Category: Law Enforcement
“Jailed Grandson” Calls Grandma From Montreal and Fleeces Her Out Of $935
The call from Tyler was scary. He had been in a car accident in a rental car in Montreal and needed money to pay an attorney and fly home. Dorothy Cheo, 81, of Niantic, was so upset on hearing her grandson was in trouble that she couldn’t think straight. She quickly went to a local [...]
What’s Next After Kagan’s Confirmation?
Based on Elena Kagan’s writing and other actions, the new Supreme Court justice can be expected to shift power further toward an Executive Branch that’s vastly more powerful than the one the Framers created and that the country adjusted with post-Civil War amendments establishing additional civil rights that we need for a post-slave society.
Case Closed on the U.S. Attorney Firings? Really? DOJ’s Political ‘Purge’ and Torture Probers Suppressed Evidence In Connecticut Crime Case
Four days before Connecticut’s Nora Dannehy was appointed to investigate the Bush administration’s U.S. attorney firing scandal, a team of lawyers she led was found to have illegally suppressed evidence in a major political corruption case. Andrew Kreig, who covered Connecticut’s federal courts for the Hartford Courant from 1976 to 1981, today reveals that the previously unreported fact from Dannehy’s past calls her entire national investigation into question. The revelations similarly compromise the pending investigation by her Connecticut colleague, John Durham, who since 2008 has been the nation’s special prosecutor for DOJ and CIA decision-making involving torture.
New Questions Raised On Elena Kagan’s Rights Record, Court Qualifications
The Justice Integrity Project, a civil rights group I founded, this morning released a video by a New Jersey Democrat urging the U.S. Senate this week to reject the Supreme Court nomination of Democrat Elena Kagan based on doubts about her commitment to due process rights and check-and-balances on executive power.
Debtors Still Going To Prison In Some States
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that some people are going to prison for their debts despite the fact that debtors’ prison are not allowed.
In a powerful story by reporters Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, the two explain how debtors can end up in jail in some states where creditors rule.
Feds Bully ‘Die Hard’ Moviemaker McTiernan Into Plea for False Statements
Andrew Kreig, the Courant’s federal court reporter from 1976 to 1980, comments on what the July 12 plea of famed moviemaker John McTiernan signifies about his case and our ability to understand similar federal prosecutions.
West Hartford Police Celebrate Promotions and Retirements
Two West Hartford veteran officers are retiring this month and two others have been promoted. All four were recognized at a ceremony on July 2nd. The following information comes from a press release from the Town of West Hartford: Retiring will be Captain William Erickson, who has both served in and supervised the Patrol, Detective, [...]
Bloomfield Consumer Protection Sting Operation Nets 54 Unregistered Contractors
– Fifty-four home improvement contractors and salespersons will pay a fine or face criminal and /or administrative penalties for not being registered with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection as required by state law, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today. He spoke at a press conference marking the conclusion of a five-month undercover [...]
$60,000 In Restitutions To Consumers Who Get Taken By Bridgeport Headstone Firm
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that his office has mailed $60,000 in restitution checks to consumers who paid a Bridgeport company for headstones that were never delivered. Blumenthal said that the checks were sent to 73 consumers who made partial or full payments to the Lakeview Monument Co., LCC for gravestones never supplied. He [...]
Fireworks Sting Operation By Danbury Police And Consumer Protection
Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. and Danbury Police Chief Alan D. Baker are announcing the results of a series of compliance checks conducted Friday in conjunction with Danbury Police Department to identify businesses that would sell fireworks to persons under the legal age of 16. . “We’re reminding everyone that it’s illegal [...]
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