Police: Pair charged with West Hartford kidnapping
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WEST HARTFORD Two people were charged Monday night in connection with a knife-point kidnapping last month, according to police.
Capt. Michael Perruccio said members of the Detective Division, Community Support Unit and Emergency Services Unit served two high-risk warrants around 6 p.m. Monday in the case of a Jan. 28 kidnapping.
Jalen Faucette-Smith, 20, of New Britain, was taken into custody at the West Farms Mall on New Britain Avenue.
Teesa McElroy, also 20 and from New Britain, was taken into custody after a vehicle stop on I-84 in Hartford.
Perruccio said during the Jan. 28 incident, a 21-year-old man was kidnapped as he walked eastbound on Boulevard from Trout Brook Drive.
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Average jewelry spending by affluent shoppers with minimum household incomes of $100,000 jumped 31 percent to $4,813 in the third quarter from a year earlier, compared against declines of more than 30 percent each for clothing and for fashion accessories, including shoes and handbags, according to Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing. The consultancy surveyed 1,000 luxury shoppers.
Godiva has announced it will sell or close all of its retail locations in the United States and three of them are right here in Connecticut. The CT locations are in Uncasville , Farmington and Stamford. The national closures will be completed by March, but the company will not be going away altogether.
CNN Business says the international brick and mortar stores in Europe, China and the Middle East will stay open and online business will continue as well. It s a 180 degree pivot from their café plan, which was introduced in 2019.
The company had planned to open 2,000 Godiva cafes globally. Some of the cafes were opened in major cities but the plan did not work with decreased mall traffic in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis.
Godiva has announced it will sell or close all of its retail locations in the United States and three of them are right here in Connecticut. The CT locations are in Uncasville , Farmington and Stamford. The national closures will be completed by March, but the company will not be going away altogether.
CNN Business says the international brick and mortar stores in Europe, China and the Middle East will stay open and online business will continue as well. It s a 180 degree pivot from their café plan, which was introduced in 2019.
The company had planned to open 2,000 Godiva cafes globally. Some of the cafes were opened in major cities but the plan did not work with decreased mall traffic in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis.