Basketball Moves Lead to School Lockdown; Man Stole Rings By Hiding Them in His Mouth; Good CT Jobs News

There was plenty of news across Connecticut Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories.

• Connecticut Man Stole Thousands of Dollars of Rings by Putting Them in His Mouth: Police

Police say he stole from two Nassau stores under the ruse of shopping for jewelry.>>>Read More.

• Basketball Moves by Student Leads to School Lockdown: Police

A High School student caused the lockdown, police said, after allegedly raising a fist to a staff member and deploying basketball type moves inside the school.>>>Read More.

• Details Emerge of Arrest Hours Before Man, Sister Died in Crash: Report

A man was arrested on DUI charges hours before he died, along with his sister, when a car he was driving crashed.>>>Read More.

• Brothers Arrested, 200 Bags of Heroin Seized from Home: Police

Authorities executed a search warrant after developing information that the brothers were allegedly selling heroin and other drugs.>>>Read More.

• 80-Year-Old Barber Faces Charges for Sabotaging Competitor: Report

An 80-year-old barber is facing criminal charges for secretly sabotaging a nearby barber shop.>>>Read More.

• Driver Charged with DUI After Crashing Into Police Cruiser: State Police

• Connecticut’s Legal Pot Dreams Up in Smoke if Gov. Malloy Has His Way

Malloy’s comments come on the same day Massachusetts’ marijuana legalization law goes into effect.>>>Read More.

• Connecticut's Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.7 Percent, Lowest in Nearly a Decade

Other top stories:

• Man Charged with Distributing Heroin Involved in Overdose of CT Resident
• Finger Print Leads to Arrest of Burglary Suspect: Report
• Dumpster Fire Extinguished
• Firefighters Extinguish House Fire
• Three Shot in New Haven Wednesday, One in Critical Condition: Update

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