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Waterbury Children Taken to Texas by Mother Returned to Connecticut by DCF

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The three Waterbury children who were the subjects of Silver Alerts in Connecticut and Amber Alerts in Texas after their mother took them during a supervised visit have been returned to Connecticut.

Representatives from the Connecticut State Department of Children and Families accompanied 2-year-old Maryah Matthew, 5-year-old Dylan McGrath and 7-year-old Maddison McGrath on a commercial flight back to Connecticut on Saturday. The children are safe, police said.

Officers said the children's mother, 29-year-old Crystal McGrath, was allowed supervised visits with her three children, but violated the conditions of the supervised release when she left a McDonald's restaurant in Waterbury on Reidville Drive with her children on February 16. Crystal's boyfriend, 38-year-old Lester Joy, was believed to be in the vehicle at the time.

Amber Alerts were issued in Texas for McGrath’s three children on February 23. The Amber Alerts were canceled on March 15 after the kids were found safe and Crystal and Joy were arrested, police said.

Both Crystal and Joy remain in custody and are being held at the Denton County Sheriff's Office in Denton, Texas. They each face charges of risk of injury and custodial interference.

Crystal and Joy are pending extradition back to Connecticut, according to Waterbury Police.

Police are holding a press conference at Waterbury Police headquarters on Monday at 9:30 a.m.



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Video of Officer Punching Woman During Arrest in Pennsylvania Sparks Investigation

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Video of an officer punching a woman during an arrest in Chester, Pennsylvania, has sparked an investigation.

Police say the ordeal began when a group of people tried to get into a party at a home on the 900 block of E. 15th Street around 5 p.m. Saturday. When they were turned away, one of the people in the group, identified by police as Jaylene Westfall, 19, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, attacked one of the residents, investigators said.

Westfall also allegedly attacked another resident who tried to remove her from the home. When the residents shut themselves inside the house, Westfall and other members of the group kicked in the locked front door, entered the home and attacked several people inside, police said.

When police arrived at the scene, a woman, identified as Dominique Difiore, 20, of Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, allegedly struck a police sergeant. Difiore, Westfall, Shawn Connelly, 21, of Philadelphia, and Tess Herman, 20, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, were all arrested and charged with aggravated assault and alcohol-related offenses.

Video was posted online showing an officer punching an unidentified woman during the incident. He appears to be holding a stun gun while doing it. Witnesses, who did not want to be identified, said the woman struck the officer first before he punched her.

A viewer told NBC10 the woman who was punched is a college student who was attending a Widener University event, though police have not confirmed this.

A spokesperson from Widener University told NBC10 none of the four people arrested are students at the school. They also said the incident did not take place on Widener's campus and it was not a university-sanctioned event.

“The incident, the video, and level of force used in connection with the event are all currently under investigation,” Chester Police Chief James Nolan wrote in a released statement.

Police are also working to determine if other people will be charged in connection to the fight.

Convicted Felon Found With Gun While Intoxicated After Crash in Plainfield: Police

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Plainfield Police have arrested a man who they said is a convicted felon who was found with a gun while intoxicated after a crash on Sunday night.

Officers were called to Green Hollow Road in Central Village around 7:30 p.m. after dispatch received a report of a one vehicle roll-over crash where the operator was reported to be intoxicated with a firearm, police said.

When officers arrived, they found 61-year-old Richard Baillargeon's vehicle off of the roadway in a ditch. Police located Baillargeon nearby hiding behind the vehicle.

He initially would not exit from behind the vehicle, but officers said Baillargeon was eventually taken into custody after refusing medical treatment and failing a sobriety test.

Baillargeon, who police said is a convicted felon, is unable to possess firearms and was found to be in possession of a Winchester 20-gauge shotgun with ammunition. Officers said he attempted to conceal it in the treeline.

He is facing charges including felony possession of a firearm, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, interfering with a police investigation, operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and failure to maintain proper lane.

Baillargeon was held at Plainfield Police Department on a $25,000 bond pending his arraignment at Danielson Superior Court on Monday.



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To Curb Traffic, Cities Explore Congestion Pricing

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Some advocates want New York City to implement congestion pricing on their roadways, NBC News reported. If implemented, drivers on some of the busiest roads in Manhattan during peak hours would have to pay a surcharge; roads that usually are free would become toll roads.

First adopted by Singapore in 1975, congestion pricing has slowly become a go-to solution for cities plagued by heavy traffic, and has since been successfully adopted in Stockholm, London and Milan.

The proven success of congestion pricing is why cities like New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Boston — the eighth most congested city in the world — have all toyed with the idea. In New York, Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced they want to implement the policy by 2020, and Seattle’s Mayor Jenny Durkan is seriously considering the policy.

Despite its proven success, congestion pricing is a hard sell for politicians. “People don’t get excited about a program that involves imposing transparent costs on a majority of voters,” Manville said.



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Rapper Meek Mill to Discuss Criminal Justice Reform at Quinnipiac University

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Rapper Meek Mill is joining state officials and CNN commentator and activist Van Jones Monday morning for a discussion at Quinnipiac University about criminal justice reform.

Meek and Jones are expected to speak with 10 probationers or parolees around 10:30 a.m. Students from the school of criminal justice will be in attendance alongside dignitaries from the university and Governor Ned Lamont.

They are set to discuss reforming the state's prison system including sentencing and inmate rehabilitation. 

"Today’s criminal justice system is focused on punishment over rehabilitation; instead of ensuring that formerly convicted individuals re-enter our communities as rehabilitated members of society, we have institutionalized systems in place that only serve to bring them back to prison. I’m pleased to host Meek Mill and Van Jones for a powerful discussion on the importance of this reform which will bring impactful change to Connecticut," said State Representative Brandon McGee in a statement.

“It's my pleasure to be honored by the State of Connecticut and City of Hartford, made possible by the leadership of State Representative Brandon McGee who has been a champion of smart legislation for being impacted by the criminal justice system," Meek Mill added.

Shortly after, State Rep. McGee, Governor Ned Lamont, Meek Mill and Jones are expected to address the press before a meeting in the President's Office.

Mill and others launched "The Reform Alliance" earlier this year and the group announced it would dedicate $50 milliion to lobby for changes to probation and parole laws.



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With $6.1M, Beto O'Rourke Sets New 1st-Day Fundraising Mark

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Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke raised $6.1 million in the 24 hours after he declared he was running for president, his campaign announced Monday.

NBC News reports that that figure surpasses Sen. Bernie Sanders' first-day fundraising haul of $5.9 million and all other 2020 Democrats who have disclosed that figure. Sanders' haul, then a record, had stunned observers. The next highest one-day total was $1.5 million donated to California Sen. Kamala Harris. 

O'Rourke's $6,136,763 in online contributions are a strong showing for the Texan, who set a fundraising record last year in his failed bid for Ted Cruz's seat in the U.S. Senate.

His presidential campaign didn't provide more detailed information, like the number of donations or the size of the average contribution, which other campaigns have released.



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Crash Closes Part of Route 30 in Vernon


Manchester Police Make Arrest in Oxford Street Shootings

Wedding Ring Found in Brookfield Petco

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A wedding ring was found at a Brookfield Petco and police are trying to get it back to the person who lost it.

“Thanks to an honest citizen, a wedding ring has been turned over to the Brookfield Police Department,” police said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

“The ring was found at the Brookfield Petco. If you or your friend has recently lost a wedding ring and you want to try and avoid that conversation that will leave you in the dog house, call us first. Perhaps this ring is yours!,” the social media post says.

Police did not release a photo of the ring and said the owner will need to provide a description and details to claim it.



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Silver Alert Canceled for 84-Year-Old Man Reported Missing from Bethel

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A Silver Alert has been canceled for an 84-year-old man who was reported missing from Bethel on Monday.

Leroy Dwinells was last seen wearing dark khaki pants and a navy blue pull-over sweatshirt, police said.

Police did not provide information about what prompted Dwinells's Silver Alert to be canceled.



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Is Jane Sanders the Most Powerful Woman Not Running in 2020?

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Before Bernie Sanders took the stage to formally launch his 2020 presidential campaign this month, the candidate's most influential adviser took the mic. To cheers, Jane Sanders introduced herself to the Brooklyn crowd as "Bernie's wife," then conceded that wasn't the most politically correct label.

To be sure, identifying Jane Sanders as "the wife" hardly captures the scope of her influence on her husband's political career. Across 30 years and a dozen campaigns for federal office, she has served variously as her husband's media consultant, surrogate, fundraiser, chief of staff, campaign spokeswoman and top strategist.

His political revolution has become her career. And her political and business activities have, at times, become his headache. As the Vermont senator undertakes his second presidential run and scrambles his inner circle, Jane Sanders remains his closest adviser, making her perhaps the most influential woman in the 2020 campaign who isn't a candidate.

"Bernie's top adviser always has been and will continue to be Jane," said Jeff Weaver, a Sanders adviser. She has a voice in almost every major political decision her husband makes, travels with him for major events and is deeply involved in formulating policies, issues and campaign infrastructure. "At every level," Weaver said, "Jane is intimately involved."

That involvement has drawn questions sometimes about her political judgment, family opportunism and flawed ethics — from political foes, good government advocates and longtime Sanders-watchers in Vermont and in the progressive movement. Most recently, critics questioned the role played by the Sanders Institute , a nonprofit co-founded by Jane Sanders and her son, for blending elements of fundraising, family and campaign policy development.

Her dual roles at the institute and in her husband's campaign carried echoes of the Clinton Foundation, which Bernie Sanders criticized in 2016 as a possible ethics conflict and back door for foreign donors seeking to influence his then-rival Hillary Clinton.

"Bernie Sanders ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016 criticizing her for the vast sums of money she raised and he seems to be following in some of her footsteps," said Lawrence R. Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. "Now he's raising vast sums of money and it's being controlled and shaped by his family."

Jane Sanders acted this past week to remove the think tank as a possible campaign ethics target, telling The Associated Press that the institute's operations and fundraising would be suspended for the balance of her husband's 2020 presidential campaign. Since its creation in 2017, the group raised more than $700,000, but has not disclosed most of its donors. She said the decision to put the Sanders Institute on hiatus was "a forward-looking way to deal with potential concerns."

Sanders may prove an important surrogate for her husband, particularly in a race crowded with female candidates and potentially hinging on how women vote. She publicly defended her husband when he faced criticism for the way his 2016 campaign handled accusations of sexual harassment.

She's become an essential liaison to the progressive activists at the heart of the Sanders' base, using the institute to host meetings of policymakers and activists. An affable, if low-key public speaker, she was the star of the December "Gathering" in Burlington, Vermont, a three-day policy gathering that featured progressive speakers including environmentalist Bill McKibben, actor Danny Glover and her husband.

Steeped in years of involvement in progressive causes, Sanders comfortably slipped into the role as the event's emcee. Before a crowd of more than 250 progressive activists, she stoked applause lines for favored organizations and lavished compliments on institute fellows.

Similarly, in videos posted on the institute's website, she has led numerous policy conversations with experts in a Brooklyn accent fainter than her husband's.

Jane Sanders is not compensated for her role at the institute. Her son, David Driscoll, has been paid $100,000 a year as a co-founder and executive director, she confirmed. Driscoll had been an executive for Nike and the Vermont snowboarding company Burton, but had no previous nonprofit experience, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Like her husband, Jane Sanders "has learned not to trust a lot of people. Family is a lot more dependable than outsiders," said University of Vermont political science professor Garrison Nelson, an acquaintance and veteran Sanders-watcher.

Jane Sanders expressed frustration about concerns that she and some of her children have at times benefited from their activities affiliated with Sanders' expanding political apparatus.

"How can we say nepotism here? It just doesn't fit," she said. She added that the Sanders Institute has "developed policy and the content that we get completely separate" from her husband's campaign.

Politics has long been a family project for the couple.

Jane Sanders first worked with her future husband as director of the mayor's youth Office in Burlington. They were both displaced New Yorkers, Jane noted at the launch rally, stamped by childhood days on Brooklyn's city streets. "We had very similar experiences," she said. "We spent a lot of time playing stickball, running races and just hanging out on the streets with the kids in our neighborhoods."

They wed in 1988 — a second marriage for both — two years before Sanders won his first election to Congress. Jane Sanders went to Capitol Hill as his volunteer deputy — gaining experience in policy, legislation and as chief of staff.

In the early 2000s, she took on a new role along with her daughter, Carina. Two women set up a consulting firm, paid more than $90,000 in consulting fees by Bernie Sanders' House campaigns.

In 2004, the year before Bernie Sanders' launched his winning Senate campaign, his wife was named president of Burlington College, a local small liberal arts college. In 2010, she worked out a $10 million deal for the college to buy 32 acres of waterfront land on Lake Champlain and a 77,000-square-foot former orphanage and administrative offices of Vermont's Roman Catholic Church, which needed the money to settle a series of priest sex abuse cases.

She promised at the time the deal would be paid for with increases in enrollment and about $2.7 million in donations. But her plans never took wing and under fire, she resigned from the college in 2011. The school closed in 2016, citing debt from the land deal as a major reason for its failure. Prompted by complaints filed by a Republican lawyer about her involvement in the land deal, federal investigators looked into Jane Sanders' stewardship but informed her last November that she would not be charged.

"We've learned we're going to be attacked," she said during an interview, adding "that's the fact of today's politics."

But she said she was confident that the decision to put the think tank on hiatus was "best for the institute to not have the possibility of misinterpretation."

The move, she said, will allow her to expand her campaign work freely for the Sanders campaign, including more solo stops on her husband's behalf.

"I will be more active throughout," she said.

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Ring reported from Montpelier, Vermont, and Peoples from New York. 



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10 People Displaced After Fire at Multi-Family Home in Manchester

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Ten people are displaced after a fire at a multi-family home in Manchester on Monday morning.

Firefighters said a tenant called 911 around 8:45 a.m. to report a kitchen fire due to unattended cooking on a stove at a duplex on Glenwood Street.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy flames and smoke was visible from miles away, fire officials said.

There was heavy fire and water damage to the right side of the duplex and heavy smoke damage to the left side. The house is uninhabitable, according to firefighters.

The American Red Cross and Manchester Social Services are assisting the families, which firefighters said includes seven children.

Glenwood and Ashwood Streets are blocked while firefighters continue to put out hot spots.

No injuries were reported.



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23-Year-Old Man Reported Missing Found Dead

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Authorities in Massachusetts say a body recovered in the Connecticut River last week is that of a 23-year-old Springfield man who had been reported missing in January.

Achim Bailey was last seen leaving Samuel's, a bar near the Basketball Hall of Fame, early in the morning on Sunday, Jan. 13. Springfield police say he was reported missing the following Monday.

The Hampden district attorney's office announced on Monday morning that a body that had been found in the Connecticut River on Friday has been identified as Bailey.

There were no signs of physical trauma to suggest foul play, according to the DA.

Springfield police said in January that Bailey had been spotted on multiple surveillance cameras before losing sight of near Memorial Bridge.

Around 3 a.m., a camera spotted a person believed to be Bailey walking on railroad tracks near the South End Bridge. His cellphone was pinged and had last registered in that area.



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Crash Closes Tower Avenue in Hartford


Men Were Assaulted While Meeting Woman in Westport: Police

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Westport police have arrested a woman and a man who are accused of attacking two men as they arrived to meet a woman they were in contact with through an app.

Officers responded to Stop & Shop at 1790 Post Road East around midnight to investigate a disturbance after two men banged on the supermarket doors with a pipe, said they had been assaulted and asked to be let in.

The store manager didn’t let them in but offered to call police. However, the men declined and walked away, according to police.

As officers were searching the area, they found the men in the parking lot of Home Goods at 1850 Post Road East after hearing what sounded like someone dropping a metal pipe and the men said they had just been assaulted on Post Road East.

As police investigated, officers learned that the two victims had traveled to Westport to meet with a woman they had been speaking with through an app and she led them between two buildings on Post Road East, where a masked man attacked them with a metal pipe, police said.

The victims were able to grab the pipe and were chased from the scene, according to police.

One of the victims sustained severe arm injuries and was transported to Norwalk Hospital. The other suffered minor injury and refused medical treatment.

The victims provided a phone number and photo of the woman involved and police identified her as 18-year-old Reign Kinseley, of Westport.

Police said she set the victims up for a friend, who they identified as 22-year-old Askia Sierra, of Westport.

Officers then went to the housing complex Sierra lives at, found Kinseley outside, took her into custody and charged her with conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree.

She was released after posting $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwalk Court on March 25.

Sierra was arrested at his home and charged with assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree.

He was held in lieu of $25,000 bond.



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Daily Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks No Longer Recommended

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Taking a low-dose aspirin daily to prevent a heart attack or stroke is no longer recommended for adults age 70 or over, according to new guidelines released Sunday, NBC News reported. 

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association reversed previous guidance that recommended adults over the age of 50 take a baby aspirin a day to prevent cardiovascular problems. 

The change comes after a large international study found that routinely taking low-dose aspirin may actually be harmful for older people with no prior history of heart attack or stroke. The groups also agreed that the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding outweighs any heart benefits.  

The ACC and AHA reminded individuals that a healthy lifestyle is the most important way to prevent the onset of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation.



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Supreme Court to Consider Sentence for DC-Area Sniper

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a lower court ruling that requires a new sentencing hearing for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of two snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C area in 2002.

Malvo and a man who was 25 years older, John Allen Muhammad, were responsible for a series of shootings that killed 10 people and seriously wounded six others. Muhammad received the death penalty and was executed in 2009. Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.

Malvo is challenging two life sentence imposed by Virginia for the murders of Linda Franklin and Kenneth Bridges and the attempted murder of Caroline Seawell. He claimed that the sentences were unconstitutional because he was a juvenile — 17 years old — at the time the crimes were committed.

He cited a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down mandatory life sentences for juveniles. In 2016, the Supreme Court said its ruling was retroactive, applying to sentences imposed earlier. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond agreed that he should be re-sentenced. New constitutional rules treat juveniles differently for sentencing, the appeals court said. 

Virginia defends Malvo's punishment. Toby Heytens, the state's solicitor general, argued in court papers that there's a difference between mandatory life sentences for juveniles, which the court struck down in its 2012 ruling, and discretionary life sentences imposed by juries, such as the punishment imposed in Malvo's case.

The state also says that when the Supreme Court announces a new rule and makes it retroactive, it should apply only to cases working their way through the legal system at the time, not to sentences that are appealed later, such as Malvo's. Such a rule, the state argues, would promote finality in the courts.

But Malvo's lawyers say little about Malvo's sentence was discretionary, because the jury was forced to choose between only two possible sentences — death or life without parole. They say the Supreme Court intended life sentences for juveniles to be imposed only for "the rare juvenile offender whose crime reflects irreparable corruption."

The Supreme Court said in its prior rulings that juveniles are less responsible for their acts because they lack maturity and are more susceptible to outside pressures. Such was the case with Malvo, his lawyers say, physically abused during his childhood and later under the control of Muhammad, who became became a surrogate father.

Malvo, who is now 34, is also challenging life without parole sentences he received for the sniper shootings in Maryland. Those cases are pending in the lower courts. 

The Supreme Court will hear the Virginia case during its next term, which begins in October. For now, Malvo remains in prison and has not yet been re-sentenced.



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Your Guide to NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in Hartford

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Basketball fans will be coming to Connecticut later this week as March Madness comes to Hartford for the first time in 21 years and we now which know which teams will be playing here.

The first and second rounds of the Division one NCAA men’s basketball championship will take place at the XL Center on Thursday, March 21 and Saturday, March 23. There are limited all-session tickets, but single-session tickets are sold out. 

Game one is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 when number four Florida State competes against number 13 Vermont. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.

Game two will be number five Marquette vs. number 12 Murray State. It starts after game 1 ends.

Game three starts at 7:20 p.m. Thursday when number six Villanova competes against number 11 St. Mary’s.

Game four, which starts after game three, will be number three Purdue vs. number 14 Old Dominion. 

The second-round games will be held on Saturday and the schedule will be announced after the games Thursday.

The winner of game one will play the winner of game two and the winner of game three will play the winner of game four.

Championship organizers expect the tournament to bring in 25,000 attendees and around $7.7 million for the Greater Hartford region from visitors staying in hotels, going to local restaurants, shopping and enjoy attractions, according to a news release from the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau.

Part of the festivities will include a free all-day Open Practice Event at the XL Center on Wednesday, March 20 for fans to get a sneak peek at the eight teams, which will each have a 30-minute practice time slot.

That schedule has also been released.

Open Practice Day

Each team will have a 40-minute practice slot throughout the day on Wednesday, March 20. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and practices will run from 11 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. See the full schedule below:

  • 10 a.m.: doors open
  • 11 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.: Vermont
  • 11:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.: Murray State
  • 12:30 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.: Florida State
  • 1:15 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.: Marquette
  • 3:25 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.: Villanova
  • 4:10 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.: Purdue
  • 4:55 p.m. to 5:35 p.m.: Saint Mary’s
  • 5:40 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.: Old Dominion

There will be food and beverage combo specials running throughout the day as well as happy hour specials from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more online at XLCenter.com/OpenPractice. This event is free and open to the public.

Parking Information: 

There will be $10 parking throughout downtown Hartford in designated surface lots and garages during all March Madness festivities. The following list of garages will feature $10 Tournament

  • 58 Chapel St.
  • 1212 Main St.
  • 285 Church St.
  • 55 Chapel St. South (MAT Garage)
  • 10 Ford St.
  • 185 Pearl St.
  • 160 Jewell St.
  • Trumbull on the Park Garage
  • The XL Center garage is $15

Public Transportation:

The Dash Shuttle, CTTransit's free circulatory bus in downtown Hartford, will operate with extended hours on Wednesday, March 20 through Saturday, March 23.

Dash Extended Hours:

  • Wednesday, March 20: 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, March 21: 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • Friday, March 22: 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 23: 8:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Local Restaurant Deals:

Certain downtown Hartford restaurants and bars will be offering exclusive Tournament deals throughout the weekend. See the full list of discounts here XLCenter.com/deals.

Party on Pratt:

There will be a free block party open to public and it will feature a pop-up pub with local breweries and distilleries, live music, local vendors and exhibits. All ages welcome! Learn more here xlcenter.com/prattstreet

Hours:

  • Thursday, March 21: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Friday, March 22: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 23: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.


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Teen Who Pushed Friend Off Bridge Pleads Guilty

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A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge for pushing her 16-year-old friend off a 60-foot bridge in southwestern Washington in August, NBC News reported.

A state prosecutor recommended that Taylor Smith, 19, receive no jail time for pleading guilty to reckless endangerment.

Jordan Holgerson was left with six broken ribs and punctured lungs when Smith pushed her off the Moulton Falls Regional Park bridge on Aug. 7. A short video clip of the incident went viral.

Smith pleaded not guilty in December, but was offered a plea deal last month. Holgerson told NBC's TODAY show that she was unsure what the appropriate punishment would be.



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