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and alleged kidnapper in court.
When the state does produce evidence to
support them, we will examine it carefully.
We're learning new details about the suspect
accused of taking a 13 year old girl to a
motel last school struggle Stone Academy,
now facing a lawsuit.
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Sold the ticket to a sinking sh.
We're hearing from former students tonight.
Impacted by its closure.
One more day until brighter,
warmer and drier days ahead.
Your full forecast coming up
and saving money on solar.
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The stories ahead.
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evening. Thanks for joining us e
on the news at six. I'm Ben Gol.
And I'm Jen Bernstein.
A 13 year old Plainfield teen ws
reported missing back in March.
And just 1/2 an hour later,
police discovered social media s
suggesting that she was inside a
motel room with a Boston area m.
That's the basis for kidnapping
charges 22 year old Connor Titt
of Quincy, MA is facing Fox 61.
Samaya Hernandez has been
digging through the disturbing
details unveiled in court today.
Connor Tid posted his half $1,000,000
bond and walked out of court.
A few hours ago.
He was driven away in a car
with Massachusetts plates.
Now according to the warrant for his arrest,
police say that when they foundm
in that motel with a 13 year old girl,
he wouldn't give them his name or his age,
but he did say that he was old
enough to get in trouble. The
disturbing details leading to te
arrest of 22 year old Connor Tid begin
here on March 18th inside room .
But what led police here started over a
month earlier on the social media app Perp,
described by the 13 year old
Plainfield girl police found wih
Ted as the quote kid friendly version
of popular dating app Tinder,
where Ted described himself as a 15 year old.
The two began dating which moved to the
social media app Snapchat where the girl
suggested she wanted to try THC gummies.
Ted writing quote What do I get in return?
Little one.
According to the warrant,
police discovering the messagesn
the girl's computer minutes aftr
she snuck out of her parents ho,
got picked up and was found ins.
Moose's Elite in quote crouchedn
in the shower portion of the bathroom
and Ted hiding behind the door.
Remember that everyone
is entitled to be presumed.
Innocent till proven guilty,
our cameras were not allowed in,
killing Lee Superior Court Thury
where Ted was arraigned on 1st degree
kidnapping and second degree sex assault,
among other charges.
Matthew Alkin is his attorney.
We just learned today of these allegations.
We have not seen any evidence
to support them yet,
a worker at Elite Inn told FOX .
Police went door to door until a man said
he saw the girl and pointed at the room.
Police found cannabis gummy containers,
sex toys, duct tape and a
Swiss army knife inside.
The girl told authorities she hd
consensual intercourse with Ted.
People should withhold their
judgments until Connors
had a chance to tell his
side of the story and
and when that happens,
I believe people see the case
differently and according to the warrant,
Ted told the girl that he did
the same thing to another girl.
But would it say who? In Daniel,
I'm Somaya Hernandez, FOX 61,
Connecticut's news station Soma.
Thank you. New Tonight,
US Marshals announced this morng
that they've arrested a 22 year
old Omar Nelson in connection
to a multitude of crimes,
including the shooting death ofe
man back in January in New Have.
US Marshals say that they discod
Nelson living in the attic
of a home in Bridgeport,
hiding under the insulation.
New developments tonight after a man's
body was found in front of a fie
station in New Britain and tonit
we now know the name of that ma.
His body was found on Noble St.
this morning right across from
the New Britain Fire Station #5.
Police have identified that man as 25
year old Ronald Nelson of Strat.
His body has been brought to the
office of the Medical Examiner
to determine how exactly he died
for. Teens were arrested
Wednesday for stealing a car.
Trumbull Police located the
teenagers in the Trumbull Marrit
parking lot with a stolen car.
The teens ran into the Best Buyt
police were able to then arrest them.
There, 213 year old males,
114 year old male and 115 year old male,
all from New Haven,
were arrested and charged.
All right, turning to the weather now,
it's looking like that gloomy streak of
weather is going to end this wed
and we might get some sun tomorw
just in time here. Chief Meteorologist
Rachel Frank joining us now. Hi, Rich.
Yeah, if we're going to turn brighter,
warmer, drier, it might as
well happen over the weekend.
So yet another reason to look
forward to Saturday and Sunday.
56 degrees is looking at pretty ominous
here over the capital city in Hartford
and middle 50s in the New Haven area,
where we're also seeing a
considerable amount of clouds.
It wasn't a bad day.
Most of the time was dry.
Occasionally you get a pop of s.
We're going to do this
all over again tomorrow,
including the chance for an isolated shower.
But there will be some areas jut
like today that stay completely.
Let's zoom in and give you a clr
look at some of those showers
that are ongoing right now from
Watertown down through Middlebu,
getting a good drink of water,
Seymour, Oxford as well.
And that continues right down to Milford.
A few sprinkles here in southean
Connecticut and we'll see these continue
to move in from north to South.
As we head through the next
several hours or so,
right now we're looking at temperatures that
are in the 50s across most of the state,
but upper 40s in Chester.
Overnight lows will be dipping
back towards the 40 degree marks
we head towards Daybreak tomorrw
and we'll do it all over again.
We'll see clouds,
some sunshine in the morning,
chance for an isolated afternoon shower.
Highs near 60 degrees and then
the sun will come out on Saturd.
It is a beautiful weekend.
I'm going to show it to you.
Full forecast coming up.
All right, Rachel, thank you.
New at six, A bill that focusesn
sewage and pushes for more overt
of the Metropolitan District,
Metropolitan District Commissiof
Hartford will not be moving for.
This after basement floods
and septic overflow issues for
residents in the city's North E.
Lawmakers called this the ultime
MDC cleanup bill that would
have allocated funds to help
affected homes and businesses fm
sewage backup and bad flooding.
If you used TurboTax in the pas,
you may be eligible to get money back.
Attorney General William Tong announcing
Connecticut customers will recee
part of a $141 million settleme.
This comes after TurboTax settled after
being accused of deceiving millions of
low income Americans by paying for their
services while saying they were free.
Approximately 42,000 Connecticut
customers will receive almost $5
million worth of the settlement.
Checks will be mailed out
throughout the month of May.
Well, Connecticut will soon have early
voting voters approving an ament
in November changing the state constitution
to allow the legislature to pass laws
to implement early in person vo.
Now legislators are debating what that
will actually look like in the state.
FOX 61's political reporter Emma
Wolf Horse joins us now in studo
with the details. Emma. Jen
Ben Lawmakers are currently
discussing the final version of
this bill on the House floor.
This proposal would allow 14 daf
early voting for a general elec,
seven days for August state primaries,
and four days before special
elections and presidential primaries.
There were multiple versions of
this measure throughout the pro,
with varying amounts of days
for early voting.
And now Democrats say they've
taken up this most expansive
option to give people choice.
Race and flexibility.
But Republicans are concerned sg
this bill was quote written in the dark.
Republicans are worried about
election security and the detais
of implementing early voting,
saying they were left out of the
process of drafting this bill.
They also have concerns about
possible strain on towns and
elections administrators sayings
bill is quote totally problemat,
adding the bill is written for
the Democratic Party,
not written for democracy but.
Democrats say this is the will of the voters,
and while Republicans argue 14
days is too long and can always
be added to in the future,
Democrats believe 14 days is flexible,
saying in coming years the legislature
can shorten the early voting wi.
I'm concerned that a bill was written and
is hoisted upon us in the dark of night,
and the only solace that I do have is
that we still have another session next
year to address some of the concerns.
Once this bill sees the light of day,
obviously we have the opportunio
shape it. But we know that, you know,
this is, it's not often that,
you know, you take a poll officy
at the ballot box to know how te
voters of Connecticut feel.
We know they've given us a char.
We're delivering today.
Connecticut is one of only four states
currently with no early voting options
and Democrats say 14 days is still on
the low end of early voting per,
citing 21 days as the average.
Now lots of debate happening one
House floor right now over this bill.
So far 3 amendments have been
passed by Republicans and both
have failed lawmakers nearly the
hours into debates on this bill,
I'm being told Representatives
did order dinner,
so it could be a long night.
And Jen sounds like it is
going to be a long night.
Emma, keep us updated.
Well, Connecticut veteran groupe
pushing back this week against proposed
cuts to veteran services in thew
House Republican budget proposa.
The bill does not specify which parts
of the veteran services would be cut.
It just caps the amount of money
the government can spend. You
got a crowd. I'm not going to,
I'm not going to stand here and say this.
You got a crowd of folks on the other
side of the aisle who voted 217 of them.
Just a week ago for cuts that
would devastate the VA budget.
Many believe the VA could face a 22% cut
if this bill is passed. Have you thought
about investing in solar panels?
But because you put it to the
side because of the price?
In New Haven, they're working to make
that cheaper and easier for the public
with a program called Solar for.
The new partnership is a company
with a company called Posigen.
It's a partnership with them
that was just launched today.
It allows people to lease solar
panels through them for 25 years
with a guarantee that they'll be
saving money on their electric bills.
There's no installation fee,
no insurance payment,
and no credit score or income requirement.
Posigen is providing predictability and
stability. To folks who sign upr
that $75.00 a month that should
it should be that plus the connection
fee, and the rest of it is savi.
People do still need to work
with the utility company to
connect to the power grid.
The program for many may
seem too good to be true.
That's why the city's involved d
to target low income families wo
otherwise couldn't afford solar panels.
This is a program that can realy
help facilitate using their rooo
reduce our climate impact and se
people money.
Under the new partnership,
the smallest package of panel
starts at $75.00 a month.
It's expected to save New Haven
customers nearly $1000 a year
and new at six $2.4 million
worth of checks are being sent o
Connecticut cities in towns thas
to the nickel per nip program.
Every April and October,
each municipality gives $0.05 for each a
container sold in the previous six months,
officials saying this was the mt
successful time period for the program.
In the first year and a half,
the nickel per NIT program has
generated $6.6 million.
Many communities are using
the money to keep roads,
waterways and other
public spaces letter free.