Category: Connecticut

Nonprofit Fundraiser Sues Connecticut Over Burdensome, Invasive Regulations

January 31, 2021
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A West Virginia-based nonprofit fundraiser has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Connecticut over that state’s unusually burdensome rules that require him to tell state officials what he is planning to say to prospective donors a full 20 days in advance of donor contact. The lawsuit, Kissel v. Seagull, was filed Jan. 31 in federal…

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UPS Driver Dies After Assault, Co-Worker Taken Into Custody

December 23, 2020
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WATERTOWN, Conn.—A UPS employee sought in a deadly assault on a co-worker was taken into custody Wednesday, Connecticut state police said. The suspect, Elijah David Bertrand, 19, had been sought by authorities since Tuesday night when a fellow UPS worker was found suffering from injuries. The two men apparently were riding in the same vehicle…

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UPS Driver Dies After Assault; Search Underway for Suspect

December 23, 2020
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WATERTOWN, Conn.—A UPS truck driver died after an assault on Tuesday in Connecticut, and authorities are searching for a suspect. State troopers initially responded to a call about an accident involving a UPS truck in Watertown on Tuesday evening. They found the driver had been assaulted, and medics took him to a hospital, where he…

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