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State Trooper Involved in Serious Southbury Crash Suspended

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A Connecticut state trooper who was involved in a September crash in Southbury that injured a mother and daughter has been suspended from the department.

Connecticut State Police said Thursday that Sgt. John McDonald has been suspended in connection with the September 25 crash. A criminal investigation, accident investigation and internal investigation are ongoing.

In a lawsuit brought by the two women involved in the crash, McDonald is accused of drunk driving.  

McDonald was off-duty in his unmarked police car when he didn’t stop at a stop sign crashing into a car traveling on Route 188, according to police.

Police are investigating if McDonald had been drinking at a trooper retirement party before the crash. They said McDonald never took a blood alcohol test.

In body cam video released last month, the supervisor is heard talking with another sergeant on scene about writing up the crash. They make mention of a "1-3” – which is the code for drunk driving. 

State police did not provide any other updates about the investigation Thursday.



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Starling Physicians Patients Worried After Medical Data Breach

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Connecticut based healthcare group Starling Physicians is warning patients their personal information may have been breached in a recent cyber-phishing attack that targeted some of the organization’s emails.

“My 1-year-old’s learning to walk, so she shouldn’t really be concerned with her identity being stolen,” said Alex Paggioli, whose three children are patients at Vernon Pediatrics, owned by Starling Physicians.

While he wasn’t notified that his kids were directly impacted by this breach, it was unsettling to know that people like them were vulnerable.

“I don’t think that people really take it seriously until it does happen but I mean these threats out there are real and it can happen to anybody,” Paggioli told NBC Connecticut.

“I’m concerned about my son’s information being out there,” said Angela Attardo from Ellington, whose son is also a patient at the Vernon practice. “I mean he’s only 12, so it’s difficult to see if anybody has it what they’re doing with it.”

Brian Mulligan, a cybersecurity expert at Kelser Corporation in Glastonbury, says 93 percent of healthcare organizations today have experienced a similar type of breach.

“Healthcare organizations today are very much at risk because of the personal information that they carry inside of their systems,” Mulligan explained.

According to Mulligan, information like addresses, medical information and social security numbers are very accessible and profitable for hackers on the black market.

While Starling Physicians wouldn't confirm exactly how many are affected by this breach, a spokesperson for them said it’s less than .01 percent of active patients.

Mulligan says it's particularly challenging to figure out whether your child's information has been compromised.

“There’s not a lot you can do because they don't have a credit file,” he said.

What you can do is set up an account with a credit organization using your child's social security number, and set up blocks so you're notified any time someone tries to use their identity.

“Somebody could go in and create a whole fictitious person with that Social Security Number,” explained Mulligan. “Parents should be aware and should put those blocks in place.”

The parents NBC Connecticut spoke to Thursday said they will be thinking twice next time they’re asked for their children’s’ personal information.

“I’m going to be more cautious about what information I give out and to whom,” Attardo said, “I’m going to be checking to make sure that I’m only giving what’s absolutely necessary.”

Anyone with questions or concerns about the breach can contact Starling at 1-888-800-3306, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information on how to protect against fraud, visit the FTC website here.

Trump Admin Preparing to Take Over Private Land for Wall

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The Trump administration is preparing court filings to begin taking over private land to build its long-promised border wall as early as this week — without confirming how much it will pay landowners first, according to two officials familiar with the process.

Jared Kushner is hosting a meeting with military and administration officials at the White House this Friday, NBC News reported, where they are expected to discuss the U.S. government taking over private land to build more sections of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, said two officials.

Ricky Garza, an attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said there are hundreds if not close to one thousand landowners in Texas who own property in the path of plans for a border wall.



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Suspect in Custody After Attempted Carjacking at UHart

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A suspect is in custody after an attempted carjacking on the University of Hartford campus Thursday.

The school tweeted a warning about the incident at 10 p.m. and included a suspect description. Fifteen minutes later the school tweeted an all clear and said a suspect was in custody.

No other details were immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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Hamden to Receive $2.3M In Federal Funds for Tornado, Storm Cleanup

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Hamden will receive more than $2.3 million in federal money to help the town pay for the cost of debris removal after last year’s devastating storms and tornadoes.

The town spent more than $3 million on the cleanup from the storm in May 2018. A Presidential declaration was declared in August 2018.

The funding is a result of a partnership between FEMA, the State of Connecticut Emergency Management and the town. Hamden will receive the $2.3 million grant as the federal portion of the cost. The rest of the cleanup costs will come from other sources.



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Fraud Problem With Connecticut 'Drive Only' Licenses?

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Connecticut’s “Drive Only” program was designed to keep drivers safe on the road, but dozens of those licenses have been revoked during a recent investigation. NBC Connecticut Investigates has uncovered that thousands more may have also been obtained fraudulently.

The program is in place to provide drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants to legally operate vehicles.

Nely Mendoza of Bridgeport said the Connecticut drive only license she got at the DMV in 2018 “...changed my life enormously so now I can do many things like take my kids to school, and go grocery shopping.”

Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants like Mendoza have benefited from the drive only license program, according to Alok Bhatt, of the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance.

“It offers folks a sense of security, that if anything happens, and they get pulled over for any reason, they have a valid state-issued driving identification.”

All it takes to get one, a passport or foreign ID, a couple of bills for proof of address and to pass a safe driving course, driving test, and vision test.

But there are major concerns about the drive-only program.

NBC Connecticut Investigates obtained via a Freedom of Information request a June 2018 Department of Motor Vehicles internal memo titled “Address Fraud Meeting Minutes.”

It said the DMV’s Document Integrity Unit is aware of “numerous” people with drive-only licenses who submitted fake proof of address documents, often utility or consumer lending bills, to get them.

A former DMV employee who wants to remain anonymous says he knows about the investigation

“It’s very easy to make up a bill, that looks legit, and again, it’s not checked. There’s no verification of these bill,” he said.

The internal memo said DMV investigators spotted patterns where people would use home addresses other than their own, including commercial ones, for their drive-only licenses. At first, the agency thought as many as 30,000 people could be doing this but narrowed that down to 9,000 individuals they are now investigating.

DMV Deputy Commissioner Tony Guererra admitted it’s potentially serious problem.

“It could be serious. Again, it could be. But that’s again, we have to go through the process of looking into it, because again, you went from 30,000 to 9,000. It could be whittled down to 1,000 to 500.” he said.

So far, the DMV has revoked drive-only licenses from 87 people as a result of this investigation. The memo says they listed their home address as one of five commercial locations in Shelton, New Haven, Norwalk, and Berlin. It also alleges that these individuals may have received fraudulent licenses with the assistance of attorneys.

DMV employees familiar with the program said they have serious concerns, talking with NBC Connecticut Investigates off camera for fear of retribution.

One said, “It surprises me that the higher ups don't seem concerned about this. I’m pretty sure on countless times examiners have brought them documents that seem fishy, and they're just getting pushed through.”

The 87 drive-only license holders whose credentials were revoked must pay $175 if they want to reapply for a drive only license.

The former DMV employee who spoke with us said anyone who submits phony documents to get a license should face criminal charges, like fraud, and said, “The DMV doesn’t do anything to combat that. All they do is revoke.”

“There’s a fine to it, and they have to go through the process. …. I mean, basically you’ve given us a fraudulent address, and now, here, pay this money and you can get your license. …That’s what the statute says, that’s what the law is, and that’s what we’re doing,” Guererra said.

Luis Ramirez, an Uber driver from New Haven has a CT DMV issued drive-only license.

“When the program passed, oh my God I was very happy man,” he said.

Ramirez said he believes the problems with drive-only licenses are probably true.

Still, he urged state leaders to fix the program, and not get rid of it.

“In the state, there is no job opportunities if you don’t have transportation,” Ramirez said.

There is no timeline on when this DMV investigation will be completed.

The DMV memo said there were law offices at all the addresses used by the 87 people who had their licenses revoked. The agency received one complaint from someone who said he paid a lawyer $3,000 for a drive-only license, which was later revoked.



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Browns' Myles Garrett Decried for Helmet Hit on Steelers' QB

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An otherwise unremarkable game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers descended into chaos Thursday night when, with the game long decided, the Browns' Myles Garrett ripped the helmet off Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and hit him in the head with it, NBC News reported.

"It's inexcusable," Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield — Garrett's own teammate — told Fox Sports after the game, which the Browns won, 21-7, in Cleveland. "I don't care, rivalry or not. We can't do that."

Garrett and two other players, Cleveland defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi and Pittsburgh center Maurkice Pouncey, were ejected — Ogunjobi and Pouncey for their roles in the melee that ensued upon Garrett's attack, which came with just eight seconds left in the game. During the brawl, Pouncey appeared to throw at least two punches and to kick Garrett in the helmet while he was on the ground.

NFL.com, the National Football League's official website, reported that Garrett and the other participants in the fight would be under review for possibly lengthy suspensions. Garrett wasn't immediately made available for comment.



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Guns Seized From SoCal Home of Teen Shooting Suspect in the Past

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As detectives searched the home of a 16-year-old boy who allegedly walked onto campus Thursday morning and opened fire on his classmates, leaving two of them dead and injuring others, authorities revealed they discovered other guns at the teen's home.

Detectives, with the help of SWAT teams and bomb squads, served a search warrant Thursday at the home of Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow, close to Saugus High School where the shooting took place. 

"The police went into the house. They swarmed the house," the suspect's neighbor Tom Morreale said.

According to court records, the 16-year-old's mother and father took a dispute to court in 2016 over who should have custody of the teen.

That case was resolved in August 2016.

Around the same time, several law enforcement sources have told NBC4 that deputies from the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s station detained the teenager’s father on an involuntary hold for a mental health evaluation.

As a result of that, deputies seized a number of firearms from the home. Those guns were eventually destroyed by the county.

After that event, sources say the father would have been considered a prohibited purchaser, or someone who could not legally purchase a gun in California.

The father died of natural causes in December 2017.

How the teen got ahold of the .45 caliber pistol used in the school shooting wasn't yet known. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms have been on scene throughout the day working to trace its history from manufacture to the crime scene.

The question remains over how the weapons in the home were obtained, considering some guns in the home were already confiscated in years past, and the teen gunman was too young to purchase them on his own.

"His father died very recently. So apparently he had a lot of stress from that," Morreale said.

Another neighbor said he was shocked and never would've expected the teen to shoot anyone.

"He always had a smile on his face," Jacob Labrie said.

John Cádiz Klemack contributed to this report.

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Route 85 in Bolton Reopens After Crash

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Route 85 in Bolton was closed after a crash, according to state police, but it has reopened. 

At tleast two vehicles collided around 8:30 a.m. 

Officials from the Hebron Fire Department said they sent an engine truck and a rescue vehicle to provide mutual aid.



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Threatening Message Found on Bathroom Wall at Enfield High School

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Enfield High School is “in a secure the building protocol” after a threatening message was found on a bathroom wall within the school, according to a notice from the school. 

It says police immediately responded and the school was placed in a secure the building protocol, not a lockdown. 

Police determined that this is a low-level threat, but the message from school officials says, “law enforcement will continue to follow appropriate protocols for a situation such as this” out of abundance of caution. 

Police said they are searching the school. 

School officials will notify all families and students when the secure the building protocol is lifted.



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Bolton Couple Charged After Police Find Underage Party at Their Home: Police

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Days following the arrest of a Bolton Board of Education member, police have arrested her husband amid an investigation into a party at their home where state police said several teens were found with alcohol and marijuana.

Police have charged 50-year-old Eric Romkey, of Bolton, with nine counts of permitting a minor to possess alcohol. He turned himself in to police on Thursday morning.

He turned himself in two days after police charged his wife, 52-year-old Alison Romkey, 52, with nine counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess liquor in a dwelling unit or on private property or failing to halt such illegal possession.

According to the arrest warrant applications, the Romkeys are parents and there was a party at their home after a school dance at Bolton High School on Oct. 19.

State police learned of the party when they stopped a 17-year-old boy who was going 75 miles per hour in a 40-mile-per-hour zone in the center of Bolton, according to police. They said he had marijuana and alcohol and told them that he was coming from a school dance and heading to an after party on Shoddy Hill Road, according to the arrest warrant applications.

Police said they issued a summons to the teen and went to the home on Shoddy Hill Road, where police saw several teens running.

A state trooper then knocked on the door of the residence. According to the police report, “witness #5,” who lived at the residence, was asked to get the homeowners, Allison and Erik Romkey, who were in a bedroom with the door closed.

Police then told them they had stopped a teen on his way to the house, found drugs and alcohol and they had reason to believe that children downstairs had more alcohol and narcotics, the arrest warrant states.

Alison Romkey told them she would “take care of it,” but police said they needed to work together, the arrest warrant application states.

Eric Romkey agreed to fully cooperate and expressed to his wife to let the trooper speak with the teens downstairs, according to the arrest warrant application.

Downstairs, police saw more than 20 teenagers and several bottles of alcohol, according to the arrest warrant application.

Police then told the teens that they would not face criminal charges if they came forward with the marijuana and alcohol they had and several of the teens placed what they had in front of police, according to the arrest warrant application.

The teens were then told to call their parents and state police gathered the marijuana and alcohol.

Police said they seized one open and two unopened bottles of vodka, five unopened beer bottles, one unopen beer can, two unopened nip bottles of vodka and eight custom bottles of mixed drinks with alcoholic beverages.

They also seized eight plastic baggies of marijuana, two glass bowl smoking devices and 14 vaping devices, the arrest warrant states.

Police asked Alison Romkey to go outside with them while teens helped dump the alcohol on the grass and she said, “well this is what teenagers do,” the arrest warrant application says.

As police spoke with Alison Romkey, she asked if she was going to jail that night and if she could get dressed before she was arrested, according to police, but authorities told her that she was not getting arrested that night and they would investigate.

Police later obtained arrest warrants for Alison and Eric Romkey.

Officials from the superintendent’s office in Bolton previously said Romkey is a board of education member and had no comment.

The Bolton Democratic Committee posted a statement on its website, saying that Romkey is entitled to the benefit of doubt and is presumed innocent and they learned of her intent to resign from the Board of Education.

The statement added they do not condone underage drinking or the serving of alcohol to minors.

"Although we should all reserve judgment on Alison’s conduct until the court case is concluded, we do not believe that Alison can continue to serve effectively on the Board of Education pending that outcome. This morning we learned of Alison’s intent to submit a letter to the Bolton Town Clerk announcing her immediate resignation from the Board of Education. In the coming weeks, the BDTC will nominate a replacement for consideration by the remaining Board of Education members," the statement says.

"Alison is one of the most committed supporters of the Bolton community and, especially, its schools. She has served for six years on the Board of Education, has put in countless hours with the high school’s Project Graduation, and for years has devoted the winter months to running the annual variety show at Bolton Center School," the statement goes on to say.

Bond was set at $2,500 for both Allison and Eric Romkey and they are due in court on Dec. 4.



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Windsor Woman Accused of Taking Money From South Windsor Moms Club

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A Windsor woman is accused of taking money from the South Windsor Moms Club and she has been charged with larceny in the first degree. 

Police said the charges against 33-year-old Ashley Womack, 33, of Windsor, stems from a complaint from the South Windsor Moms Club in April, reporting that Womack had taken money from the organization. 

Police said the club’s losses exceeded $25,000. 

Police obtained an arrest warrant for Womack and served it Thursday morning. 

She was held on $75,000 surety bond and appeared in Manchester Superior Court. She was released from custody and is due in court on Dec. 9, according to online court records. It’s not clear if she has an attorney.



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No More Double-Cupping at Dunkin'

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It's time to say goodbye to double-cupping at Dunkin' as they are getting rid of all foam cups by the end of the month.

The coffee giant said last year that they would stop using their signature foam coffee cups over environmental concerns.

Many users have been placing a plastic iced-coffee cup inside a foam cup to keep their hands from getting cold and condensation from getting everywhere.

According to the Boston Globe, double-cupping is especially popular in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Friday, Dunkin’ launched a campaign, taking a stance against the double-cupping practice, that results in added waste.

They have been slowly introducing new reinforced paper cups nationwide, the Globe reports. Joseph Hellyar had the task of replacing the iconic foam cups with the perfect paper cup. The new double-walled cup was chosen after trying out a number of other cups. 

Dunkin' couldn't help but create a fun ad to announce the end of the beloved foam cup. Ads include the hashtag #DoubleCupBreakup with the slogan "Consciously Un-Cup-Ling." If you remember, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin consciously uncoupled back in 2014, when they ended their marriage on good terms.

The company says that it is finally time to "breakup with the double cup," as not all relationships are sustainable. 

"We're walking customers through this process with our latest campaign and want them to known that not all change is bad - we will help them through it,"  Dunkin' Chief Operating Officer, Scott Murphy said in a statement.



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Chilly Temperatures for Friday Night Football

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If you’re heading out to a Friday night football game, you will need to bundle up. 

Clear skies will allow temperatures to drop quickly this evening. 

Temperatures will stay in the 40s before falling through the 30s throughout games across the state. 

Saturday will be mostly sunny, with highs in the 30s and Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a high temperature near 40. 

The NBC Connecticut meteorologists are watching the chance for showers on Monday. 

Get the forecast online anytime here. 



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4 Charged After Threats to Bring Knives to Fitch High School in Groton: Police

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Four juveniles have been charged and there will be in increased police presence at Fitch High School in Groton Friday and for the next week after an investigation into reports of threats on social media that students planned on bringing knives to school.

Police said they received several complaints around 10:30 p.m. Thursday about “apparent threats made on social media involving several students from Fitch High School who referenced a potential altercation that was to occur on Friday.” 

The initial reports indicated that students involved were planning on bringing knives to school, according to police. 

Police investigated, spoke with four juvenile suspects and said the threats originated from a previous confrontation among this group of students in the school. Then there was an exchange over social media where they threatened violence, police said. 

One of these juveniles sent a picture of a small knife and indicated that he would use it if the others attacked him, according to police. 

Authorities said the threats of violence were contained to the group and did not threaten violence toward the school or the student population at large.

Four boys were charged, police said, the superintendent took disciplinary action and extra patrol units were assigned to Fitch High School on Friday and additional patrols are planned for next week, according to police.

One juvenile was charged with breach of peace in the second degree and threatening in the second degree. The other three were charged with breach of peace in the second degree. 



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Top Moment: Yovanovitch Responds to Real-Time Trump Attack

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House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff interrupted the impeachment hearing Friday morning to give the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine a chance to answer President Donald Trump’s real-time attacks on her on Twitter.

Schiff took over the questioning to read aloud Trump’s broadside against the former ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, as she was testifying.

“Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” Trump tweeted just after 10 a.m. “She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him.”

Schiff jumped into the questioning by the Democrats' chief counsel to call out the president. He asked whether everywhere she went had turned bad, as the president alleged. 

“I don’t think I have such powers,” said Yovanovitch, who had moments earlier described dodging bullets in past postings. “Not in Mogadishu, Somalia and not in other places. I actually think that where I have served over the years, I and others have demonstrably made things better, for the U.S. as well as for the countries that I’ve served in.”

Ukraine, which has what she described huge challenges as far as corruption, had made a lot of progress since 2014, including during the years she was there.

“The Ukrainian people get the most credit for that and a part of that credit goes to the work of United States and to me as the ambassador,” she said.

On Fox News, the former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr said, "I must say that the president was not advised by counsel in deciding to do this tweet. Extraordinarily poor judgment… .Obviously this was quite injurious."

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said the president was wrong to tweet criticism of Yovanovitch during her testimony.

She said Yovanovitch "clearly is somebody who's been a public servant to the United States for decades and I don't think the president should have done that."

And New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik told CNN, "I disagree with the tweet. I think Ambassador Yovanovitch is a public servant, like many of our public servants in the Foreign Service."

In her opening statement, Yovanovitch talked about the dangers of being a diplomat in hot spots during her 33 years of public service. 

"There is a perception that diplomats lead a comfortable life throwing dinner parties in fancy homes," she testified. "Let me tell you about some of my reality. It has not always been easy. I have moved 13 times and served in seven different countries, five of them hardship posts." 

Among her posts was Somalia, an "increasing dangerous place" where the country's civil war was "grinding on." She helped to open the U.S. embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where a gunman sprayed the building with gunfire. 

She later served in Moscow. 

"In 1993, during the attempted coup in Russia, I was caught in crossfire between presidential and parliamentary forces," she said. "It took us three tries—me without a helmet or body armor—to get into a vehicle to go to the Embassy."

Yovanovitch also testified Friday that it sounded like a threat when Trump told the Ukrainian president during his July 25 phone call at the center of impeachment proceedings, “Well she’s going to go through some things.”

Schiff then asked her the effect of today’s attack by the president.

“And now the president in real-time is attacking you,” the chairman said. “What effect do you think that has on other witnesses’ willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing?

“It’s very intimidating,” she said.

Asked whether it was "designed to intimidate," Yovanovitch said she couldn't "get into Trump's mind." 

Schiff ended with, “Some of us take witness intimidation very, very seriously.”

"The tweet was not witness intimidation, it was simply the President’s opinion, which he is entitled to," the White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, responded to NBC News. "This is not a trial, it is a partisan political process - or to put it more accurately, a totally illegitimate, charade stacked against the President. There is less due process in this hearing than any such event in the history of our country. It’s a true disgrace."

Fire That Damaged Marino's Restaurant in Torrington Was Accidental

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The fire damaged Marino's Restaurant in Torrington Thursday morning was accidental and started on the stovetop, according to the fire marshal.

The fire was reported just before 9 a.m. Thursday and the owner was inside at the time, tried to put out the fire and was able to get out, officials said.

Firefighters initially went inside to fight the fire but decided to the fight the fire from outside when the roof started to collapse.

The fire was under control by 9:36 a.m., according to the fire department. The building, built in 1937, has extensive fire and water damage. They said no other buildings were damaged.

One firefighter was treated and released from the hospital.



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South Windsor Town Hall, Library, Restaurants Closing Due to Water Main Break: Police

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Traffic is down to one lane on Route 30, or Ellington Road, in South Windsor, after a water main break, according to police. 

Town Hall and the library will be closing due to lack of water and many area restaurants will also have to close if they don’t have water service, according to police. 

They said water will likely be off from Governor’s Highway to Town Hall for six to 10 hours during repairs.



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Michigan Woman Found Strangled to Death, Tied Up in DR

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A 63-year-old Michigan woman working with a children's education charity in the Dominican Republic was found strangled to death with her arms and feet bound, according to police.

The body of Patricia Ann Anton, who was born in Italy, was found in her apartment in the Dominican coastal city of Puerto Plata.

A medical examiner "certified that the woman died due to strangulation," the Dominican National Police wrote in a statement on Tuesday. Her body was transported to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros' National Institute of Forensic Pathology for an autopsy.

Suspects stole a cell phone, laptop, a 40-inch plasma television, sheets and sports shoes from Anton's apartment, according to police.

Anton worked as a consultant for the 3 Mariposas Montessori education nonprofit, which seeks to "provide children with the foundation for educational success and a happy, healthy life." She had more than 20 years of education experience and previously worked as a legislative aide at the Michigan State Capitol and as a volunteer in Guatemala, according to 3 Mariposas Montessori.

The Dominican Republic's El Caribe newspaper reports that police said eight suspects are being investigated in the case.



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