COVID-19: CT To Add Fine To Enforce Quarantine Order For Visitors From 31 States COVID-19: CT To Add Fine To Enforce Quarantine Order For Visitors From 31 States
Covid-19: CT To Add Fine To Enforce Quarantine Order For Visitors From 31 States Travelers coming into Connecticut from states with a high novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rates who violate the quarantine order will soon face fines. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that fines of up to $1,000 could be issued for travelers who violate the state’s 14-day quarantine policy as the battle against COVID-19 continues. Related story - COVID-19: Travelers From 10 More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Bringing Total To 31 Anyone traveling into Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey from a state that has a new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per …
COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from four more states with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The newly-added states as of Tuesday, July 14 are Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin, bringing the total number of states on the list to 22. Delaware, which had been added to the list a week ago along with Kansas and Oklahoma, has now been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven…
'Overly Aggressive' Door-To-Door Salesman In Area Faces Charges, Police Say 'Overly Aggressive' Door-To-Door Salesman In Area Faces Charges, Police Say
'Overly Aggressive' Door-To-Door Salesman In Area Faces Charges, Police Say A door-to-door salesman who was scaring residents in Monroe has been arrested for his "overly aggressive tactics" and for not having a license, police said. Jamarcus Styles, 22, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 13, after Monroe Police received calls from residents on Lazy Brook Road, said Monroe Police Lt. Stephen Corrone. The first call came in around 5:25 p.m. from a resident reporting that Styles was acting aggressively. While checking the area for the salesmen, officers were stopped by a second resident informing them they had a salesman that caused a d…
Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S. Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S.
Bergen Prosecutor: Transient Makes Dozens Of Threatening Bias Calls While Crossing U.S. A traveling entrepreneur phoned in anti-black and anti-Semitic threats to more than two dozen government officials and a private business in Edgewater, as well as to others in River Edge, West New York and elsewhere while driving across the United States, authorities charged. Using number-blocking technology, Steve Ortiz, 44, of Union City, placed similar calls to locations in North Carolina and New Mexico, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that Ortiz made calls to Edgewater over the past few months while he was “transien…
New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule'
New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the state is one of 21 to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration new measure that restricts access to abortion and other reproductive health services. A coalition of 21 State AttorneysGeneral announced that they will be challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s new “gag rule” which alters the Title X family planning program. According to James, the rule relates to funding for Title X, the only federal grant program that funds family planning programs to help patients access contraception, ca…
NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration
NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration New York has joined 15 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called “contrived” declaration of a National Emergency at the southern border. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that she has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court challenging the president’s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes.  In the complaint, which was filed by Attorneys General from 15 other states, they allege that “the Trump Administration’s emergency declaration and diversion of funds i…
Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey
Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey Your eyes weren't deceiving you if you thought things looked hazier this week in the New York City area. Smoke from California's deadly wildfires drifted east Monday and was visible in parts of New York and New Jersey, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map. Meteorologist Gary Szatowski -- the former head of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly -- tweeted a photo of NOAA HRRR-Smoke map.  The smoke is depicted in blue on the map and can be seen traveling from the West Coast up through southern-most parts of Arizona and New Mexico, up through…
Convict Admits More Crimes In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Convict Admits More Crimes In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico
Convict Admits More Crimes In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico An Albuquerque man already convicted in a multi-state dogfighting ring that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico pleaded guilty to additional charges in federal court last week, authorities said Tuesday. Robert Arellano, 64, trafficked fighting dogs for six years, beginning in 2012, while maintaining "a collection of dog fighting videos, records, how-to materials, and photograph," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito. "Arellano meticulously recorded the dogs’ fighting pedigrees and histories, previous fights and kills, serious injuries they inflicted on other dogs or sustained themselves, and f…
Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico
Jurors Convict 4 In Dog-Fighting Ring That Stretched From NJ To New Mexico Federal jurors needed six hours of deliberations to convict four men for their roles in a multi-state dog-fighting ring that stretched from New Jersey to New Mexico -- with various states in-between. The quartet conspired to “sponsor and exhibit dogs in animal fighting ventures and to buy, sell, possess, train, transport, deliver and receive dogs for purposes of having the dogs participate in animal fighting ventures,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Wednesday. “Dog fighting is vicious and cruel,” Carpenito said. “And beyond the needless suffering it inflicts on animals, it exacts a toll…
Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K
Retired Nurse Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Forfeits $750K A former nurse from Connecticut who forfeited her home and more than $750,000 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering will be spending time behind bars. Christine Miles of Windsor Locks has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  She also admitted to engaging and attempting to engage in a monetary transaction affecting interstate commerce, involving criminally derived p…
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question Citing “bad faith,” a federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose additional information regarding its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that lawyers representing the government must produce a log of documents that were being withheld, as well as provide an explanation for why the administration did so.  Furman further demanded that the government include documents from the Commerce and Justice Departments in their disco…
Man Caught With Semiautomatic Guns On I-84 Resists Arrest, Police Say Man Caught With Semiautomatic Guns On I-84 Resists Arrest, Police Say
Man Caught With Semiautomatic Guns On I-84 Resists Arrest, Police Say A sheriff’s deputy apprehended a man in possession of semiautomatic weapons after he allegedly attempted to resist arrest following a traffic stop on I-84 in Putnam County. Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley, Jr. announced the arrest of New Mexico resident Pedro Ruiz-Rivas on Monday, who is facing charges that include two felony counts of criminal possession of a firearm, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and other violations. According to Langley, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on May 21, a Deputy Sheriff stopped Ruiz-Rivas on I-84 in Southeast for a vehicle and traffic …