Police said they arrested a man who stole a taxi just five hours after being released from jail. Police said Matthew William Findley, 25, of Southington, stole the cab from a gas station shortly after 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Findley was released from Hartford Correctional Facility around 4:30 p.m., police said. Findley had taken the...
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Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability in a dramatic co-operation pact designed to maintain military power while cutting costs, it has been reported. The Ministry of Defence described the report in The Times as “speculation” ahead of the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, expected next month. But a...
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A Franklin teen is facing attempted murder charges after police said he choked and stabbed another man in what may have been just a $20 drug deal. A second Franklin teenager also faces a charge in the incident. Mark Hanson, 17, of 599 Old West Central St., Apt. C8, was ordered held on $10,000...
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Local residents are again speaking out about a practice used by GEUS, the local electric utility system, to collect on delinquent payments. Officials with GEUS appeared before the Council late last month, explaining the utility had been carrying more than $300,000 in debt related to people not paying outstanding amounts on their electric bills....
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A 54-year-old Port St. Lucie woman is out on $25,000 bail after being charged with conspiring to kill her ex-husband and getting her ex-boyfriend to do “the job,” a police warrant application shows. Port St. Lucie Police on Wednesday charged Mary F. Pedreira, of the 600 block of Southwest Ewing Avenue, with solicitation to...
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A Kiwi man who was caught riding his motorbike along the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne with a barbecue strapped to his body was fined A$800 (NZ$1007) today and lost his licence for one month. Michael Wiles spotted the cast-off cooker on the nature strip where it had been left for rubbish collection and, not...
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Police in Florida said they recovered $45 that fell out of an arrested man’s anus during a strip search at the Bay County Jail. Officers said Nicholas Ryan Harris, 19, told officers there was nothing hidden on his body following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and possession...
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Shaun Cashley (27) has been suspended by National Express Dundee after suspicion was aroused that he was not the victim of hooligans hurling a stone into his vehicle late last month. Police had previously said CCTV recordings could be key in tracking down the “mindless” vandals who it was claimed threw the object at...
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When it comes to mooing, 10-year-old Austin Siok is an expert. The Dyer Intermediate School fifth-grader last week won an annual mooing contest at the Wisconsin State Fair because he sounded more like a real cow than the other about 80 contest participants. And since then he hasn’t stopped mooing, said Austin’s mom, Dawn...
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Matthew Partridge, 27, wanted to make the 1,200-mile trip but didn’t fancy the gruelling 16-week slog. So starting on Monday he plans to “walk” the length of Britain virtually — from the comfort of his bedroom. He said: “I can’t be bothered with all the training, planning and hardships of actually doing the walk....
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