the Great Plains — from the Texas Panhandle to Montana — as more likely to spend at least 10 hours a day online. 

Residents of Hollywood are 15 percent more likely than the national average to have streamed a movie in the last 30 days, lower than plenty of other areas, including most of Washington, D.C., according to the Esri data.

Movie streaming is one of the features of the internet that could be most affected by data caps or partnerships between ISPs and content providers like Netflix, which proponents of net neutrality fear will fundamentally change how the internet is used.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who led the charge against net neutrality, argued that less government regulation, like net neutrality, allows for greater competition in the marketplace. He also said the end of net neutrality will help give rural areas greater access to high-speed internet.

Esri said it analyzed predominant internet connection types, communities' access to high-speed internet and more to determine how changes to the current internet regulatory system will affect Americans.

Dallas appears to be especially susceptible to changes to net neutrality — it contains the zip code with the highest percentage of adults who spend at least 10 hours a day online, and two more in the top 10.

Wall Street in Manhattan appears twice in the top 10, along with zip codes in Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Hartford and Boston.

State police said they stopped a man on Interstate 91 in North Haven Wednesday and found more than 11 pounds of marijuana in his car. 

State troopers were on patrol on Interstate 91 North, just north of exit 10, and saw a white Jeep Grand Cherokee that failed to maintain its lane just after 9 p.m., police said. 

The trooper detected the smell of marijuana and found 11 and a half pounds of marijuana while searching the Jeep, according to state police. They also found five cell phones and $6,831. 

The driver, 34-year-old Joel Cruz, of Meriden, was charged with possession of more than 1 kilogram of cannabis with intent to sell, illegal possession of controlled substance and failure to maintain proper lane. 

Cruz was released after posting a $50,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Dec. 26.

Two people held up a clerk and robbed the Sunoco gas station at 68 Waterbury Road in Prospect at gunpoint Wednesday night and police are looking for them. 

Police said they responded to the gas station at 8:45 p.m. to investigate and learned that there were two robbers and one pointed a handgun at the attendant and demanded money. 

After stealing more than $100 from the attendant and $800 worth of Newport cigarettes, the robbers ran toward Scott Road in Prospect, police said. 

Police continue to look for the robbers. One appeared to be thin, less than 180 pounds, in his late teens to early 20s. He is around 6-feet to 6-feet-2-inches tall and was wearing a maroon feather down jacket with the hood up, a scarf or a neck warmer around his face and gloves. 

The other was shorter and stockier, appeared to be in his late teens to early 20s and was wearing a dark jacket and a two-tone color scarf covered his face. He was also wearing gloves and displayed a black semi-automatic handgun that had numerous scratches on the slide, police said. 

Anyone who witnessed the armed robbery or saw the robbers entering or leaving the Sunoco gas station or knows who the robbers are should call TFC Dunham at Troop I at (203)-393-4200 ext. 3030 or text TIP711 with any information to 274637. 

The Connecticut State Colleges and University board of regents is voting today on a plan to consolidate campuses and staffing. 

The board is considering combining the state's 12 community colleges into one college with multiple campuses to save nearly $28 million.

Faculty members are questioning the plan. Elena Tapia, president of Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors, said in a statement that consolidations like the one planned “rarely result in long-term cost savings” and could jeopardize the public higher education institutions.

“Instead of cuts and consolidation, the powers that be should turn their efforts to raising revenue for our state’s public higher education system,” she said. “Enough of tax policies at state and national levels that put the greatest burden on working and middle class students and their families. Our elected and appointed leaders must stop bowing down to corporate and special interests and do the right thing for the future of our state.”

Learn more about the plan here. 

Willimantic police have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting three girls.

Police identified the suspect as Angel Rosario and said the victims were girls between 7 and 14 years old.

Rosario was arrested after a four-month investigation and he was taken into custody Wednesday.

He has been charged with sexual risk of injury to a minor in the first case.

He was charged with sexual risk of injury to a minor, first-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree sexual assault for the second case.

He was charged with fourth-degree sexual and sexual risk of injury to a minor for the third case.

Rosario is being held on the combined bond of $200,000 and is due in court today.

The Trump administration said Thursday that Iran is violating United Nations resolutions, revealing what the U.S. said was proof Iran was arming Houthi rebels in Yemen, NBC News reported.

Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley spoke while standing before parts of a ballistic missile that she said Iran gave to Houthi rebels in Yemen, who then fired it at an airport in Saudi Arabia last month.

"The weapons might as well have 'Made in Iran' stickers on them," Haley said. "Its ballistic missiles and advanced weapons are turning up in war zones across the region," Haley said at a press conference inside a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. took the unusual step of declassifying military equipment that was gathered in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where a civil war is taking place between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and the elected government.

An investigation into a man suspected of drugs and firearms violations let to a raid on a Hartford chicken restaurant where police found Molly marijuana and more. And police said that was just part of the investigation. 

Police said they investigated 25-year-old Pascious Minks over the last two months and searched several locations Wednesday, including New York Fried Chicken, at 2739 Main St. 

While searching the restaurant, police found 15 clear vials of MDMA, or Molly, suboxone film, 5.5 ounces of marijuana, 173 pills of Oxycodone and other controlled substances, $2,338 in cash and more. 

Police said they also conducted a raid on Mary Shepard Place and found several guns, including two assault weapons; three pounds of marijuana; 497 pills, including Oxycodone; and $4,300 in cash. 

Police said Minks has been arrested several times before and his bond was set at a combined $1.25 million. 

Police said they made additional arrests outside New York Fried Chicken when the saw drug deals in the driveway and one suspect ran from a vehicle, clutching a gun in the waist of his pants. 

When police caught up with him, the man grabbed threw the gun over the fence and into a nearby yard, police said, and officers located it. 

The man was taken into custody after a brief struggle and sustained minor injuries, police said. 

Andrew Simpson, 25, of Hartford, was arrested and charged with carrying pistol without a permit, weapons in motor vehicle, high-capacity magazine and interfering with police. 

Andrew Harris, 24, of Hartford, was charged with weapons in motor vehicle, drug factory, possession of controlled substance, possession with intent to sell marijuana, operating on a suspended license, unregistered motor vehicle and misuse registration plates. 

Tyquan Jiles, 19, of Hartford, was charged with weapons in a motor vehicle, drug factory, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana with intent to sell. 

Shane Coletosh, 23, of Hartford, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana with intent to sell.

While converging on New York Fried Chicken, police also found a vehicle they believe is connected to a shooting.

The driver sped directly at officers who tried to stop the car and led police on a chase that ended on Allen Road in Bloomfield, at which point two people ran from the car and into the woods, police said. Officers caught up with both of them. 

Chan Williams-Bey, 22, of Hartford, was charged with reckless driving, engaging police in a pursuit, operating an unregistered vehicle, no insurance, misuse of a registration, no operator’s license, interfering with police and more. 

Paul Clark, 23, of Hartford, was charged with interfering with police. 

All three states in the tri-state are among the healthiest in the country, according to an annual report on the nation’s health.

Connecticut was the top performer, coming in at number five on the list. New York was ranked 10 and New Jersey was ranked 12.

The United Health Foundation publishes the state-by-state America’s Health Rankings report based on the World Health Organization’s definition of health: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

The report credited Connecticut and New York with having 200 primary care physicians per 100,000 people. And it recognized New Jersey for having 80 dentists per 100,000 people. Click here to view the full report.

Connecticut had the lowest number of cancer deaths in the tri-state at 173.7 per 100,000 people, but it had the highest number of drug deaths at 18.4 per 100,000.

New York had the highest cardiovascular death rate in the tri-state at 257.6 per 100,000, but it had the lowest premature death rate – 5,701 per 100,000 – and was tied with New Jersey for the lowest infant mortality rate at 4.6 per 1,000 live births.

All three states’ numbers were good compared to many states. For example, the premature death rate in Mississippi is 10,950 per 100,000, nearly twice as high as New York’s.

States in the Northeast were among the healthiest in the country, with Massachusetts taking the number one spot and Vermont in third. Mississippi was ranked the least healthy state, followed by Louisiana and Arkansas, respectively.

New York made the largest five-year gain of all 50 states, jumping from a rank of 40th healthiest state in the nation in 1990, to 18th in 2012, to 10th in 2017.

Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker credited New York’s preventative approach, which focuses on the impacts of housing, transportation, education, the environment and other factors on health, with the gains. A tactic announced by Gov. Cuomo last year encourages sectors of the state government to consider the health implications of new policies and programs.

The national report found adult smoking has been declining in all 50 states but that the number of drug deaths is trending upwards, with a 7 percent increase in the past year alone.

While air pollution, child poverty and the number of uninsured people have all been decreasing nationwide, there’s been an 8 percent increase in obesity over the past five years, and violent crime is up 8 percent in the past two years, the report found.

10 Healthiest States 

1. Massachusetts 

2. Hawaii 

3. Vermont

4. Utah

5. Connecticut

6. Minnesota

7. Colorado

8. New Hampshire

9. Washington

10. New York

10 Least Healthy States

1. Mississippi

2. Louisiana

3. Arkansas

4. Alabama

5. West Virginia

6. Tennessee

7. South Carolina

8. Oklahoma

9. Kentucky

10. Georgia