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Bristol Couple Arrested for Violent CT Robberies
A person and lady in Bristol have been arrested in connection to a number of violent robberies that occurred throughout Connecticut this yr.
The Division of Justice stated 44-year-old Lonny Cross and 40-year-old Rebecca Barbera, each of Bristol, face costs for conspiring to commit quite a few violent thefts throughout the state in September and October.
Court docket paperwork say that the robberies occurred in additional than 30 cities at fuel station comfort shops, mini-markets and liquor shops between Sept. 5 and Oct. 13.
These robberies occurred within the following cities: North Branford, Waterbury, Wolcott, Plymouth, New Haven, North Haven, Orange, West Haven, Wethersfield, Bristol, Southington, Naugatuck, Watertown, Franklin, Norwich, Waterford, Groton Metropolis, Stonington, Ledyard, Darien, Norwalk, Stratford and Seymour.
A number of of the robberies occurred on the identical day, inside minutes aside. Surveillance video from shops that have been robbed appeared to point out the identical suspect, who was later recognized as Cross. The movies confirmed Cross getting into the shops, holding a knife or gun, and robbing them, in response to officers.
Court docket paperwork say that Cross would drive to a retailer with Barbera, who would go in to see what number of staff and prospects have been inside. She’d then go away the shop and inform Cross, who would enter the shop and rob them.
Investigators acquired warrants to look the couple’s dwelling and a automobile that Cross allegedly drove. Officers discovered clothes in line with what was worn by the suspect in a number of robberies.
Detectives additionally discovered a big amount of medicine inside Cross’ dwelling. He is been in custody because the search on Oct. 14, in response to officers.
Barbera was arrested on Oct. 28 and he or she was launched on a $10,000 bond.
Cross and Barbera face costs for the alleged string of robberies. Cross faces extra costs for distributing narcotics.
The FBI, Connecticut State Police and several other different companies are investigating.
Lifestyle
Trump Debates Stormy Daniels With Biden, 'I Didn't Have Sex With a Porn Star'
CNN
Presidential candidates’ sexual relations — or lack thereof — with porn stars are now a topic of national debate … yes this is Trump vs. Biden 2.0.
Stormy Daniels found herself smack in the middle of Trump and Biden during Thursday’s debate … when Biden started taking shots at Trump’s felony conviction.
It all started when Biden told voters, “The only person on the stage that is a convicted felon is the man I’m looking at right now,” a clear reference to Trump being found guilty of making hush money payments to Stormy.
In the soundbite of the night, Trump shot back … “I didn’t have sex with a porn star!!!”
Fox News
5/31/24
Yes, this is where America is in 2024.
Trump’s the first former U.S. president convicted of a felony, and he’s going up against Biden, who is still going to be dogged by questions about his age after his debate performance.
CNN
Before the old folks got all fired up over Stormy, it was mostly a dull debate … aside from Trump pouncing the moment Biden struggled to hold it together.
When Biden seemed to lose his train of thought and trail off, Trump took his shot … “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
TMZ.com
Something tells us there’s more ammo for Stormy’s stand-up act here.
Lifestyle
Sharply funny 'Janet Planet' perfectly captures the feel of a long, hot summer
Amid the current crop of summer movies, I can’t think of one that captures the feeling of summer more evocatively than Janet Planet. Much of the story takes place in a rustic house in woodsy Western Massachusetts; by day, sunlight streams in through enormous windows, and at night, chirping crickets flood the soundtrack. The celebrated playwright Annie Baker, here writing and directing her first film, has uncanny powers of observation and a talent for evoking time and place. She also has two memorable lead characters and a sharply funny and moving story to tell.
It’s the summer of 1991. The story begins when 11-year-old Lacy, played by the terrific newcomer Zoe Ziegler, calls her mom from camp and demands to be taken home early; her exact words are “I’m gonna kill myself if you don’t come get me.”
Lacy is a shy misfit with big owlish glasses and a flair for deadpan exaggeration. She and her single mom, Janet, who’s played by a subtly luminous Julianne Nicholson, are extremely close, as we can see when Janet duly comes to fetch Lacy and bring her home. Later at their house, Janet puts Lacy to bed and listens to her vent.
Baker isn’t one to hurry her characters along. Her plays — the best known of which is her Pulitzer-winning 2013 drama, The Flick — have been justly praised for bringing a new kind of naturalism to the stage, especially in the way the actors retain the stammers and silences of normal conversation. She brings that same sensibility to Janet Planet.
Baker includes a few loving nods to her background in theater; at various points, Lacy plays with a small puppet theater, complete with handmade clay figurines, and in a later scene, she and Janet attend an outdoor performance featuring actors in elaborate costumes. But the movie never feels stagey. It was shot on 16-millimeter film by Maria von Hausswolff, who previously filmed the visually stunning Icelandic drama Godland, and her use of natural light and precise, fine-grained details feel transportingly cinematic.
The movie is divided into three loose chapters, each one focused on a friend or significant other of Janet’s who becomes a houseguest for a spell. First up is her boyfriend Wayne, played by a gruff Will Patton, who has a daughter around Lacy’s age but doesn’t take too kindly to Lacy herself. He’s soon out the door.
In the second chapter we meet Regina, played by a wonderful Sophie Okonedo, a free-spirited drifter who comes to stay with Janet and Lacy after leaving a local hippie commune — basically a cult, though everyone is careful not to use that word. Regina initially brings a breath of fresh air into the house, though she proves insensitive and tactless, especially around Janet, and soon overstays her welcome.
The third houseguest — Avi, played by Elias Koteas — is Regina’s ex-partner and the leader of that hippie commune. Avi is the most mysterious presence in the movie, and it’s through his short-lived relationship with Janet that we fully grasp how profoundly unhappy she is.
The title Janet Planet has many meanings — it’s the name of the acupuncture studio that Janet operates out of the house. It’s also a passing reference to the nickname that Van Morrison gave the singer-songwriter Janet Rigsbee, who inspired a lot of his love songs during their five-year marriage. But the title is most meaningful as it frames our understanding of Janet, whose quiet magnetism really does seem to draw other people, especially men, into her orbit. As we see in Nicholson’s heartbreaking performance, it’s been as much a curse as it is a blessing.
One of the movie’s subtlest achievements is the way it clues us into Janet’s perspective, even as it keeps Janet herself at a bit of a distance. Much of the time we’re studying Janet through Lacy’s eyes, and what’s uncanny is the way Baker captures a sense of the girl’s growing disillusionment — that intensely specific moment when a child begins to see even a doting parent in a clear and not always flattering new light. By the end of Janet Planet, not much has happened, and yet something momentous seems to have taken place. You want Baker to return to these characters, to show us how Janet and Lacy continue to change and grow, together and apart, in the years — and the summers — to come.
Lifestyle
Every Southern California theme park ride, ranked
Times theme park critic Todd Martens was handed a wild assignment: Rank every theme park ride in Southern California. The mission was dizzying, literally, as he spent months fastening his seatbelt and zipping through mountains, strapping on AR goggles and floating into fairy tales. He judged each attraction not just on sheer entertainment, but on artistry and historical significance.
Here are the results. Below you’ll find guides to Disneyland, Universal Studios, Knott’s Berry Farm and Magic Mountain, with their rides ranked from best to worst. Use them to plan a trip to the park — or to start a debate. What would be your No. 1?
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