#Fairfield CT– A Division Avenue resident called police regarding a banking scam. They received a call from someone claiming to be the fraud department from her bank. They said that the account was hacked and there were multiple withdrawals happening. The victim supplied her email, social security and account number. She later learned that the email was used to create a Zelle Account and $2120.00 was withdrawn from her account. Her social security account was also used to make a false stimulus claim and unemployment benefits in California.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding $3.8 million in grants to cover the costs associated with implementing needing security infrastructure improvements at the facilities of 97 nonprofit organizations in Connecticut.
The grants are being awarded under the state’s newly launched Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which was announced by the governor in February. Administered by the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the program is intended to improve security at 501(c)(3) organizations that are at heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime, or violent act. Eligible nonprofits are able to receive a maximum of $50,000 per site.
Today’s announcement of $3.8 million for 97 nonprofits are the first round of grants awarded under the program. Recipient organizations are in the process of being notified of their grants.
“We are fortunate to have so many nonprofit organizations in Connecticut that provide an incredible amount of services to the people of our state, and the Nonprofit Security Grant Program will help ensure that they have the resources need to make their staff and clients as safe as possible,” Governor Lamont said.
“This program is an important part of our strategy to help keep our many nonprofits safe from threats and criminal activity,” Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner James C. Rovella said.
2021-07-27@5;02pm– Report of a heavy police presence on I-95 near exit 30. They even blacked out the traffic cam so use your imagination what they are doing…
#Fairfield CT– Fairfield Dermatology is reporting that sometime over the weekend someone entered their office and items were taken. Police are investigating.
2021-07-28@1:47pm–#Bridgeport CT– Today’s vehicle fire is at East Main Street and Boston Avenue. Firefighters reporting that police are on scene and the car fire was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
2021-07-28@1:03pm–#Stratord CT– #cttraffic–#Milford CT– A crash on the Moses Wheeler Bridge has traffic backed up on I-95 south. But wait! There’s more! Another minor crash reported near exit 34.
2021-07-28@11:24am– #Milford CT– Firefighters on scene at the Cumberland Farms gas station due to their fire suppression release over the gasoline pumps for no apparent reason. Fire marshal, Hazmat and the health department requested to the scene.
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating Non-Debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act, which would close a loophole in current law that allows individuals who have engaged in wrongdoing to evade accountability through bankruptcy proceedings. The SACKLER Act would restrict the use of a loophole in bankruptcy law that currently allows individuals who have not filed for bankruptcy to nonetheless be released from lawsuits brought by states, Tribes, municipalities, or the U.S. government.
While far from bankrupt and worth nearly $11 billion, the Sackler family – owners of Purdue Pharma – is exploiting this loophole in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings to seek a lifetime legal shield from liability. The proposed Purdue bankruptcy plan, which Connecticut has strongly objected to, would require the Sacklers to pay over nine years only a small fraction of the massive fortune that they amassed through the sale of opioids.
“This legislation to close an unfair, unacceptable loophole in the bankruptcy code would remove one of the barriers preventing the Sacklers from being held accountable,” said Blumenthal. “The Sackler family wants to deny the victims justice by being given a lifetime legal shield that is absolutely unjust. Bankruptcy should not be a haven for people who owe accountability – a haven from justice.”
“We must close these dangerous loopholes that have allowed the bankruptcy system to unfairly protect wealthy individuals, like members of the Sackler family, from government-led lawsuits,” said Warren.
The legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives in March by U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), and sixty-two of their colleagues.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were nearly 500,000 deaths between 1999 and 2019, and 93,000 deaths in 2020 alone involving opioid and prescription overdoses, of which Purdue greatly contributed to. The company has pled guilty to multiple federal crimes and is facing thousands of lawsuits for its deceptive marketing practices and its role in the epidemic.
Blumenthal announced the legislation today with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong who will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law this week on this proposal and others to reform bankruptcy law.
Earlier today, Blumenthal also led a group of his colleagues in a letter to a judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, urging the court to reject Purdue Pharma’s request to include employee and executive bonuses in the bankruptcy reorganization plan.
#Trumbull CT–Three (3) Bridgeport men were arrested Monday afternoon, July 26th, following their involvement in occupying a stolen vehicle, and crashing into several police vehicles as it attempted to flee police at the Westfield Trumbull Mall. Dominique Reid, age 23, of Summitt Street, fled in the stolen Audi to avoid immediate capture, however, Hector Delgado, age 24, of Clifford Street, and Xavier Rondon, age 29, of Benhan Avenue were immediately taken into police custody in the Westfield Mall parking lot.
Trumbull Police Detectives initially located the Audi, which had been confirmed stolen from Yonkers, New York, in the mall parking lot. Trumbull police personnel then set up surveillance on the vehicle, until about 2:30 p.m., when the men returned and entered the Audi. As officers approached the occupied Audi, Delgado and Rondon were apprehended, but Reid remained inside the driver’s seat of the vehicle. Reid then sped away striking several police and innocent bystander vehicles to elude capture.
Reid continued to drive recklessly through Westfield Mall property, and leaving mall property by traveling the wrong way up the Main Street entrance ramp. Reid eventually proceeded onto the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) northbound entrance ramp, but as he merged onto the Merritt Parkway, he turned the vehicle and traveled Southerly into oncoming traffic in the northbound lane. After a short distance, Reid abandoned the stolen Audi and continued to flee police on foot, but was later captured in a nearby residential neighborhood.
Trumbull Police K9 and the Connecticut State Police also assisted in tracking Reid. No injuries were reported for the accidents. Trumbull EMS did respond as a precautionary measure to evaluate Reid for exhaustion, but he refused any medical treatment. Reid was charged with Larceny 1st degree, Reckless Driving, Engaging Police in Pursuit, Evading Motor Vehicle Accident, Reckless Endangerment 1st degree, interfering with an Officer, and was held on a $100,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on August 6, 2021. Both Delgado and Rondon were each charged with Conspiracy to Commit Larceny 1st degree, and were each held on a $25,000 bond. They are also scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on August 6, 2021.
