Greenwich police arrested a 39-year-old Shelton man who is suspected of stealing more than $100,000 from different ATMs across Greenwich.

Joshua Moore was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree larceny, and criminal mischief.

Moore is accused of stealing $32,000 from a CVS ATM at 122 Post Rd. in Feb. 22 2018, police said.

Investigators looked through Moore's cell phone and financial records and found evidence of two other similar incidents that occurred in Aug. 2017 and Nov. 2018 in which a combined $72,000 was stolen.

Moore was held on $250,000 bond and is set to be arraigned on Jan. 30 at Stamford Superior Court.

Additional charges may be announced as the investigation continues, according to police.

A man was shot in the leg in Hartford Tuesday, according to police.

Police said it happened near 362 Bellevue St. The victim’s injuries were not life-threatening and he was taken to Saint Francis Hospital for treatment.

The Hartford Police Department Major Crimes and Crime Scene divisions are investigating.

No other details were immediately available.

An actor from the hit television show "Empire" was beaten overnight in what police are investigating as a "possible racially-charged assault and battery" in Chicago, authorities said. 

The 36-year-old man was walking in the 300 block of North Lower Water Street when police say two people approached him and began yelling "racial and homophobic slurs."

The identity of the cast member involved in the attack was not immediately released by police, but a friend close to the Smollett family, who has been in touch with relatives, told NBC News that Jussie Smollett was the victim. The friend said Smollett remained hospitalized Tuesday morning and was in stable condition. 

Smollett came out as gay during a guest appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2015. 

Police said the offenders began hitting him with their hands and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. At one point, one of the offenders also wrapped a rope around the man's neck, authorities said.

The victim took himself to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where police said he was listed in good condition. 

Area Central Detectives are investigating, police said. 

"Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime," CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. "Detectives are currently working to gather video, identify potential witnesses and establish an investigative timeline."

Fellow cast member Vivica Fox also tweeted Tuesday morning that she had learned about the attack. 

"IM SO ANGRY AND HURT ABOUT THIS! THIS MUST STOP!! SPREAD LOVE NOT HATE! PRAYERS UP TO U NEPHEW!" she tweeted. 

Other celebrities also condemned the attack. 

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact Area Central Detectives at (312) 747-8382 or report it anonymously to www.cpdtip.com.

The big game is just days away, and local restaurants are prepping for big food orders.

Wings are the hot items at Sliders in Planstville- literally. People will be picking up wings starting at 9 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday.

“It’s one of our biggest days of the year,” said General Manager Alicia Aiudi. “Mild or medium. Usually buffalo is our award-winning.”

And at J. Timothy’s in Plainville the orders are big - really big.

“Super Bowl means wings, wings and more wings,” said manager Marrit Canino. “We’ll sell about 12 (sic) tons, so that’s going to be 24,000 pounds of chicken wings over this weekend. So that’s Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”

They’re prepping staff now. To keep up with demand, they will have cooks in the kitchen frying wings 24 hours a day starting on Thursday.

“What we’re known for here is the dirt wing,” Canino said. “They’re double sauced and double fried. They’re caramelized, and that’s what people are looking to order.”

On Super Bowl Sunday everything is carry-out only, and time slots for pick up on Sunday are already sold out. You can still get orders in there, but it has to be for Friday or Saturday.

Connecticut State Police are looking for a male and female who are accused of stealing baby formula and disposable razors in Oxford.

The incident took place at Market 32 grocery store where more than $1,100 in items was stolen on three different occasions in the past two months.

Police have released surveillance footage of the suspects.

Police say the suspects' vehicle is an older model BMW with rear passenger side window damage.

Anyone with information about the suspects' identities is asked to contact Trooper Vicki Donohue at 860-888-4353. Calls can be made anonymously.

Warming centers will be open across the state as an arctic blast heads for the state. The state Severe Cold Weather Protocol will be in effect starting at noon Wednesday through noon Sunday. Those in need of shelter can call 211 for more information.

A partial list of available warming centers is below.

Bloomfield

The Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center
330 Park Avenue
Wednesday through Friday 9 a.m. through 9 p.m.

Posser Library
1 Tunxis Avenue
Wednesday & Thursday 10 a.m. through 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. through 6 p.m.

McMahon Wintonbury Library
1015 Blue Hills Ave.
Wednesday & Friday 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.
Thursday 1 p.m. through 8 p.m.

Bristol

The Salvation Army
19 Stearns St
Daily 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Agape House
43 School St.
Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. through noon

Brian’s Angels
19 Jacob Street
Monday through Saturday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

The Bristol Library
5 High St
Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday & Saturday 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. through 5 p.m.

The Manross Library
260 Central St.
Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Senior Center
240 Stafford Ave.
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

St. Vincent DePaul at 19 Jacobs Street will serve as an overnight overflow center – note that space is limited. 

Hamden

Grace and Saint Peters Episcopal Church
2927 Dixwell Ave.
10 p.m. through 7 a.m. through January 31

Hamden Plains United Methodist Church
15 Church St.
10 p.m. through 7 a.m. starting February 1

Hartford

Hartford Public Library, Downtown Branch, 500 Main St and its branches. Click here for hours and locations.

South End Wellness Center,
830 Maple Ave.
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. through 4 p.m.

North End Senior Center
80 Coventry St.
Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. through 3 p.m.

Parkville Senior Center
11 New Park Ave.
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Hispanic Health Council
175 Main St.
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

Hispanic Senior Center
45 Wadsworth St.
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

Overnight Warming Center
Willie Ware Community Center
697 Windsor Street: Monday through Sunday
7 p.m. through 7 a.m.

Mansfield

Mansfield Community Center Sitting Room
10 S Eagleville Rd., Storrs
Monday through Friday 5:30 a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday 6:30 a.m. through 8 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. through 8 p.m.

Mansfield Public Library
54 Warrenville Rd.
Monday & Wednesday 10 a.m. through 5 p.m., Tuesday & Thursday 10 a.m. through 8 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Mansfield Senior Center
303 Maple Rd, Storrs
Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

New Haven

The 180 Center
793 Grand Avenue
Call 203-909-9194 for more information.

 All city libraries are available as warming centers during regular business hours/

All city senior centers are available as warming centers for seniors only.

New London

Senior Center
120 Broad St.
Regular business hours through Friday afternoon

Homeless Hospitality Center
325 Huntington St.
Outside regular business hours, through the weekend

Southington

Southington Public Library
255 Main St.
Wednesday & Thursday 9 a.m. through 8:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Calendar House Senior Center
388 Pleasant St.
Wednesday & Thursday 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Torrington

Joseph House
116 Water St.
Open starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday, including overnight hours

Community Soup Kitchen
220 Prospect Street
Wednesday 7 a.m. through 9 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m. through 9 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. through 2 p.m.

Waterbury

The Center for Human Development Hospitality Center
693 East Main Street
Open 24 hours through cold snap from Tuesday, January 29 through Saturday, February 2.

For more options, click here.

Cutting back on the amount local governments function as bureaucracy has been considered for years in Connecticut to be an untouchable enterprise.

With 169 cities and towns, and more than 200 school systems, the political and traditional boundaries would make any consolidation difficult. Sen. Martin Looney and other top Democrats in Connecticut say 2019 has to be the start of school system consolidation.

Sen. Looney, (D – New Haven), proposed a measure that would set up a commission that would plan the consolidation of school districts.

“The purpose is to consolidate education bureaucracies. We have too many school superintendents, too many central office expense bureaucracy,” Looney said. “In many cases not justified because you have many districts with only a couple of schools in them and you have in the in school administrators and you have an on top of that the layer of superintendents and other central office people.”

There is a second measure that would consolidate any system that has fewer than 2,000 students which is sponsored by Sen. Bob Duff and Sen. Cathy Osten, two of the highest ranking Democrats in the chamber.

Neither the Looney nor the Duff and Osten proposals mention any school closures or the movement of students from one district to another leading to transportation changes.

Republicans have already announced their opposition to both measures saying any forced consolidation is not a way to save money.

Two groups at the center of the issue are the two associations that represent cities and towns, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and the Connecticut Council of Small Towns.

CCM represents 168 municipalities, while COST represents 110.

CCM’s Executive Director Joe DeLong says his members want to maintain their independence, but said there is a desire to better use their money when it comes to education.

“I think it’s a very important discussion,” DeLong said, adding that he doesn’t necessarily like the way Looney’s proposal is drafted. “With declining enrollments, the fact that we have duplicate services in terms of multiple boards of education, multiple superintendents, maintenance directors, curriculum directors. We need to be looking at this thing to see if there’s a more effective way to be delivering education services.”

COST, however, views the notion of school consolidation as the wrong way to look to cut costs. Betsy Gara, the group’s executive director, challenges any assumption that there will be cost savings that result from fewer superintendents and central office staff.

“We’ve talked about consolidation and school district consolidation over the years and unfortunately the studies just don’t indicate there any savings to be had,” she said.

Gara says any proposal that selects a number threshold, Looney’s would consolidate districts for cities and towns with fewer than 40,000, and Duff’s would consolidate for districts of fewer than 2,000 students, is arbitrary, and not what parents are looking for.

“At the end of the day unless you have the support of the community, the support of the residents, consolidation isn’t going to work. It has to be a bottom up effort. That’s what we’re supporting. Making sure our residents have a voice. Making sure our town leaders have a voice in shaping the schools in their communities.”

Joe DeLong at CCM argues that, as a parent, he wants to see more of his property tax dollars being spent on teachers and in-the-classroom expenses, as opposed to administrative salaries and benefits.

“It’s not about closing schools. It’s not about taking away local autonomy and busing kids distances out of their towns. It’s about layer upon layer upon layer of administrative duplication that we need to look at if there’s a more efficient way to get the dollars in the classroom rather than in the bureaucracy.”

Two more sentences have been handed down in a patient abuse case at Connecticut's maximum security mental hospital.

It comes exactly two weeks after the first employee charged got prison time in a plea agreement.

The employees from the Whiting Forensic Division in Middletown are among 10 arrested in connection with repeated kicking, poking, and other abuse of Bill Shehadi, a patient in his 50s.

It was all caught on camera in the winter of 2017.

Carl Benjamin got seven years in prison, suspended after six months, in his no contest plea agreement on a pair of charges of intentional cruelty to persons. He did not address the court.

Willie Bethea received a two-year sentence, suspended after four months, for his no contest plea on the same charge.

Bethea spoke about his involvement, “My actions were silly, they were juvenile, but at no time did I ever try to hurt Mr. Shehadi.”

The victim’s brother, Al Shehadi, also spoke, “My brother is a sick man and he's not easy to deal with, that is a fact, but that fact is irrelevant in the context of the charges before us today, the videos are clear that my brother did nothing to instigate the abuse he received.”

All told, the state put 37 people at Whiting on administrative leave in the Shehadi abuse case, and 35 no longer work for Whiting.

Of those, 26 were dismissed or terminated, four resigned and five retired.

Of the 10 employees charged in the case, seven are still in the process of either making a plea agreement, or taking their case to trial.

Gov. Ned Lamont will activate the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol starting Wednesday as brutally cold temperatures and harsh wind chills move in.

A few snow squalls are possible Wednesday afternoon as Arctic air moves in and some accumulation is possible.

Wind chills of -10 to -20 are expected Thursday morning and air temperatures will be near 0 degrees. The arctic chill that will last into the weekend.

Towns and cities across the state have announced warming center locations.

Those in need of shelter from the cold can contact 211. The protocol starts at noon Wednesday and will remain in effect through noon Sunday.

The Severe Cold Weather Protocol activates coordination between Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), and the Department of Housing (DOH) to work across the state’s network of shelters to make sure everyone has a place to go in the cold.

Get the latest forecast anytime here.

Interstate 84 westbound is closed in Vernon after a crash involving a tractor-trailer, according to the state Department of Transportation.

According to the DOT website, the highway is closed between exits 67 and 66. Drivers should find alternate routes.

There was immediate information on any injuries.

Roads were slippery Tuesday night as a winter storm moved through.

Last week, Congress ended the federal shutdown — at least for now — slowing the daily flow of stories about furloughed workers who cannot pay their rent, work but have no savings, or are insured but cannot afford their medication.

But while those workers have returned to their jobs, NBC News reports, the problems that come with economic insecurity remain top of mind for millions of poor and even middle-income Americans living on the financial edge. Most of these Americans are white, but a disproportionate share are not. Many of them work, but they’ve been crushed for at least a decade since the Great Recession by stagnant wages and rising costs for everything essential to live.

And, much like the federal workers who were left scrambling with little savings after their pay was cut off, many Americans don’t have anything left over to save, not even enough to cover a $400 emergency.

American food banks were "stretched to the brink" even before the shutdown, according to Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, a national food bank network.

Downed wires have closed Main Street and are causing power problems in Danbury on Wednesday morning.

Police said a transformer blew in front of the Auto Zone store shortly before 2 a.m.

Multiple people on the street lost power, including the police department. Officers said the police department is currently using a generator.

The power company was notified and are on scene working to restore power.

There is no word on how long it will take to restore.

Facebook will pull a controversial market research program from Apple’s operating system after a report revealed that it likely ran afoul of Apple's data collection policies, Facebook sources told NBC News early Wednesday.

TechCrunch reported Tuesday afternoon that Facebook had been paying users up to $20 per month to install a 'Facebook Research' app that gave the company the ability to monitor their phone and web activity.

The app, in place since 2016, was similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app, which Apple banned last June after determining that it violated its policies.

Interstate 91 north in Hartford has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning.

The crash, which was reported around 4 a.m., involved a box truck and a car, according to State Police.

Connecticut Department of Transportation said the highway was closed between exits 28 and 29. It has since reopened.

Delays stretched for almost four miles into Wethersfield.

Minor injuries were reported.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are keeping a very close eye on snow squalls developing to our west.

We expect snow squalls to move through the state during the afternoon/evening commute between 2 and 6 p.m.

Snow squalls will be brief only last 15 to 30 minutes however conditions will deteriorate rapidly. Snow squalls will incldue near whiteout conditions, strong damaging wind gusts, and dangerous driving conditions.

We're only forecasting 1 to 2 inches but it's really not about the accumulation it's about how quickly it will fall and the timing.

In addition to the heavy to extremely heavy snow the wind will also be quite gusty. 

Brief wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are possible which could result in sporadic power outages. 

Following the squalls our attention turns to very cold temperatures.

Wind Chill Advisories are in effect for most of Connecticut with wind chills of -15 to -30 by tomorrow morning. 

A McKinney teenager facing the fight of her life received a surprise from hundreds of her high school friends.

NBC 5 first met Kate Pepper at the start of the 2018 school year when she was banned from wearing a turquoise wig to McKinney High School because it violated school policy.

The District reversed its decision after NBC 5's story aired and went viral, and after a Facebook post supporting Kate by Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.

Kate hasn’t been at school much lately.

She was first diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma, a form of brain cancer, in 2014 but beat it.

It returned last summer.

This time, there is no more treatment.

Five months later, Kate's school planned a surprise to make her feel special. Friday night, hundreds of classmates gathered at the Cotton Mill in McKinney for a secret school dance thrown in her honor.

Kate has never hidden from her battle.

When she lost her hair over the summer, she owned it in a bright-colored turquoise wig.

Today, the wig is gone, her hair is back and her spirit is strong.

She was pampered Friday by a make-up artist and photographers who volunteered to shoot Kate’s senior photos.

"I feel beautiful," she said of the experience. 

After the photo shoot, her boyfriend Braylon Shavers showed up with an unexpected invitation to dinner at Rick's Chophouse in McKinney.

But Kate had no idea the night would include dinner and dancing.

A mile away, friends, teachers and family were preparing for the big surprise.

“We're doing this ball, this dance for Katilyn so that she can feel like a princess that she is. She can have that prom experience right now while she feels good,” Kate’s mom Tyliece Pepper said.

The entire production was pulled together in a week by students and Kate's homebound teacher, Chelsea Boyd.

“I didn't know you could speak wishes into reality until I showed up tonight. I'm overwhelmed,” Boyd said tearfully.

Kate was overwhelmed, too, as she was met by extended family she hasn’t seen in years and a room full of friends she used to see every day.

“You guys are nothing but blessings to me. Thank you God!” she said in a burst of emotion.

"You guys are amazing people and if it wasn’t for you guys I wouldn’t be able to do this," Kate told the crowd.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover the cost of Kate's medical expenses.

Governor Ned Lamont will be making an announcement about the future of the Connecticut State Pier on Wednesday morning.

Lamont is expected to make the announcement at a news conference in New London.

He will be joined by Mayor Michael Passero, Connecticut Port Authority Board Chairman Scott Bates, State Senator Paul Formica and others, according to a press release.

The news conference is expected to begin at 10 a.m. and will take place at New London City Hall on State Street.

A Montville man is accused of killing his grandparents and trying to burn down their house and court documents say he admitted to police that he'd stabbed both of them.

Police have identified the victims as 77-year-old Gertrude Piscezek and 76-year-old John Piscezek.

The medical examiner determined they were killed in a stabbing and their deaths have been ruled homicides.

State police have arrested 18-year-old Marcus Fisher and charged him with two counts of murder, one count of murder with special circumstances and one count of criminal attempt to commit arson in the second degree.

According to court documents, Fisher initially denied hurting his grandparents but later admitted that he’d gotten into an argument with his grandfather after dinner on Sunday night and stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife.

When his grandmother came in, he stabbed her too, he told police.

Officers began investigating when Fisher called 911 around 4:45 a.m. Monday and reported two bodies in the house.

He told investigators that his grandparents had been stabbed a few hours earlier and he’d been there for “the event,” court documents say.

When law enforcement authorities arrived at the Morgan Street home, they found Fisher outside with cuts and a "blood-like substance" on his hands.

He told them that he’d lit a bonfire and had been outside for a few hours, the investigation report says.

As police investigated, they asked Fisher if he’d hurt his grandparents and he initially told them that he didn’t, but then admitted that he did, according to court paperwork.

Police detained Fisher and brought him to state police barracks, where he waived his rights.

He then told investigators that he’d stabbed his grandfather after an argument and then stabbed his grandmother, according to court documents.

After the stabbing, Fisher cleaned the knife, went outside, lit a fire and tried to burn the house down, according to police.

He’d also left the gas on at the house, according to police.

State police alerted law enforcement who were still at the house and they turned off the gas stove.

Outside the house, police also found several burnt and smoldering branches and logs on a propane tank, according to the investigation report.

Bond for Fisher was set at $1 million. He is due in court on Feb. 4.

NBC Connecticut reached out to his attorney but the attorney was not immediately available.

When the federal government shut down for what would grow to 35 days, Maryland mother of three Quashawn Latimer was fighting cancer.

Without a paycheck, she was forced to make a devastating choice: Would she pay for chemotherapy or pay rent? She chose chemo.

This week, after News4 and MSNBC told her story, Latimer learned that someone paid both her February rent and her medical bills.

"Someone called in to the hospital and took care of my account. They wiped out my entire balance," she told News4's on Tuesday. "It is blessings, and it is a bright side to this, and I thank God for it."

Latimer, a Navy veteran who lives in Millersville, Maryland, works in program analysis for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She loves her job and was stunned by the government shutdown and the decision it forced her to make.

"That was a very scary moment for me, having to make a choice between what I'm not going to pay to keep me healthy," she said.

Latimer was relieved to hear President Donald Trump's announcement on Friday that the government would reopen. But she's nervous that it will get shut down again.

"I’m holding on to every dollar that I have because I don’t trust it at this point," she said. 

Latimer got her final chemo treatment on Monday. In a video she showed, nurses and friends clapped and cheered for her. She said she hopes elected officials can be a source of support too, simply by paying federal employees. 

"My life is in some congressmen's and some senators' and a president's hands right now," she said.

MSNBC's Mariana Atencio originally told Latimer's story.