Two Jersey City, NJ men were arrested on Thursday, July 2, 2026, after an automated license plate reader flagged their stolen vehicle near I-95. Greenwich Police stopped the vehicle at Riverside Commons around 10:30 pm and detained Mahmoud M. Atoun (21) and Zeyad Mohamed Atoun (23). According to police, both men provided conflicting accounts regarding where they were going and why they were driving the truck, which was reported stolen from Penske. Both were charged with first-degree larceny...

In a major setback for election transparency, a federal judge in Bridgeport has dismissed a U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) lawsuit against Connecticut. The DOJ had sought a complete, unredacted copy of the state’s voter registration list to verify that officials are properly maintaining accurate rolls and identifying ineligible or noncitizen registrations. U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley dismissed the case, ruling that the specific federal statute used did not give the DOJ the authority to...

Guo Wengui (Miles Guo), a self-exiled Chinese billionaire with deep ties to Greenwich, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for orchestrating a massive $1 billion financial fraud scheme. In addition to the prison term, a Manhattan federal judge ordered Guo to forfeit a staggering $889 million in restitution to his victims. While Guo claimed his wealth-flaunting was a political statement, prosecutors proved he used his anti-CCP (Chinese Communist Party) movement to bankroll a...