Archive for December, 2010

Last East Hampton Police Log of 2010

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 31, 2010
chase_2

Brandi Avery of 5A Barton Hill Road, East Hampton was issued a summons for misuse of registration, and operating a unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle.

updated – Multiple lawsuits, town manager search on East Hampton Town Council agenda

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 30, 2010
money-guy-walking-with-bag-of-money

The agenda for a special meeting of the East Hampton Town Council on Tuesday, Jan. 4 begins the New Year with a lot of baggage from the departing year.

Self-proclaimed Nurse of the Year sent to jail

by: Submitted Press Release December 29, 2010
Graphic courtesy of wpclipart.com

Ms. Lichtenstein paid more than $2,000 of her own money to stage the “Nurse of the Year” dinner and the “Connecticut Nursing Association” does not exist.

Bright idea – electric rates to drop in January 2011 says DPUC

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 29, 2010
electric-bolt

Those choosing competitive suppliers grew from 18 percent to 36 percent, the equivalent of more than 500,000 residential and business customers.

East Hampton Police say man enlisted teenagers to steal for him

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 28, 2010
Carlos L. Carrero Jr. of East Hampton CT was arrested and charged with enlisting local teenagers to steal power equipment. Photo courtesy of the East Hampton Police Department.

The investigation also disclosed that Carrero, Jr. had solicited two 16 year-olds, and one 15 year-old to steal the equipment over the summer of 2010.

East Hampton Police arrest man who put shotgun to wife’s head

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 28, 2010
Michael Leiner of East Hampton is accused of holding a shotgun to his wife

East Hampton Police arrested a man they say put a gun to his wife’s head in order to force her to sign over her paychecks to him.

Tax department sees electronic filing as a chance to save the state money

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 28, 2010

According to the CT DRS, this last filing season only 8 percent of individual returns were from the booklets that were mailed.

FBI warns of loan collection scam

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 27, 2010
phone-off-the-hook-cropped-red

Think you’re safe because you haven’t taken out a payday loan? You’re not.

Winter Storm Adrianne packing blizzard conditions for Connecticut

by: Barbara Rioux | HTNP.com Assistant Editor December 26, 2010

A Blizzard Warning has been issued for the entire state of Connecticut as a large storm that brought a rare white Christmas to parts of the south heads up the eastern coast.

East Hampton Police Log for Dec 23 2010 – robbery, marijuana, fender-bender

by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP.com Editor December 23, 2010
east-hampton-police-patch

Michael A. Leiner, 47, of 64 Depot Hill Road, East Hampton was arrested for robbery in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal use of a firearm.