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Michelle Troconis found guilty on all counts
Michelle Troconis has been found guilty of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos in 2019 and five other counts. A six-member jury returned its verdict Friday in Stamford Superior Court after more than two full days of deliberating. Troconis sobbed as the guilty verdicts were announced Friday morning. She was found guilty of the following charges: After the verdict was read,…
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Innocent girlfriend or murderous conspirator? Jury begins deliberations in Troconis trial
Is Michelle Troconis a murderous conspirator who wanted her boyfriend’s estranged wife dead and helped him cover up her killing? Or was she an innocent bystander who unwittingly became ensnared in one of Connecticut’s most enduring missing person and alleged homicide cases? A state jury heard two different tales of the 49-year-old Troconis as the prosecution and defense made their closing...
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Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former cop, CT town
Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, whose murder conviction in the 1970s killing of a teenager in Connecticut was overturned, is suing the lead police investigator in the case and the town of Greenwich for alleged malicious prosecution, civil rights violations and other claimed wrongdoing. Skakel, 63, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, was found guilty in 2002 of the 1975…
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Charges dismissed against CT man who spent decades in prison for 1994 baby killing
A Connecticut man who served 28 years in prison for a 1994 shooting that killed a baby, paralyzed her grandmother and shocked a community saw the charges against him dismissed Tuesday by a judge, who previously ruled he had been wrongly convicted due to missteps by police and prosecutors. The dismissal of Adam Carmon’s case came after New Haven State’s Attorney...
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Connecticut's Transgender Athlete Policy
A federal appeals court has dismissed a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ high school sports.
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Why Did Nathan Carman Get Indicted in His Mother's Death at Sea Nearly 6 Years Later?
The circumstantial evidence against Nathan Carman had been lying in plain sight for years before his surprising indictment and arrest. This month, allegations he killed his mother at sea off New England in a plot to inherit millions of dollars are brought to light. Federal prosecutors in Vermont are not commenting on the timing of their decision to put the…
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Alex Jones Faces Fines for Skipping Sandy Hook Deposition
A Connecticut judge says Infowars host Alex Jones will be fined $25,000 to $50,000 per weekday until he appears for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Sandy Hook Families Seek Alex Jones Arrest After 2nd No-Show
Infowars host Alex Jones has defied a Connecticut judge’s order to show up for a deposition in a lawsuit by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, over Jones calling the massacre a hoax.
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Lawsuit: HUD Perpetuated Racial Segregation in Connecticut
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has perpetuated racial segregation in Connecticut’s capital by failing to help poor Black and Hispanic families living in dilapidated, federally subsidized housing move to better neighborhoods in the city and suburbs, residents allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The complaint was filed in federal court by 10 former residents of three...