Articles by Dave Collins

Truck Driver Acquitted in Bikers’ Deaths Sentenced for Prior Impaired Driving Charge

A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for driving under the influence in Connecticut a month before the deadly crash — an offense that …

Sugar Executive Charged With Stealing $28 Million From Candy Firm Mars

Before his arrest Wednesday, Paul Steed was a respected sugar market expert for a subsidiary of famed candymaker Mars Inc. He served on a U.S. trade advisory committee for sweeteners as well as on industry group boards, while giving presentations …

Harvey Weinstein Alleges Brother, Others Duped Him Over $45M Loan

Jailed and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein alleges in a new lawsuit that his brother, Bob Weinstein, and other executives at their now-defunct film company duped him into guaranteeing a $45 million loan in 2016, but diverted funds for their …

Husband Sues Travel Firm Over Wife’s Death in Hippo Attack on Safari

A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a horrific hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S. company that arranged the trip, alleging it failed to ensure their safety and did not adequately …

Family of Wrongfully Imprisoned Disabled Man to Receive $5.9 Million

More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and …

Clergy Abuse Victim Whose Parents Kicked Him Out Will Use Settlement to Help Others

Duane Gray says the priest at his Connecticut parish began sexually abusing him around 1974, when he was 12 years old. He told his parents, but they didn’t believe it and beat him repeatedly. Then they kicked him out of …

Alex Jones’ Infowars to Be Liquidated at Auctions to Pay Sandy Hook Families

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary …

Connecticut Aquarium Pays $12K to Settle Investigation Into Whale Deaths

A Connecticut aquarium where three beluga whales died in recent years has agreed to settle a federal investigation over alleged animal care and water quality violations by paying a $12,200 fine while not admitting or denying the accusations. The whales …

Women Settle Lawsuits With Yale Fertility Clinic Over Nurse Who Stole Their Painkillers

Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school. Patients and …

Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe

The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal …