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Friends Mourn Gifted CT Guitarist Known For His Humor, Heart, Devotion To His Family
Connecticut’s music community is mourning David “Dave” Crespo, a Stratford guitarist whose death has left his family facing funeral expenses and the loss of his mother’s primary caregiver.
Crespo died Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to a fundraiser supporting his family. He was 60 years old.
For the past six years, Crespo lived at home and cared for his mother, Barbara, while teaching guitar lessons, according to a GoFundMe. Making sure she had the care she needed was one of his greatest concerns, the fundraiser said.
The fundraiser, organized by Elana Klemm on behalf of Crespo’s sister, Valer…
Lisbon Man Embezzled $300K In Willimantic, Manchester Concrete Payments: Police
A Connecticut concrete dispatcher pocketed nearly $300,000 in customer payments while erasing sales records at a business with Willimantic and Manchester plants, state police allege.
John Jeffrey Farrar, of Lisbon, was arrested in Windham on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to a Connecticut State Police warrant. The charges cover alleged conduct from Jan. 30, 2023, through Oct. 2, 2025.
Farrar faces charges of first-degree larceny by embezzlement, second-degree money laundering, and first-degree computer crime, police said. He was being held on a $250,000 bond.
Farrar's alleged scheme unr…
NY Man Accused Of Using CT Home’s Internet To Download Hundreds Of Child Sex Abuse Files
A New York man used a Connecticut home’s internet connection to download child sexual abuse material and store it on Google Drive, police allege.
Michael Edward Wyatt Dobush, 25, of Clymer, New York, was arrested Thursday morning, Oct. 15, and was charged with first-degree possession of child sex abuse material, Coventry police said. He was released on a $75,000 bond.
The investigation began with a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, police said. Investigators traced suspected downloads to an IP address tied to a Coventry residence.
Police said the invest…
9-Year-Old Girl Beaten To Death By Mom, Stepdad After Hit-Run Story Unravels: Prosecutor
A New Jersey mother and stepfather have been charged with murder following the death of a 9-year-old girl, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15.
At 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, India Miller, 27, and Sean Scott, 45, both Paulsboro residents, called 911 after Miller said she heard a loud sound, similar to tires screeching, before Scott went outside and found the girl by their shed, at 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew Johns said. Miller said the girl was hit by a car while walking her dog, Johns said.
The girl was transported to a local hos…
Mom Drained 401(k) Before Great Wolf Lodge Double Homicide, Family Says: Reports
A Pennsylvania mother charged with killing her husband and 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos had tapped retirement savings to fund the family's three-week vacation and home renovations before the killings, according to her stepmother, who now believes the deaths were planned.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, appeared happy during a video call with relatives shortly before her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, were found stabbed to death inside the resort on Monday, Oct. 12, her stepmother, April Thetga, told the New York Post in an intervie…
Ex-CT Strip Club Owner Gets Prison For Prostitution Scheme, Tax Fraud: Feds
The former owner of Tolland’s Electric Blue strip club will spend 16 months in federal prison for helping facilitate prostitution and hiding business income from the IRS, authorities said.
Kenneth Denning, 69, of Holland, Massachusetts, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 13, after he pleaded guilty to five charges in May involving prostitution, tax fraud, and money laundering, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said.
The sentence also carries a steep financial cost. US District Judge Victor A. Bolden ordered Denning to repay $549,999 to the IRS and $150,000 to the Small Bus…
