Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

nan_adams t1_j51jibf wrote

Reply to comment by 404freedom14liberty in Was there ever a mob in Connecticut? by Stamfordsterling

I lived in the quiet corner for a decade - there is definitely klan activity in the area. The area is in a transitional phase with a lot of new people moving in but there’s still a pocket of very rural, very racist people.

My wife and I moved away because the pride flag in our town was stolen multiple times from a local church, eventually the flagpole was CUTDOWN to prevent the church from putting the flag back up. It was not a safe place to be gay, let alone a different race, and many people were emboldened and outspoken with their dated views.

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HenryJamesTheMaster t1_j518c1j wrote

Reply to Was there ever a mob in Connecticut? by Stamfordsterling

There were plenty of Irish mobsters in Connecticut, too. Just one example: In New Haven area in the late 1960's, Edmund Devlin put together a crew of Italian and Irish toughs who became one of the nation’s most successful bank robbery gangs up to that time. The gang stole an estimated $500,000 to $1 million (worth $3-$6 million today), most of which was never recovered.

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Kodiak01 t1_j516kbb wrote

Reply to comment by FlakyFile1150 in Was there ever a mob in Connecticut? by Stamfordsterling

>Like pull the drivers out of the truck and beat them harassed.

Cite?

I work servicing the refuse industry and WM has been a major account for a long time.

The reason they left many spots in CT were because they were divesting themselves of unprofitable locations. This was the case with South Windsor, for example. Some places change hands multiple times, such as in Cheshire, MA where WM sold out to Republic who then sold out to Casella.

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Kodiak01 t1_j51638r wrote

Reply to comment by Ayatollah-X in Was there ever a mob in Connecticut? by Stamfordsterling

> In Central CT, trash collection is run by big companies like All Waste, but in Western CT, there's all those little trash collecting companies, and the corporate trash collectors can't get a foothold. I wonder why that is?

Don't worry, at the rate Casella and USA Hauling are buying everyone up, it's only a matter of time.

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theforgotten246 t1_j5135qm wrote

Reply to Was there ever a mob in Connecticut? by Stamfordsterling

A family member of mine long ago used to own a freight company somehow he would have a trailer full of valuable goods get stolen and would claim it as a lose to the insurance company but he'd have the exact same trailer, somehow with different Id numbers, a month later and wads of cash so thick you'd think he was printing it himself

His brother (A volunteer state trooper when they had such things) was fired for tipping him off about a raid that was going to put him away for a long time

Mobs do/have existed in Connecticut for a long time however organized crime has changed over the years you probably wouldn't recognize a gangster if you saw one these days as they're probably stealing cryptocurrencys sitting in a Starbucks drinking a frape and wearing some duchey beanie

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