Chris Yamamoto of Milford spent $17,000 on a Carrier mini-split state-of-the-art HVAC system for his Milford home. According to his receipt, Yamamoto he had the unit installed on October 31, 2016.

“The reliability was a big thing for me,” said Yamamoto.

But Yamamoto said since day one the system wasn’t maintaining the proper temperature during winter or summer, calling it a defective unit. He said this happened even when he followed the manual’s instructions.

“Maybe, there was a setting that was wrong with it or something like that,” said Yamamoto.

The service warranty for his unit stated that he had one year of free maintenance and a three-year labor warranty with active maintenance agreement.

Yamamoto said he called his contractor and eventually Carrier to check the system, and documented every visit.

“They came out here and couldn’t really get anything working,” said Yamamoto.

Fast forward to 2017, Yamamoto said Carrier made more trips to his home.

“We ended up finding that the vent would constantly stay on for some reason. So, now we have a 10 degree overset temperature. You set it to 70 it would be at 80,” said Yamamoto.

Yamamoto explained how Carrier still couldn’t fix the problem.

“We had about seven people here in the house. They did one fix, they changed the setting in three of the four units and after about two hours later, after they left, it was very evident that it still wasn’t working,” said Yamamoto.

In January of 2018, Yamamoto said that the company suggested another replacement unit.

“It was all re-installed and really not much of a difference at all,” said Yamamoto.

Yamamoto confirmed that Carrier came out two more times to recharge the refrigerant and change some settings on the replacement. At this point, Chris just wanted the unit to work.

After reaching his boiling point with Carrier and it’s HVAC product, he reached out to NBC Connecticut Responds. A company spokesperson told us in a statement that:

“Carrier and Mr. Yamamoto have reached a confidential, amicable resolution on the matter.”

That agreement between Carrier and Yamamoto resulted in the company removing his unit and refunding the $17,000 he paid for the unit.

“Having NBC Connecticut actually reach out to Carrier corporate, obviously, to help me out in this whole situation has been great,” said Yamamoto. “I’m definitely relieved.”

Beth DeRosa was able to get out of what she says was an abusive relationship, and she is using her experience to help create the new Family Justice Center in New Haven.

“I’m really humbled to bring domestic neglect and mental abuse to the table and have it be recognized,” DeRosa told NBC Connecticut.

DeRosa said she wishes a centralized service center for domestic violence victims had been available when she went through a divorce with her ex-husband of 13 years.

“At the very beginning of the divorce process, I was actually asked by a judge once, he asked me if he ever hit me and I was confused almost by the question,” DeRosa recalled, “and I looked at him, I said I’m sorry, what? Well he said did he ever hit you, I said well no, should I have let him. Well he said ‘because he didn’t hit you, you can live with him.”

But DeRosa said she suffered mental abuse, emotional distress and domestic neglect, and that it was exacerbated during the divorce process, taking its toll on her and her three children.

“Things like PTSD, severe anxiety, mood disorder depression abandonment issues,” she said.

DeRosa is part of a focus group with domestic violence survivors.

“I find it really rewarding because it's women from all different socio-economic groups,” she said, “different types of violence that they experienced.”

The group is sharing ideas for what they’d like to see at the new Hope Family Justice Center of Greater New Haven.

Retired New Haven Police Captain Julie Johnson is leading the planning for the center.

“As long as they provide services free of charge to victims and clients we will partner with anyone,” Johnson said.

Johnson is a project coordinator for The Umbrella for Domestic Violence Services BHcare. She also spent time with the NHPD Detective Bureau specializing in domestic violence and sexual assault investigations.

Modeled after the more than 100 centers nationwide that are affiliated with the Family Justice Center Alliance, including one in Bridgeport, Johnson said the concept brings together different existing domestic violence services under one roof. Think of it as a “one-stop-shop” for seeking help from police, prosecutors, counselors and victim advocates.

“We are always looking for new ways and innovative ideas to reduce crime and to make victims safer and because of the other Family Justice Centers that have been established, you know, major outcomes have come from having a Family Justice Center in communities,” Johnson said.

Johnson said the new state law giving police more discretion to establish a dominant aggressor when responding to domestic calls should also help keep victims safe.

“Over the course of time you might have a victim who calls the police and they’re also arrested,” she explained, “so that next time they may be weary of calling the police again because they might think if I call the police like last time I might be arrested.”

Three of New Haven’s homicides in 2018 were domestic violence related, NHPD Chief Anthony Campbell said at last month’s crime statistic press conference. He said those homicides highlighted the need for the city to open a Family Justice Center.

Funding has been the biggest obstacle, Johnson said.

“We are moving forward with our fundraising seeking grants and community support,” she said.

A temporary location is open twice a week at New Haven’s opportunity center on Dixwell Avenue.

“Our permanent location we hope to have opened in month or so or at least space designated for renovation in downtown New Haven,” Johnson said.

Johnson explained the reason it is called a “family” justice center.

“Often times its giving services to the whole family, not just the victims and often times the children are witnesses to violence and we know that childhood trauma kind of shows itself often throughout that child’s life,” she said.

DeRosa said her children still receive regular counseling.

“They’re sort of the unspoken victims of any type of abuse,” she said.

DeRosa let her three children know she planned to sit down for an interview with NBC Connecticut.

“We all agreed if we could help one more person, one more family, one more child just anybody than what we went through was not in vain,” DeRosa said.

It’s been a turbulent couple of months for Coast Guard families who were not getting paid during the partial government shutdown and then, with uncertainty surrounding a stopgap bill that temporarily reopened the government through Friday, wondered if it would happen again.

But now that President Donald Trump signed a spending bill, which prevented another partial government closure, families will rest easy tonight.

It was a tense 35 days of living without a paycheck for Mike Brudzinski and his family.

“Just emotional and economic trauma, really,” he said. Brudzinki’s wife Miranda is a petty officer second class in the Coast Guard.

Not knowing if the government would pass a spending bill, the Brudzinski family was still living in shutdown mode.

“I’m happy that it happened but I’m still bitter and angry,” Brudzinski said.

The family stored food from the Coast Guard Academy’s pop-up pantry to save on grocery bills. They limited trips in the car to save on gas, carefully planned out errands, and didn’t even travel to the neighboring town to visit friends.

Brudzinski said his 3-year-old daughter Leila is signed up for WIC, a government supplemental nutrition program, and his 6-year-old, Lucas, is getting free lunch at school.

Families they know are living this cautiously too, according to Brudzinski.

“Frankly I hope they feel ashamed they put us through this,” he said of the government.

“I’m relieved. I’m incredibly relieved,” said Anna Griffiths. Her husband Kyle is a petty officer third class in the Coast Guard.

The mom of almost 6-month-old Juliette and 2-year-old Eloise said the support from the community helped a lot.

“We were still living off the food from the pantry for a week, so it offset our costs so we could catch back up bills wise,” Griffiths said.

Now knowing the spending bill is signed, Griffiths said her family can afford flights to Arizona to see her husband’s grandma, who is having open heart surgery, and hasn’t yet met her granddaughters.

“I think it would be really awful if we didn’t get the opportunity to go out there and meet her before that surgery happened because who knows? You never know,” Griffiths said.

Brudzinski said he and his wife want to pay-it-forward to the organizations and businesses who helped them.

For example, they have a list of restaurants that gave out free meals. They plan to patron those to help add to their bottom line.

State colleges are once against facing a funding shortfall, but what the system will do about it is not yet clear.

The system has raised tuition for the past two academic years, by 4 percent at the four-year schools and 2.5 percent at community colleges, and with a $57 million shortfall this year, more tuition increases cannot be ruled out.

This is a system that has been trying to come up with ways to save money, some popular, and some not.

The system’s President Mark Ojakian, who oversees Eastern Connecticut State University, Western Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University and Southern Connecticut State University has proposed a plan to consolidate the system as a way to cut tens of millions of dollars in cost. That plan was rejected by the accrediting agency.

But those discussions will continue, as well as others to try to save money.

"I think they're two separate issues but clearly when you have less money than you need, then you have to look at your operating model to make sure that you're providing what resources are necessary to students on their campus to be able to complete their education on time,” Ojakian said.

The next meeting for the Board of Regents is in March. Governor Ned Lamont will also provide his first state budget next week, but it’s unknown if he has any plans to come to the rescue.

A Florida man received a huge IRS refund by falsely claiming he paid $1 million in taxes, authorities said Friday.

The IRS has recouped much of the $980,000 refund from Tampa resident Ramon Christopher Blanchett, who federal prosecutors said told a seven-digit lie on his 2016 income tax returns.

Blanchett called himself a "freelancer" and reported $18,497 of income that year, according to an asset forfeiture complaint filed last month by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa. 

But in that same self-prepared 1040 return, filed Feb. 21, 2017, Blanchett also reported that $1 million had been withheld in taxes, which led to a $980,000 refund check, federal authorities said.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Friday he and other attorneys general from other states are preparing "imminent legal action" to challenge the national emergency declaration by President Trump over the border wall.

President Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency at the southern border and is using his executive authority to tap billions of other government funds to build the wall.

Trump took the action as he signed into law a deal to keep the federal government open. The legislation gives Trump 55 additional miles of border fencing, well short of the 200-plus miles he wanted.

Tong said some of the money Trump could use may have been earmarked for projects in Connecticut and that is why he is working on the lawsuit to stop the president from using a national emergency declaration to use funds to build the wall.

Cole Kubicza is one of the happiest 9-year-olds you'll meet, and it's actually a symptom of Angelman Syndrome. The genetic disorder also causes seizures, developmental delay, and sleeplessness.

"He's also non-verbal. He doesn't speak at all. Finding out what's wrong, what's bothering him, those are all very difficult," said Cole's mom, Jennifer Kubicza.

The Kubicza family has found ways to communicate. There's a speaker that Cole uses that has buttons. It allows him to let others know what he needs, like if he's thirsty or tired. While he also struggles to move around, he's an absolute pro on a bike.

"It's probably one of his most favorite things to do, and it's been a challenge because we haven't been able to get one for home," said Kubicza.

Cole needs an adaptive bike, but it can cost thousands of dollars. He's been able to ride them at school and physical therapy, but having one at home would mean getting to ride outside with his brother.

"In the summer he could get outside and play more outside with me," said Lincoln Kubicza, Cole's brother.

"Because of his disabilities, there's a lot of things [Cole] can't do easily. So something like riding a bike for him would be a great experience for the summer, to be able to do something outside with his brother rather than being stuck inside," said Kubicza.

The family signed up for the Great Bike Giveaway, created by Friendship Circle. The Kubiczas hope you'll vote for Cole. There are two ways to win. You either receive the most votes or win the random drawing. If they don't have luck with either of those, they can fundraise up to a discounted amount to receive a bike. They're already more than halfway there.

"It would totally change his summer to have a bike," said Kubicza.

It's also a way for Cole to do something he loves all on his own.

"Something that, you know, he doesn't need help with. He can pedal the bike. He can learn to steer the bike, so it would be pretty amazing for him to have that," said Kubicza.

The family says it's also important for them to raise awareness about Angelman Syndrome.

The contest ends February 27th at noon. If you would like to vote for Cole or donate, head here.

If you'd like to learn more about Angelman Syndrome, click here.

Nearly a dozen homeowners in one South Windsor neighborhood woke up to find their mailboxes in pieces Wednesday morning.

Mailboxes are frequent casualties of winter storms, but so many went down in the area that police are looking into the mystery.

A homeowner on Quarry Brook Drive in South Windsor captured video of what appears to be the snow plow that took out his mailbox following Tuesday’s storm.

“Probably 3 or 4 in the morning my dogs were going crazy,” neighbor Judy Smith said.

Smith was woken up that night by the sound of a plow outside. She lives near that Quarry Brooke Drive home, over on Stanley Drive. Her son spotted their neighbor’s damaged mailboxes across the street in the morning.

“We were kind of trying to do the driveway and he looked around he’s like omg look at all these mailboxes.. and we thought it was the town plow,” Smith said.

The town’s Department of Public Works said the damage is actually the work of a private contractor doing driveways, not someone who was supposed to plow the streets. And after viewing the video, DPW said the driver was on the wrong side of the road.

As a courtesy to the residents, DPW said they’ve replaced 11 mailboxes.

South Windsor police said they’re actively investigating and looking to identify the plow driver.

Two people being questioned in the alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett have been released.

"Due to new evidence as a result of today's interrogations, the individuals questioned by police in the Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to complete," Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern said.

The news comes hours after police said the suspects were arrested and were being interrogated. 

"Detectives have probable cause that they may have been involved in an alleged crime and we are working to corroborate the allegations and investigative timeline as our investigation continues," Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement, noting no charges had been filed at the time. 

Two brothers affiliated with "Empire" were picked up for questioning as they arrived at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday evening, according to authorities. At the time, they were classified as "persons of interest."

Police did not elaborate on the brothers' roles on the show. 

The Chicago Police Department threw cold water on reports Thursday night that Smollett staged his own attack in response to his character being written off of the show.

"Media reports about the Empire incident being a hoax are unconfirmed by case detectives," CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted. "Supt Eddie Johnson has contacted @ABC7Chicago to state on the record that we have no evidence to support their reporting and their supposed CPD sources are uninformed and inaccurate."

A CBS reporter also tweeted the theory, citing "top sources." 

A statement from 20th Century Fox Television, which produces "Empire," denied that Smollett was being taken off the show.

“The idea that Jussie Smollett has been, or would be, written off of EMPIRE is patently ridiculous," it reads. "He remains a core player on this very successful series and we continue to stand behind him."

Police first said they identified and were questioning two persons of interest in the case Thursday morning.

"After a meticulous investigation with the use of advanced technology, interviews with the victim and witnesses and transportation records, detectives have identified two persons of interest in the Empire cast member case," police said in a statement. 

The development came on the same morning Smollett's first television interview since the alleged attack aired. 

“We are pleased there is progress in the case and are waiting to hear further details," a spokesperson for Smollett said in a statement. 

Smollett told police on Jan. 29 that two masked men punched him, subjected him to racist and homophobic insults, threw an "unknown chemical substance" on him and put a thin rope around his neck before fleeing. Smollett's account to detectives included that his attackers yelled that he was in "MAGA country," an apparent reference to the Trump campaign's "Make America Great Again" slogan that some critics of the president have decried as racist and discriminatory.

The alleged attack occurred in the 300 block of East Lower North Water Street about 2 a.m. as the actor returned home from an early-morning visit to a Subway restaurant, according to the police report.

Smollett said in the interview that he was left in shock after the incident and inititally didnt want to report it to police.

"I was looking at myself, just like checking myself out. I saw the bruise on my neck, you know, like the little -- the rope burn around my neck," he said. "So when the police came I kept the clothes on, I kept the rope on me... I mean, it wasn't, like, wrapped around. But, yeah, it was around because I wanted them to see."

Smollett said he's "pissed off" not just by the attack itself but by those questioning his story. 

"For me, the main thing was the idea that I somehow switched up my story, you know? And that somehow maybe I added a little extra trinket, you know, of the MAGA thing," Smollett said. "I didn't need to add anything like that. They called me a f-----, they called me a n------. There's no which way you cut it. I don't need some MAGA hat as the cherry on top of some racist sundae."

The Chicago police report lists the weapon in the alleged attack as "hand, feet, teeth, etc." 

"He is a victim," Chicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson recently said of Smollett. "And we treat him like a victim. He's been very cooperative."

Hours of surveillance video from multiple cameras in the area where Smollett says the attack happened were reviewed, but police have said no footage of an attack has been found.  

Smollett handed over redacted phone records to Chicago police Monday, but authorities said the records "do not meet the burden for a criminal investigation as they were limted and heavily redacted." 

A representative for Smollett said the redacted records were to protect the privacy of his contacts.

"They wanted me to give my phone to the tech for three to four hours. I'm sorry but -- I'm not gonna do that," Smollett said in the interview. "Because I have private pictures and videos and numbers: my partner's number, my family's number, my castmate's number, my friends' numbers, my private emails, my private songs, my private voice memos."

Only one image has been released of possible "persons of interest." It remained unclear if the two in the photo are the men currently being questioned. 

"I don't have any doubt in my mind that that's them," Smollett said in the interview. "Never did."

A woman was seriously hurt when she was hit by a car in Farmington Friday night, according to police.

Farmington police confirmed the crash in the area of 76 Main St. The 69-year-old woman was taken to a Hartford-area hospital for treatment. No other details were immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

To help make sure you stay informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we'll revisit 5 stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

Arrest in Connection to Woman Found Dead in Suitcase

Police in New Rochelle, New York arrested the ex-boyfriend of the woman found dead in a suitcase in Greenwich. Javier Da Silva was charged with fraudulently using Valerie Reyes' ATM card. According to a federal criminal complaint, Da Silva denied killing Reyes but he told investigators he and Reyes had sex at her apartment and at some point she fell and bumped her head. Then, he claimed, he put her body in a suitcase and dumped it in the woods in Greenwich, the complaint says. Da Silva, who is from Portugal, overstayed his visa and is in the U.S. illegally, according to federal immigration officials. Read more about the story here.

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Man Found Dead After House Fire in Meriden

A man who was unaccounted for after a house fire on Side Hill Road in Meriden on Monday was found dead in the woods a short distance away. The fire broke out in the home around 5:15 a.m. Justin Miller, 35, who lived in the home, was found dead by a road at a location that would have been a short walk from the home through the woods, police said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Miller's death was a suicide by hanging. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Click here for more details.

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'El Chapo' Found Guilty on All Counts

The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was found guilty on all 10 counts in his international drug distribution trial on Tuesday. The decision by the federal jury in New York likely means Guzman will spend the rest of his life in prison. Read more about the verdict here.

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7 Women Claim Singer Ryan Adams Was Inappropriate: Report

A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive. In the article published Wednesday, Adams' ex-wife, actress and singer Mandy Moore, said Adams was psychologically abusive toward her throughout their marriage. The couple divorced in 2016. Another woman, a 20-year-old musician, told the Times Adams, 44, had inappropriate conversations with her while she was 15 and 16. Identified by her middle name Ava, she said that Adams exposed himself during a video call. See more details here.

Disney Releases First Teaser Trailer For "Frozen II"

Disney released its new trailer for "Frozen II." While the exact plot of the film isn't clear, the sneak peek suggests there's trouble in the kingdom. The two-minute clip shows Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf are all returning for the sequel. The film stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and more. It hits theaters November 22.

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Police say that the gunman in Friday's fatal shooting at an Aurora industrial complex purchased his gun legally, but that he was rejected for a concealed carry permit for the weapon.

45-year-old Gary Martin, identified as the shooter by police, applied for an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification card in Jan. 2014. He was approved for that card, and applied to purchase a handgun, the same one used in Friday's shooting, in March of 2014.

Martin also applied for a concealed carry permit at the same time, but was rejected because of a felony conviction in Mississippi for aggravated assault, according to authorities. 

Due to his failed background check, Martin was also stripped of his FOID card, meaning that he could no longer legally own the .44-caliber pistol. 

Authorities are still working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to determine what steps were taken after Martin's failed background check. 

The saga of how Martin acquired the gun is just one more example of what was a past filled with convictions, accusations, and court appearances.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned more about Martin’s past in the aftermath of Friday's shooting. Court records show the 45-year-old was the subject of two orders of protection involving the same woman. One was issued in 2008 and another in 2013. The most recent order includes allegations of stalking. He also has 17 charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property on his record—the latter of which he was convicted.

After Friday's shooting, investigators thoroughly searched Martin's apartment, and used a bomb-detecting robot to check for booby traps and other items in the complex.

"It’s unfortunate nobody thinks this will happen in your complex," Martin's neighbor Edwardo Morales told NBC 5.

A quiet apartment community is now the second focus of the mass shooting investigation.

Neighbors said Martin made them uneasy.

"When I saw the cops around here I knew it had to be him because he is a weird freaking guy," neighbor Jennifer White said.

Neighbors say they he was often seen around the grounds recording them with his drone.

"He was nice and quiet but he had a drone and was taking pictures," neighbor Jacqueline White said. "That was kinda creepy you would throw away garbage and the drone would wave at me."

Some neighbors say their thoughts are not about Martin, but instead are with the families of his victims.

"I didn’t even know his name," Morales said. "I hope we don’t say his name. We just have to remember the people who were lost today."

Police are searching for two suspects after they fled following a chase that ended in a crash in New Haven early Saturday morning.

Officers said they began to chase a suspect in a car who was wanted for shots fired near Interstate 95 in the Main Street annex area shortly after 3 a.m.

According to police, the chase lasted between 10 and 15 minutes. It ended down the road at Beacon Avenue and Main Street on the East Haven town line when the suspect crashed the vehicle and fled the scene on foot.

Authorities said the car involved in the crash was wanted in connection to a shooting and they are now searching for two suspects.

Police did not say where the shots were fired or release details about the vehicle or the suspects.

Police in Aurora, Illinois have identified the five victims of Friday’s fatal shooting at the Henry Pratt Company building.

Authorities say that the victims were killed after the gunman, identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin, was fired by the company on Friday. After his employment was terminated, Martin pulled out a firearm, a .44 caliber pistol, and opened fire.

Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said that three of the victims were killed in the room where the termination meeting took place. A fourth victim was killed near the room, and a fifth victim was killed on another floor, according to authorities.

The victims were identified as:

• Clayton Parks of Elgin, Illinois. Parks was the Human Resources Manager at the company.
• Trevor Wehner of DeKalb, Illinois. Wehner was an HR intern at the building, and was a student at Northern Illinois University.
• Russell Beyer of Yorkville, Illinois. Beyer was a Mold Operator at the plant.
• Vicente Juarez of Oswego, Illinois. Juarez was a Stock Room Attendant and a Fork Lift Operator at the plant.
• Josh Pinkard of Oswego, Illinois. Pinkard was the Plant Manager of the building.

Police also say that a sixth victim, identified as a male employee in the plant, was treated at an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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Chief Ziman says that all five officers that were shot are expected to recover from their wounds. The officers were identified as:

• 39-year-old man, with 13 years of service with the Aurora PD, was shot in the lower body, and is still in the hospital in stable condition.
• 52-year-old man, with 25 years of service with the Aurora PD, was shot in the upper body, and he will be released on Saturday.
• 52-year-old man, with 24 years of service with the Aurora PD, was shot in the lower body. He was released from the hospital on Friday evening.
• 53-year-old man, with 30 years of service with the Aurora PD, was shot in the lower body. He was treated and released.
• 24-year-old man, with four years of service with the Aurora PD, suffered shrapnel wounds to his upper body. He remains hospitalized.

A 23-year-old officer also suffered a minor knee injury while responding to the call, and was treated and released.

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Police say that their preliminary investigation has indicated that Martin opened fire during the meeting in which he was terminated. He then retreated to another area of the building, a machine shop, and waited for police to arrive, according to authorities.

Once officers spotted him, Martin opened fire and was killed in the ensuing gunfight.

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Martin was issued a Firearm Owners Identification Card in Jan. 2014, according to police. He applied to buy the gun used in the attack in March of that year, and also applied for a concealed carry permit in the state of Illinois.

Martin’s application was rejected when his background check revealed a felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi, and police say that the rejection would have caused him to lose his FOID card.

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Police say that representatives from the Henry Pratt Company are expected to hold a press conference on Saturday afternoon.

The company is one of North America’s largest manufacturers of valves for the potable water, wastewater, power generation and industrial markets, according to its website. 

NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking a storm that will bring accumulating snow Sunday night into Monday morning.  

While the storm will not be strong, it will make for slippery travel for the Monday morning commute. Snow is expected to develop around midnight on Sunday evening and last through the morning commute. Most of the snow should be light and will accumulate 1-2 inches for most. A few towns in northern parts of the state may pick up 3 inches. The snow tapers to snow showers late Monday morning into the early afternoon.

The next storm system to watch will be Wednesday night into Thursday morning. At this time, it appears we’ll have a scenario similar to our last storm. Snow to ice and rain look likely.

Stay with NBC Connecticut for updates as new data comes in on the storm tracks for Monday and Wednesday night.

You can get the latest forecast anytime here.

A woman is in critical condition after a head-on crash in Easton on Saturday afternoon.

Police said there was a head-on collision on Route 59 around 12:15 p.m. The crash has closed Stepney Road (Route 59) at Church Road.

According to officers, one vehicle contained a woman and her grandson and the other vehicle contained the woman who is in critical condition.

The reconstruction team was called in and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

It is unclear when the road will reopen.

Waterbury Police have arrested a man who is accused of stealing more than 40 phones from a store during an armed robbery on Friday night.

Officers investigated an armed robbery at the AT&T/Sprint Mobile store after two adult employees reported they were robbed by two adult males. They said one of the suspects was armed with a gun.

Investigators said an employee was assisting one of the suspects who inquired about a cell phone when the other suspect displayed a gun and ordered both employees to the back of the store. One suspect ordered the employees to the floor while the second suspect filled up a gym-type bag with cell phones from the display case and a store safe.

Police said the suspects stole approximately 40 or more cell phones and smart watches before taking the employees' cell phones and wallets, as well as cash from the cash register.

Neither employee was physically injured during the incident.

Patrol officers broadcast a description of the suspects and continued investigating.

Officers learned that a suspect of the robbery was behind Cherry Street in the alley. When they responded to the location, police said they found a black Acura MDX with no visible registration. It also had clothing similar to one worn by the one of the suspects and a gym bag matching the one used during the robbery in the back seat.

An officer found an individual matching the description of one of the suspects while canvassing the neighborhood.

When the officer approached the suspect, later identified as 46-year-old Jesus Manual Torres-Miranda, the officer said he saw him remove something from his jacket and bury it in the snow.

Once officers tried to order Torres-Miranda to stop and show his hands, police said he dropped a brand new iPhone 8 still in the original box. He was apprehended without incident.

Police searched the area where Torres-Miranda was detained and found a loaded black handgun in the snowbank, police said.

Torres-Miranda is facing a list of charges including robbery, larceny, theft of a firearm, criminal use of a weapon, carrying a pistol without a permit and breach of peace. He was held on a $100,000 bond pending his arraignment in court.

Detectives are working to identify, locate and arrest any additional suspects. If you have any information, you're asked to contact the Waterbury Police Department Detective Bureau at (203) 574-6941 or Crime Stoppers at (203) 755-1234.

A baby was born aboard a JetBlue airplane named "Born to be Blue" in a flight to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.

In a statement, JetBlue said Flight 1954 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Fort Lauderdale was met by medical personnel "following the onboard delivery of our youngest customer to date."

"We’d like to thank the crew and medical professionals on board for their quick action under pressure, and wish the new mother and son all the best. Flight 1954 was operated on aircraft N523JB, coincidentally named, 'Born To Be Blue,'" JetBlue's corporate communications manager Jennifer Dang told NBC 6.

Video aboard the plane obtained by NBC 6 partly shows medical personnel treating the woman as lively chatting occurs inside the plane.

The union representing teachers in Oakland said Saturday that it will strike on Thursday Feb. 21, a day after a neutral fact-finding report was issued.

At a news conference, Oakland Education Association president Keith Brown said "enough is enough." The teachers union is demanding a 12 percent raise over the next three years, but the school district said it cannot afford to pay more than 5 percent. 

The Oakland teachers' union said 95 percent of its 3,000 members agreed to strike after negotiating and failing to reach agreement with the Oakland Unified School District for more than a year.

Teachers in the district say they are paid below their peers it the area, which has one of the highest cost-of-living rates in the nation. They are seeking a 12 percent raise over three years as well as smaller class sizes. The district has offered five percent and says it is squeezed by smaller budgets and declining enrollment.

A fact-finding report from the Public Employment Relations Board was released Saturday, with recommendations for compromise.

The report found that the teacher crisis in Oakland is much worse than state average. "We didn't need a factfinder to tell us that," Brown said.

Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said in a message posted to the district's website that she was "pleased with the recommendations" and hope to use the report to bring the union back to bargaining.

Chaz Garcia, the union's second vice president, told the San Francisco Chronicle that members are not waiting for another offer from the district based on the report. "We're going to make our decision based on the fact-finding report and what we feel is best for our students and teachers," Garcia said.

Mayor Libby Schaaf is urging both sides to continue negotiating to avoid a walkout. The city plans to open recreation centers and all public libraries for the families of about 37,000 students in the district who would be affected by a strike.

A strike in the city of 400,000 across the bay from San Francisco would follow one by Denver teachers, who ended a three-day walkout after their union reached a tentative deal Thursday.

The strike in Colorado was the latest win in a national movement by teachers demanding better wages and classroom reforms. Teachers in the nation's largest school district, Los Angeles, reached a deal following a six-day strike in January.

Meanwhile, the teachers' union in Sacramento, California, voted Thursday night to seek authorization from members for a strike there, the Sacramento Bee reported Friday.

Waterbury Police are searching for three siblings who were reported missing on Saturday and are believed to be with their biological mother. 

Police said Silver Alerts have been issued for 2-year-old Maryah Matthew, 5-year-old Dylan McGrath and 7-year-old Maddison McGrath.

Maryah is described as a girl with black hair and brown eyes. She is 1'0" tall and weighs 30 pounds. 

Dylan is described as a boy who is 4'0" and 50 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.

Maddison is described as a girl who is 4'0" and 40 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

According to police, the children are believed to be with their biological mother, 29-year-old Chrystal McGrath.

Officers said Chrystal is allowed supervised visits with her three children, but she violated the conditions of this supervised release on Saturday.

Police said Chrystal left a McDonald's restaurant on Reidville Drive in Waterbury with the children in a red or maroon four-door sedan with a sunroof. The vehicle is believed to be a Volvo or a Honda.

Chrystal's boyfriend, 38-year-old Lester Joy, is believed to be in the vehicle, authorities said.

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Chrystal was last seen wearing a black shirt with black pants or tights.

If you have any information that could help police, you're urged to contact Waterbury Police at (203) 574-6911.