tonight on Connecticut's news station on the eve of a somber anniversary students at Yukon are being bombarded with hateful graffiti Ukrainian ribbons being defaced will take you to stores for more a Norwalk police officer is in handcuffs tonight arrested by officers from a neighboring Department he's facing some serious charges and tonight we'll share those allegations after 27 days in the courtroom the defense rests in the Michelle TR Tona trial today saw another expert take the stand and we'l
l tell you what they had to say and what happens when jurors return next week now at 10: this is FOX 61 Connecticut's news station tomorrow marks two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began and here at home officials at Yukon are investigating a case of hateful vandalism that ruined a show of support for the Ukrainian people thanks for joining us here at 10 I'm Brent Harden and I'm Sarah Sanchez for two years now blue and yellow ribbons have adorned trees and lamp posts across the storees
campus they were put up by members of yukon's Ukrainian Student Association and on Monday those same members noticed some ribbons had the letter Z written on them that's a Russian military symbol that has come to represent support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine Association members have been taking the vandalized Flags down but more keep appearing after these repeated actions they say it's been a very difficult week on Monday we just saw two or three and then with every day it's been mo
re and more and this is the first time anything like this happened so all of us are just shocked and we're not sure what to do and we're just trying to continue just supporting each other and just continue um raising awareness about what's going on youon officials say they are aware of the continued vandalism and they are investigating the situation as a bias inci the incident at Yukon is even more saddening for the Ukrainian Community because in 2 days it will be 2 years since Russia's Invasion
and the fighting has recently intensified there are new statistics to share on just how many Ukrainian citizens have been impacted by the war we'll have that update and more on a congressional Envoy that includes Connecticut lawmakers coming up later in our newscast before that it's time for first check of the forecast yeah expect the chill to stick around this weekend all ahead of a big warmup next week here's chief meteorologist Rachel Frank with what to expect Rachel yeah we'll turn a little
bit cooler the next couple of days but at least we've got plenty of sunshine and of course with that comes a dry weekend as well we just got the showers out of here for parts of Southeastern Connecticut where the rain lingered longer than the rest of the state you can see it continuing to move away dry air taking its place right now temperatures are in the upper 30s to right around 40° it's 40 for for the New Haven area and we actually see temperatures only drop another few degrees as we head t
owards Daybreak tomorrow so it will be a mild start to the day temperatures beginning in the 30s if you're heading out the door or even just waking up but look what happens to the temperatures they just don't budge as we head through the afternoon so we start in the mid-30s we climb into the upper 30s get two degrees in some towns it will be bright and also Breezy so keep in mind with winds that could gust up to 25 or 30 milph it may feel like the 20s for most of the day but again at least we've
got that sunshine and we stay dry into not only Saturday night but Sunday as well Sunday we're looking at highs near 40 and this is the start of that warmup that we've been telling you about low 50s on Monday and that's not even the warmest day in this 7-day forecast we'll talk about it coming up all right Rachel thank you a Norwalk police officer has been arrested tonight facing multiple char charges for stalking officer Hector Delgado was taken into custody by Bridgeport police on an outstand
ing warrant for stalking and harassment Norwalk Police say the charges stem from a Family Violence incident Delgado has been placed on administrative leave and his police Powers have been suspended an internal investigation is also underway a Massachusetts man will spend the next 30 years in prison for shooting and killing Trevor Figaroa back in the summer of 2021 27-year-old Jose stto of Springfield pleaded guilt is shooting stto on East Main Street in Waterberry the video on your screen now is
from that scene Soto was arrested 3 months after the shooting after a lengthy multi-agency investigation a 24-year-old is in police custody tonight for driving nearly three times the speed limit and crashing his car the incident happened back in September of last year on Boston Turnpike in the area of barnsby Lane and today centry police arrested Zachary Dennis for allegedly driving 130 m milph in a 45 mph Zone which led to a rollover crash police say Dennis was also driving under the influence
of alcohol he faces multiple charges and will appear in court next month following 27 days of testimony the defense in the Michelle tronus trial wrapped up its case today the defendant herself decided not to take the stand in her trial Fox 61's Julia LeBlanc has been in the courtroom since the beginning and she has tonight's breakdown of the trial outside Stamford Superior Court have you made this decision knowingly after talking to your lawyers see just before her defense attorneys closed out
their case at this time the defense rest Michelle tronus making the decision not to testify and not to talk to reporters while leaving the courthouse no gra her friends and family speaking in her place I was waiting for this day for 5 years and finally came and Michelle tronis is innocent the state still did not prove that my sister was connected in any of this and my sister's attorneys did prove that she had nothing to do with any of this tron's defense attorney John shorn explained the decisio
n not to put his client on the stand what was he going to say well on the first interview I was correct in the second one I made a mistake all of that is now out and the jury can take it for for what it is and decide whether it was mistaken misunderstanding a picture Shon horn continued to paint on Friday wrapping up nearly 3 days of testimony with a new witness in the courtroom the language we speak influences how we think Dr verka Maran is a cognitive scientist she testified about the conseque
nces of speaking multiple languages when it comes to how the brain processes and remembers information most people think that when you don't use a language you switch it off so you switch one on you use it you switch it off and you go back and forth that's not how the brain works all languages are being coactivated in parallel but to different degrees Dr Maran con through hours of police interviews with tronus paying attention to how she used her words and how English being her second language m
ay have impacted her delivery if they are frequently saying um uh uh uh pausing that's a sign they they disfluent in the other language concluding from the interviews that when it comes to speaking or understanding English chonis Falls somewhere in the middle there is an opportunity for miscommunication and the the lower the proficiency the more opportunities for miscommunication and misunderstandings prosecutors argue Chon's account of what happened the day Jennifer Farber dulos disappeared cha
nged in each interview how proficient in a second language do you need to be to lie I'm going OB your honor pointing out that before today Dr Marion had never spoken to chonis for the past three years you never asked to meet her no now from here the attorneys will take part in a charge conference on Monday with closing arguments set for Tuesday we are in Stamford Julia LeBlanc FOX 61 Connecticut's news station and East Haven Man is dead tonight after crashing his car yesterday police say Wilburn
is Ario hit a tree near Forbes Place in Sydney Street in East Haven after attempting to drive around a mail truck that was waiting to turn left nario was taken to the hospital where he later died the crash remains under investigation a New London Man is dead dying in a car crash during a police chase this happened on Route 12 around 9:30 last night a police officer was attempting to pull over the driver of that car when she drove off and then rolled the car one of the passengers in the car Aaro
n Baldwin Jr was taken to the hospital where he he was pronounced dead police say the driver and a second passenger walked away from the crash the driver is not yet facing charges well today Republican lawmakers unveiled proposals they say will bring Connecticut families relief on their electric bills for weeks now we've been telling you about proposed double digigit rate hikes by United Illuminating and eversource FOX 61 political reporter Emma wolforce spoke with legislators on both sides of t
he aisle and has more tonight on the suggestions on the table every single month it is the highest bill they get in their home Republican lawmakers say Connecticut residents are fed up with high energy costs and so are they it's not acceptable that we have the second highest electricity costs in the entire continental US Connecticut does have some of the most expensive energy bills in the country about 38% higher than the national average utility compan companies say lots of factors are to blame
like geography and Market costs for energy going up but they also point to State policies which Republicans want to change some of the lawmakers ideas separating the public utilities regulatory Authority or Pura which approves or denies company's rate hike requests from the Department of energy and Environmental Protection and you have a commissioner who's their boss that that is promoting policies that are going to Simply drive cost up Republicans also proposed using some of the state's unspen
t pandemic era Federal money to pay down the $190 million bill energy companies say racked up from customers not paying during the state's shut off moratorium let's take those arpa funds and pay that down because all these people were paying their bills this entire time should not be covering that for the rest of the state this Governor carried this moratorium on for far too long and that four-year impact is what is driving everyone's electric bills up Democrats on the legislature's energy commi
ttee say companies should have ways built into their budgets to cover the bills of customers who couldn't pay during the pandemic and when it comes to changing the structure of Pura what I hear from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is give them a blank check just succumb don't have an adversarial relationship between the regulator and the utilities quite frankly it's supposed to be adversarial you should hold the utilities accountable that's their job reporting at the capital Emma wo
l forc FOX 61 Connecticut's news station we have much more coming up here on the news at 10 the jury has handed up a verdict in the Civil Trial of the National Rifle Association and its former Chief Wayne laier accused of lavish personal spending and misuse of funds we'll tell you what jurors decided coming up Russia's war against Ukraine hits a grim Milestone more than 10,000 ukrainians have been killed in the war and close to 45,000 Russian soldiers are dead we have a report from Kiev on the e
ve of the 2-year anniversary that's next the spotlight is on husky Nation this weekend national attention on ESPN and Fox Sports with a big game tomorrow night right here stay with Connecticut's news station we'll be right back
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