New Britain police have arrested two men accused of killing the “chief apostle” of a Connecticut religious cult 14 years ago, dismembering his body and burying the remains at a golf course and under a shed at one of the suspect’s houses.

Rudy Hannon, 72, and 41-year-old Sorek Minery, of Burlington, have been arrested and charged with the murder in July 2004 of 70-year-old Paul Sweetman, of Southington.

The arrest warrant application for Hannon says all three men were all members of a religious church group.

Reports from the Hartford Courant say Sweetman was the “chief apostle” of a cult that was active in Connecticut in the 1980s and 1990s. 

The cult was known as “Brother Julius,” for Julius Schacknow, who ran the cult in central Connecticut and died in 1996, according to a report in the New Britain Herald. 

On Aug. 27, 2004, a grisly find at Shuttle Meadow Golf Course, on the Berlin-New Britain line, would lead police to part of Sweetman’s body, but years would pass before police knew who it was.

Part of a human leg was found at the golf course, which was around 10 miles from the Sweetmans’ home. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death was a homicide.

On April 20, 2016, New Britain police learned of an open missing person’s case out of Southington and that Paul Sweetman had disappeared in July 2004. Two days later, New Britain police contacted Sweetman’s son for a DNA sample, which turned out to be a familial match to DNA from the leg.

The arrest warrant for Hannon says Southington police had a report that Sweetman’s wife, Joanne, was the last one to see him and that was on July 24, 2004.

Police also learned that the FBI had previously developed information that Sweetman had been murdered, dismembered and buried in New Britain, according to court records.

FBI files revealed that agents had spoken with Hannon on Feb. 15, 2006 and he had “provided intimate details and knowledge related to the death of Paul Sweetman” and he identified Minery as the suspect.

At first, Hannon told investigators that he had “delivered” Sweetman to Minery at his Plainville construction workshop the night of the slaying, waited outside and thought Minery would “work him over,” but not kill him. Then he helped place the body in the freezer, court documents said.

Hannon also provided the FBI with the locations were Sweetman’s body could be found.

On Oct. 17, 2016, New Britain detectives and the State Police major crimes division went to Miner’s property on Leo Street in New Britain and found Paul Sweetman’s torso, a gold watch and two gold rings in three layers of garbage bags under a large slab of concrete. One of the rings was inscribed with “Joanne,” the name of Sweetman’s wife.

When police met with Minery three days later, he admitted to knowing about the murder and dismemberment, according to court paperwork.

He said Hannon, in the months before the murder, had tried to convince him that Paul Sweetman needed to be killed because he was hurting Joanne Sweetman and that God would have wanted them to kill him, according to court records.

He told them he had respected Joanne Sweetman as a “high religious figure” and began believing that Paul Sweetman needed to die.

Months passed until the day he went to his own workshop, saw Sweetman’s car out front and “felt something was wrong,” he told investigators. Then he went inside and found Hannon standing over Sweetman, who was not moving or breathing, court documents state.

The two men then stripped Sweetman down to his underwear and undershirt, placed him in the freezer and left his car in the park and ride near Westfarms mall, court records state.

Minery also told investigators that Hannon asked him to dispose of the body and he returned to the Plainville shop a few days after the murder, cut up the body, placed the remains in garbage bags and put them back in the freezer. Then he buried the legs and head in a wooded area near the New Britain reservoir, court records state.

He buried the torso and arms under his shed on Leo Street in New Britain and poured a concrete mixture over them, court records state.

After hiding the remains and informing Hannon, Hannon started blackmailing him and threatening to contact police unless Minery wired money, the arrest warrant application for Hannon says.

On June 1, 2017, police met with Hannon, who was in prison for a parole violation. At first, he told police that he brought Sweetman to Minery’s Plainville workshop and remained outside when Sweetman was killed.

But the polygraph test police gave Hannon detected deception and Hannon admitted to leading Sweetman into Minery’s workshop and told them he watched as Minery beat the man, the arrest warrant application says.

After the beating, the two men placed Sweetman in a freezer, Hannon told police. Then he said he was not sure whether Sweetman was dead when they put him inside.

Hannon and Minery have been charged with murder and felony murder. 

NBC Connecticut's meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the threat of strong thunderstorms today.

Rising heat and humidity throughout the day will fuel the possibility of storms firing up sometime after 2 p.m. Temperatures are expected to climb into the upper 80s and low 90s by the afternoon.

The storms could contain damaging winds and hail.

As the sun goes down this evening, the storm threat will diminish.

State health officials are warning about a rapid increase in West Nile virus activity in Connecticut.

Recent tests show that infected mosquitoes are rising at levels that are higher than normal for this time of year, according to a release from Gov. Malloy's office.

Mosquitoes infected with West Nile have been found in 19 cities and towns across the state, the release stated.

"We fully anticipate further build-up of the virus in the coming weeks and expansion into other areas of the state, said Dr. Theodore Andreadis, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

The warm temperatures and high humidity are creating ideal conditions for mosquitoes, according to Andreadis.

"Historically, August and September are the months of greatest risk for acquiring West Nile virus infection," Andreadis said.

Experts urge people to wear long clothes, use mosquito repellent and avoid being outside at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most prevalent. They are also asking people to eliminate areas of standing water where mosquitoes breed.

Mosquitoes infected with West Nile have been found in Bethany, Bridgeport, Darien, East Haven, Easton, Franklin, Greenwich, Hartford, Madison, Manchester, Meriden, New Canaan, New Haven, Stamford, Stratford, Waterbury, Waterford, West Haven, and Weston.

There have been no human cases of West Nile virus this season.

One person is being evaluated after a duck boat and a vehicle were involved in a crash in downtown Boston, according to police.

The incident happened at about 1:45 p.m Thursday at State and Congress streets, just behind the Old State House. The Boston Duck Tours vehicle was filled with passengers at the time of the accident.

Police said the duck boat and a sedan were driving east on Congress Street and turning into the same lane heading south on Devonshire Street when they collided.

"I heard this weird screeching because the duck boat was pushing the car sideways up the street so it was this weird screeching sound," said one witness. "I turned and looked and sure enough the duck boat had hit the car. It hit it sort of in the back of the car and then it like spun it or something and then it was in a T bone position."

Police said there were no serious injuries.

An aerial photo from the scene showed multiple emergency vehicles at the crash scene.

A witness said the duck boat passengers were transferred onto a new duck boat shortly after the accident.

Although Thursday's incident wasn't fatal, this isn't the first time a Boston duck boat has been involved in a crash. In 2016, a woman was killed when the scooter she was riding on in Beacon Hill was hit by a duck boat.

Seventeen people were killed last month when a duck boat on a Missouri lake sank during a severe storm.

The amphibious vehicles used by Boston's Duck Boat Tours are annually inspected by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and U.S. Coast Guard, and are checked multiple times a day by the company's mechanics, according to the company.

Boston's Duck Boat Tours also said last month that its drivers must also complete weeks of training before operating a vehicle on the road.

Thursday's crash remains under investigation.

Security camera video captured a customer confronting a man suspected of secretly taking upskirt photos of female shoppers at a Southern California Target, pushing him to the ground during a brief scuffle in the store.

Video showed the suspect kneeling behind an unsuspecting female shopper who was looking at items on a wall display Sunday, according to Cypress police. A short time later, a man who was at the store with his family can be seen hunting down the suspect near the store's checkout lanes. 

"My husband noticed him kneeling down with his phone under a young girl's dress," said shopper Angelica Duarte, who was at the store with her husband and two daughters. "At that point, my husband basically tackled the guy and tried to grab the phone." 

She said she noticed the suspect earlier near her daughters.

"My husband went into protective mode," she said. "It's scary that in plain daylight... they're doing this."

The video showed the man delivering a forearm shove, knocking the suspect to the floor. The suspect then scrambled to his feet and out of the store in the 6000 block of Katella Avenue.

Duarte said her family members snapped photos of the suspect and his car license plate. 

"He messed with the wrong family this time," said Duarte.

Based on information received from witnesses and two victims, Cypress police arrested Jorge A. Ibarra, Jr., 29, on Wednesday on suspicion of invasion of privacy. Detectives said Ibarra is accused of the same crime at a Target store in Cerritos earlier Sunday. 

Bond was set at $25,000. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney. Orange County jail records indicate his first court appearance is Friday.

Target issued the following statement: "At Target, the safety and security of our guests is very important to us and we have no tolerance for this behavior in our stores. Immediately upon learning of these recent incidents, our teams called police to investigate and shared video footage with them. We will continue to help law enforcement in any ways that we can be of support to their investigation."

Cypress police detectives said there might be more victims. Anyone with information was asked to call 714-229-6631.

Kristin Skelly is giving back to others after overcoming her own battle with cancer.

Skelly is a mom living in Madison and teaches in her hometown, Guilford.

“I’m excited about the ride, I’m nervous about the ride,” she told NBC Connecticut. “It’s my first ride.”

Skelly will join hundreds of riders in the Closer to Free Ride in support of the Smilow Cancer Hospital on Saturday, September 8.

“I've always wanted to give back,” she said, “especially after going through so much and Closer to Free, it just seemed like the right time for me. I feel like enough time went by."

Enough time since she began adjusting to a new normal after her battle with cancer.

“I think it’s so important to pay attention to your body, and if you notice anything that’s changing at all, then just to follow-up on it,” Skelly said. “It’s important to get regular screenings, mammograms, ultrasounds, whatever you need.”

During the week of Thanksgiving 2014, Skelly said she felt a small lump in her right breast that led her to the doctors at Smilow.

“In January, I underwent a double mastectomy," she said.

After recuperating from surgery, Skelly spent the next several months undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.

“It was pretty aggressive so the support of my family, friends, my Baldwin community where I work, the communities of Guilford and Madison really gave me so much strength," she said.

An old high school friend suggested she join his team for this year’s Closer to Free ride.

“He wanted to honor me,” Skelly said, “but also his sister is a two time breast cancer survivor."

Skelly said she is riding to raise money for Smilow’s medical teams that save lives and the hospital programs providing support for patients.

“Sometimes people think when you're treatments are over that you're all better,” Skelly said, “and I found that time after, probably the two years after my radiation had ended were the most difficult for me."

Skelly said sessions of Reiki, a Japanese relaxation technique, yoga classes and therapeutic massages have helped her heal.

“Take advantage of so many programs Smilow offers,” she said, “it really did bring me comfort during a difficult time."

Now, proudly wearing her survivor jersey, Skelly said she is ready for the 40 mile bike ride.

“Ten days after the ride, I will be three years cancer free,” she said.

There is still time to sign up for this year’s CTF Ride. In addition to the new 40-mile option, there are 10, 25, 65 and 100-mile rides.

A Hartford police officer was charged with disorderly conduct in East Windsor Wednesday and has been suspended with pay, according to police.

The arrest report says East Windsor police arrested 45-year-old James Guzie on Wednesday after his wife went to police and reported that he assaulted her.

She told police that he had taken her cell phone and refused to give it back.

She said Guzman had keys in his hand and pushed her when she tried to get the phone back, causing an abrasion to the left side of her stomach, according to the arrest report.

When the woman tried to get the phone again, Guzman pushed his elbow into her chest, according to police.

Guzman was charged with disorderly conduct.

Hartford police said Guzie has been on the force for seven years and he has been suspended with pay in accordance with internal administrative procedures.

He is due back in court on Aug. 22, according to online court records.

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, the Republican challenger to incumbent Bob Casey in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, has long been glued to the hip of President Donald Trump.

He was, after all, the tough-liner on illegal immigration — as mayor of Hazleton, a town northwest of Allentown — long before Trump took national politics by storm.

"Barletta is glued to the hip of Trump," Franklin & Marshall College pollster Terry Madonna said. "He was Trump before Trump was Trump."

"On virtually everything, he's a Trump guy," Madonna added of Barletta's policy stances.

That's why so much depends on Trump's visit Thursday night to Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, jumpstarting Barletta's sagging campaign. The Republican trails by double digits in recent polls. In fact, the average of three tallied by RealClearPolitics shows Barletta trailing by 16 points to the two-term Democrat.

Casey also held a 6-to-1 advantage in campaign cash-on-hand, according to the most recent federal reports filed June 30. Casey had roughly $10 million to Barletta's $1.5 million.

But Republican strategist Charlie Gerow said an overhaul of Barletta's campaign staff about a month ago, along with Trump's rally, could very well create some momentum for the next few months leading up to the November midterms.

"He's starting to find his footing. Frankly, his campaign was a little slow getting on track," Gerow said. "The new leadership (for his campaign) has it figured out."

Still, Gerow acknowledged Barletta faces an uphill battle to make up so much ground and increase name recognition in a state that Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.

His campaign is doubling down on the tough immigration policies that Barletta first popularized as a mayor well over a decade ago.

"Radical politicians like Bob Casey are sabotaging efforts by law enforcement to keep our families and communities safe from crime," Barletta campaign press secretary David Jackson said in a statement. "Bob Casey must answer to the victims of criminals released onto the street in sanctuary cities who commit heinous crimes against innocent Americans."

Trump arrives in Wilkes-Barre, which is 20 miles from Hazleton, for a 7 p.m. rally at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 Highland Park Blvd. Attendance is general admission.

Doors open at 4 p.m.

Three of the four women facing charges connected to abuse allegations at a South Windsor day care appeared in court Thursday.

People who identified themselves as parents of the victims stood outside the Manchester Superior Court House. They wanted to get a message out, but declined to speak on camera.

Three women facing charges in connection with abuse at Mother Goose Day Care Center in South Windsor went before a judge.

Day care owner Marjorie Glater, and two other supervisors, Nicole Moriarty and Brandy Novack, each pleaded not guilty to one charge of failing as a mandated reporter to report suspected abuse.

According to court papers, they were aware that former teacher, 25-year-old Ashley Swietek, was rough with children.

Court documents also state that police said Swietek, who was the head teacher of the Cheerios classroom for 12- to 18-month-olds, is accused of pushing kids, yelling at them, and withholding food.

In one case, a teacher told police she saw Swietek “pick up a toddler and slam him into a wall, causing him to hit his head.”

In another instance, investigators said Swietek used her legs and arms to pin down a toddler on a cot to get them to take a nap.

Swietek is facing three counts of risk of injury to a child and is due back in court next week. NBC Connecticut reached out to her attorney, who had no comment.

Mother Goose Children’s Center is still open. Marjorie Glater is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations of the day care. She has voluntarily surrendered her license and is in the process of transferring ownership of the business by the end of September.

NBC Connecticut spoke to the attorney representing Glater and Novack outside court.

“This was a matter that was handled administratively by the regulators of the child care center. It was handled efficiently and effectively and to criminalize it is a gross overreaction,” said defense attorney Kevin Rennie.

Moriarty’s attorney Anthony Spinella sent us a statement that said, “My client was minimally involved and she was not alleged to have done any of the alleged child abuse.”

Their next court date is in September.

Farmington Avenue is closed at the intersection with Buena Vista Road due to a crash, according to police.

An NBC Connecticut crew on scene reported multiple vehicles involved, one flipped onto its roof.

More information was not immediately available.

Check back for updates.

When an email containing one of Sally Myers’ old passwords appeared in her inbox, she thought she was hacked.

Myers said the email she received on Tuesday didn’t have the usual red flags for being spam or a scam. The sender used an Outlook account.

"It had all the right language in it. There wasn't the typical misspellings that you sometimes see in phishing emails," Myers said.

It also had a real password that Myers said she hasn’t used in a few years.

The sender claimed they accessed Myers’ web camera and recorded video of her watching online pornography, and the email threatened to release that video to Myers’ Facebook friends and email contacts unless she paid $2,250 in Bitcoin.

“We’ll name it my ‘confidentiality tip,’” the email read. “Here is what will happen if you choose this option. Your secret will remain your secret. I will delete the video immediately.”

“There was a very good storyline,” she said. “We found you, we found your identity and now we’re going to expose the porn sites you’ve been visiting.”

As Myers read on, she realized the email was in fact, a scam and she shrugged it off.

“I don’t think the kind of secrets they claim to have would have any credibility with my Facebook friends,” she said.

But she changed her current email password just to be safe.

Myers’ email address and password were probably exposed in a data breach, according to ThreeShield, a Canadian security firm.

ThreeShield said it started tracking the scam around July 5, 2018. The firm believes the data came from a breach of LinkedIn in 2012 that impacted more than 100 million users.

Hackers released the list of usernames and passwords from that hack in 2016.

Myers said the email encouraged her to think more carefully about internet security. She hopes others will too.

In addition to changing your passwords, security experts recommend using two-step verification on your accounts.

Greenwich police are also warning residents about a similar scam letter being sent through the traditional mail. It appears to target married men. The sender claims to have evidence of an affair and asks for payment in digital currency.

Greenwich police say they have received five reports in the last couple of weeks.

Police in Darien and New Canaan issued a similar warning in December 2017.

In you receive one of the emails or letters, authorities said to just ignore it.

Police in West Virginia have recovered a stolen school van believed to have been abandoned by a Pennsylvania man wanted for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump.

U.S. Marshals believe that fugitive Shawn Christy, 26, of McAdoo, stole the 2008 Dodge Caravan in Butler Township just days before the president was slated to hold a rally at a nearby town.

The van, which has a yellow and black decal on the front and back that reads "SCHOOL STUDENTS,” was found Thursday near Nitro, West Virginia, the FBI's Pittsburgh office said on Twitter. The van also has red decals on the passenger and drive doors that read "ROHRER."

U.S. Marshal Martin Pane of the Middle District of Pennsylvania told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that authorities aren't sure how long the van had been there.

The FBI believes Christy has stolen numerous handguns, as well.

Christy has been wanted since June for threatening to kill Trump. The president was in Scranton Thursday for a political rally in support of U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta.

U.S. Marshalls, FBI and Secret Service officials have been working with local law enforcement to search for Christy. He faces federal charges for posting threats last month on Facebook against the president, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli and a police chief. 

“Keep it up Morganelli, I promise I’ll put a bullet in your head as soon as I put one in the head of Donald J. Trump. Remember where you came from punk,” Christy wrote in a now-deleted post.

This is not Christy’s first time harassing elected officials. In 2011, an Alaskan magistrate issued a restraining order against him for harassing Sarah Palin and he has been known to attack local elected officials, police said. He was also charged with aggravated assault last year after he allegedly swung a large stick at McAddo Mayor Stephen Holly.

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information that could lead to Christy’s arrest. They warned the public that Christy is violent and could be armed. They encourage anyone with information to call the U.S. Marshal 24-hour tip line at 484-358-1974.

Strong storms that moved through the state Thursday left behind pockets of damage after they rolled through.

Emergency crews responded when a tree came down on a home on Cora Street in Enfield. No one was hurt, but the homeowner was home at the time, taking a shower when the tree crashed down onto her bedroom.

There is damage to the roof of the home.

Crews in Enfield also responded to a tree that came down on power lines on Ridgefield Road.

In Somers, a tree came down on a house on George Wood Road. No injuries were reported, but like Enfield, there is damage to the roof.

Strong storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings in multiple areas of the state Thursday afternoon.

NBC Connecticut is proud to partner with the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges to host a Republican primary debate in the race for governor.

The Republican candidate forum will take place Monday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. at Fairfield University.  It will be held at the school's Quick Center of the Arts.

You will be able to watch the debate streaming live on nbcconnecticut.com, in our free NBC CT app and on our NBC Connecticut Facebook page.

NBC CT Political Reporter Max Reiss will be a panelist at the forum.

If you are watching online, you are encouraged to use the hashtag #CCICdebate to participate in the social media conversation.

For tickets to attend in person, click here.

Thursday night the Suffield Board of Education met for the first time since news broke of an investigation into allegations that school administrators and members of senior leadership of the Suffield Public School District, including the superintendent, failed to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the state Department of Children and Families.

After three and a half hours, the Suffield Board of Education ended its executive session.

The special meeting took place just days after police said they got a call from the Department of Children and Families about an incident at the school back in May that was allegedly brought to the administration and senior school leadership, but never reported to DCF.

By state law, school employees are mandated reporters.

“Simply put I think there needs to be a change,” said Suffield parent David Messenger.

Messenger started a petition on Sunday stating no confidence in the superintendent. So far more than 500 people have signed it.

“They don't want to move forward with this current superintendent,” Messenger said.

Parent Jen bombard did not sign that petition, saying that while she’s concerned about the allegations, she wants board members to wait until the investigation is complete before acting.

“I felt like she deserved due process and a removal without that due process I do feel puts Suffield in a bad light,” Bombard said.

Law enforcement sources said the incident in question happened at the high school. A source told NBC Connecticut it involves a conversation between a student and a school staff member about pornography.

Earlier this week Superintendent Karen Berasi released a statement saying in part,” I’m absolutely confidence that when this investigation is competed it will verify that there was no wrongdoing of any sort.”

At Thursday’s meeting there was no action taken and no comment given. But earlier in the week, the board released a statement saying “should we find after an investigation that any employee has failed to adhere to his or her obligations as a mandated reporter, we will take all appropriate action to hold the responsible employees accountable and keep our students safe.”

The Board of Education will have its regularly scheduled meeting Monday.

Eva Bermudez Zimmerman clearly arrived at NBC Connecticut with a plan to use her opponent’s experience and past as a weapon against her, knowing Susan Bysiewicz would attempt to turn it into an asset.

Just minutes into the debate. Bermudez Zimmerman criticized Bysiewicz, a former legislator and secretary of the state, for previous votes on budget she cast.

"Unfortunately, Susan, when she served in the state legislature she voted nearly every single year to defer pension payments which have brought us here right now to the fiscal crisis that we currently have.”

She even called Bysiewicz a “coward,” at one point.

Susan Bysiewicz is the endorsed Democrat running for the number two job in state government. She won the party’s support at the state convention in May, while the 31-year-old Bermudez Zimmerman was successful in achieving a position on the August primary ballot.

Bermudez Zimmerman is a union organizer who was born in Hartford and currently lives in Newtown where she served out a term on the town council after being appointed to the seat.

Bysiewicz harped on her career experience as reason Democratic voters should support her in the August primary. She said the party and the state need someone who knows how to run major state agencies alongside the governor.

“The lieutenant also has the role of stepping up if a governor can't serve and that's important to take into consideration,” Bysiewicz said. “Between 1945 and 2004 six lieutenant governors have stepped up into that important role and I'm ready on day one. I've not only worked in the legislature but I ran a very large state agency."

The two candidates differed on tax policy, with Bysiewicz not committing to raising taxes as a response to the state’s budget deficits, while Bermudez Zimmerman said the state must impose higher taxes on big box and chain stores as a way to raise revenue.

The two candidates did agree that legalizing the recreational use of marijuana is a good idea, not only for revenue purposes, but they each cited data from Colorado suggesting that opioid related deaths decreased at the same time cannabis was legalized there.

Bermudez Zimmerman has the support of labor unions around the state, and she’s picked up the support of the American Federation of Teachers in Connecticut. Bysiewicz has picked up the support more than 50 local chief elected officials.

Bermudez Zimmerman's lack of political experience did show during one point in the debate. She said her time in Washington was spent as an intern researching legislation, and not the staff member in the office of former Rep. Charles Rangel that she described herself as earlier in the campaign.

Nevertheless, she said the experience of being in Washington as the nation dealt with a financial crisis was beneficial.

“I’m proud of the work I did,” she said.

Bysiewicz leaned on her time working in private practice to help small businesses thrive in Connecticut, a point she made multiple times.

"Our economy is in need of revitalization and I've been on the front lines of that for the past six years so I think public and private sector is important to this critical role in state government."

This was the only debate between the two candidates.

NBC Connecticut will host debates in the race for lieutenant governor ahead of the primary election.

The Republican debate between Joe Markley, Erin Stewart and Jayme Stevenson was on Wednesday, Aug. 1. See the recap here.

The Democratic debate between Susan Bysiewicz and Eva Bermudez Zimmerman was Thursday, Aug. 2. See the recap here.

NBC CT Political Reporter Max Reiss moderated both debates.

Both debates streamed live on nbcconnecticut.com, in the free NBC CT app and on the NBC Connecticut Facebook page. For more on Connecticut politics, including analysis and livestreams, visit NBC Connecticut's Decision 2018 page.

A U.S. Navy submarine sonar technician is qualified to do a lot of things—and now STS3 Andrew Bireley can add delivering his own son to the list.

Around 4:50 a.m. Saturday morning, Ally Bireley told her husband, Andrew, that she was having contractions. Thinking she was in labor, he called the obstetrician. The plan was to get to the hospital.

“As soon as I hang up the phone I hear Ally screaming in the bathroom. So I rush in there. She’s telling me she’s feeling the need to push,” Bireley said.

So he laid Ally down on the bathroom floor. Then Bireley was everywhere: in the bathroom with his wife, checking on this 3-year-old son Liam—who woke up—unlocking the front door for first responders.

“It was terrifying, amazing, scary, wonderful, so many emotions,” Bireley said.

Town of Groton Officer Marvel Bennett was the first on scene and stepped into the role of coach. Baby Cory Alexander arrived by 5:13 a.m., about 20 minutes after the Bireleys first woke up.

“His head came out but the rest of him didn’t. And then Ally seemed as if she was almost too weak for a minute,” Bireley said. “We prompted her to push the rest of him out and then it took us a minute to get him to start breathing. But once did, he was crying.”

Deputy Chief Paul Gately said Bennett, who’s been with the department for almost six years, worked to make the environment as sterile as possible. His officers are trained to deliver babies, but it’s rare. Gately said he’s never delivered one in his 28 years on a police force.

“From what I know, he did an outstanding job and I told him that,” Gately said.

“I am grateful for (Bennett’s) coaching—for him being there to make sure I’m not doing anything wrong,” Bireley said. “Because this boy is a blessing and I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him or Ally.”

Delivering his own son, Bireley’s third child, was also a blessing. He said it’s a bond they’ll forever share.

“I was the first thing he saw in this world and I got to be the first person to hold him,” Bireley said.

Attorneys for disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein said in a court filing that they plan to seek dismissal of the sex assault case against him in New York, NBC News reported.

The filing was made in Delaware bankruptcy court on Wednesday, and argues that emails between Weinstein and one of his accusers obtained as part of the Weinstein Company's chapter 11 request would clear his name and that "the failure of the district attorney to provide this evidence to the grand jury warrants a dismissal of the indictment."

It's not clear which of the three accusers in the New York indictment is involved in the email chain, which an attorney said in the filing amounts to fewer than 40 messages. The Delaware filing requests an emergency hearing to seek permission to use redacted versions of the emails in the New York case.

His lawyers say the permission is urgent, as pretrial motions in the New York rape case are due Friday. They say in the filing they are seeking a dismissal of the indictment "for, among other reasons, the failure of the prosecutor to advise the grand jury of the substance of exculpatory communications made by the one of three complaining witnesses underlying the counts of the indictment and contained in the e-mails sought for use here."

The Manhattan District Attorney's office declined to comment.  

Water crews are working to repair a large water main break on Maple Ave. in Bristol.

Bristol Police say Maple Avenue is closed from Burlington Avenue to Sperry Road and a traffic detour has been set up.

The Bristol Water Department says 10 homes are without water and other customers in the area may see lower than normal water pressure or discolored water.

Officials expect to restore water later this morning or early this afternoon.

Once service is restored, officials say customers experiencing discolored water should run an outside faucet or bathtub and avoid washing clothes until the water is clear.

 Please check back for updates.