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Bradley Cooper is hot!!!! May 8, 2013 at 07:55 am
I've said it a million times. If the police want to catch drunk drivers put up te road blocks during…Read More the day. That's when the professional drunks are driving and sadly there are many of them
Four Jacks May 10, 2013 at 09:51 am
Bradley, it all falls into the category of taking care of your stuff, women should not leave purses…Read More on the car seat when not in the car, men should not put their wallets on a bench, kids should not leave their bikes unlocked at a school, etc., etc. You may say I'm blaming the victim, but obviously the "child" did not take appropriate care of his phone, so he IS partially to blame for not securing his item. This is life, take care of your stuff, lock your doors, do not leave your valuables out in public spaces. Just recently a kid left his wallet on a cafeteria table at the HS - money was immediately removed. So yes, the "victim" is partially to blame here.
Dave May 10, 2013 at 08:08 am
Well it really should be up to the parents to teach their kids the value of things like iPhone iPad…Read More or what ever important expensive thing it maybe @bradley it's not about what I kid dose around the house to Receive there pay it's up to the parents to be more Responsible In telling their kids to keep there phones iPad laptop or what ever in a safe place it's not the kids fault for brining it it not the kid who stole it but the lake of Parenting to their kids
S Dogood May 6, 2013 at 05:22 pm
I am confused; maybe someone can clear this up for me. When is it hearsay evidence and when is it an…Read More eyewitness account or is there no difference?
------------------- Hearsay evidence – “evidence based not on a witness's personal knowledge but on another's statement not made under oath” (Merriam-Webster online dictionary). ------------
When statements are made by two parts to an altercation that they were involved in is it “Hearsay evidence”?
If I witness one spouse striking another and I recount what I saw, is that hearsay evidence? If the police arrest the person whom I saw striking their spouse are they being charged on hearsay evidence?
Please help me understand what I am missing.
Judge Crater May 6, 2013 at 02:24 pm
• When you decide criminal guilt, you are held to a high standard if you are a juror.
•…Read More The Free Dictionary states: “Beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest standard of proof that must be met in any trial. In civil litigation, the standard of proof is either proof by a preponderance of the evidence or proof by clear and convincing evidence. These are lower burdens of proof. A preponderance of the evidence simply means that one side has more evidence in its favor than the other, even by the smallest degree. Clear and Convincing Proof is evidence that establishes a high probability that the fact sought to be proved is true.”
• Do you have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt? This was a criminal, not a civil, matter. The court system generally has access to better information than what you might read in a newspaper or an online blog.
Esprit de Corps April 23, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Could you be a little more specific on the charges? Anybody can see that someone's not driving…Read More right when the driver's car is upside down. Besides, almost nobody in New Canaan drives right. Maybe he was distracted thinking about flipping houses and flipped his car instead. Probably he was Headed the wrong way.
Bradley Cooper is hot!!!! May 8, 2013 at 08:05 am
Perhaps the parents felt the best safe choice for their child. And if they can afford it, why be…Read More critical? Again the disconcerting part here is that someone committed a crime!!! You know nothing about the family who owns the car! Perhaps they have taught their child good morals and ethics and happen to like safe German cars..... Step off people
NC resident May 20, 2013 at 03:13 pm
In every community therer are good and bad and this community is no different please focus on the…Read More positive for example the monthly community meetings to support new nieghbors who have moved to New Canaan recently and ongoing community fellowship.
Glen K Dunbar April 23, 2013 at 09:16 am
Morning all. Not sure which way to lean here. I guess the good population is growing out of hand.…Read More I just feel bad for the geese. There is really no other way I guess that is humane. Wish I could take one of the geese home as a pet
Alexis May 12, 2013 at 07:14 am
Oh calm down, I was being somewhat sarcastic. Like your comments are making "the…Read More difference" haha. Look around you it's Fairfield County, these towns hold some of the highest reported domestic violence numbers in the state. I happen to know what went on here in this case, save your long winded breath.
J.James April 18, 2013 at 09:46 am
It's completely and entirely illegal to refuse legal tender of any denomination. If you hand a…Read More cashier a hundred dollar bill, regardless of the cost of the sale or signs posted refusing large bills, they are required by law to accept it. It's money. There are very simple ways to tell a real bill from a fake. I'm not sure why, managing a corporate storefront, they didn't know any of them.
Canaanite April 16, 2013 at 07:22 pm
You cannot ask for all that personal information when someone tries to pay for something with…Read More purported legal tender!! The onus is on the store owner to make sure he's not accepting counterfit money . . . easily solved with the pen, as you and someone else suggested, or also with not accepting large bills.
Esprit de Corps April 16, 2013 at 02:34 am
M. Canaan Guy, an event like this is certainly a tragedy and could be -- and seems likely -- is the…Read More work of one or more terrorists. It is unfair to criticize Present Barack H. Obama for a poor choice of words, given the gravity of the situation. Let us recognize the seriousness of the subject and cut him some slack, especially if his Teleprompter was not available. We all have weaknesses. Let us pray and hope for the healing of the injured and grieving.
canaan guy April 16, 2013 at 01:16 am
A Saudi national is being held as a suspect. Why the big secret? Obama is afraid to use the word…Read More terrorist, instead he said it is a tragedy. What a joke.
Roy A. Abramowitz April 15, 2013 at 11:03 pm
Our thoughts and prayers to our fellow Americans and neighbors who are victimized by yet another…Read More senseless attack. We all mourn the America we used to know.
Lisa April 15, 2013 at 07:16 pm
Certainly glad that the officers are in good health and back on duty and not to minimize their…Read More heroic deed but from a procedural standpoint did it make sense for all 3 to run into building? As the first responders this would have left no one outside to direct firemen or worse all three incapacitated with no one to help.
Seems like the correct procedure would have been for one of the police officers to remain out of harms way until the firemen arrived.
Concerned April 15, 2013 at 06:56 pm
While this data base, provided by an outside firm may be secure - The Town of New Canaan's various…Read More departments share a single data base -Park & Rec, Transfer Station, Town Clerk - When applying for a Transfer Station Sticker - they can pull up your info which reflects all members of the household, names ( including the dog(s)), your children, their ages etc - When I questioned both Park & Rec and the Transfer station - they said - "don't worry about it you need a password to access" - They are not IT Specialist I realize - - that is not the issue - vital statistical information should not be shared between departments - Do you know you can check on line to see if your neigherbor has paid their automobile taxes? The town is responsible for safeguarded all of our information and presently not doing so - They are in need of a more educated and sophisticated IT Staff and infrastructure
Michael Dinan (Editor) April 15, 2013 at 03:29 pm
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