The Wall Street Journal - 19.03.2020

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CONNECTICUT

Police Made False

Claims, Lawyer Says

A woman accused of helping

to cover up the disappearance

and presumed killing of a Con-

necticut mother of five has

asked a judge to block a variety

of evidence, alleging police made

false statements in several

search-warrant applications and

didn’t show there was probable

cause for the searches.

Michelle Troconis is charged

with conspiracy to commit mur-

der in connection with the pre-

sumed death of Jennifer Dulos,

of New Canaan, who hasn’t been

seen since May after dropping

her five children off at school.

Ms. Dulos’s body hasn’t been

found, but authorities believe

she couldn’t have survived an at-

tack at her home, where a

bloody crime scene was found.

Ms. Troconis’s lawyer, Jon

Schoenhorn, filed a challenge

Wednesday in Stamford Superior

Court to a search warrant that

allowed police to collect cell-

phone tower evidence, which

tracks people’s movements. He

also filed several motions Mon-

day seeking to block DNA evi-

dence, cellphone records and

other evidence collected by police

under approved search warrants.

Among other allegations, Mr.

Schoenhorn said police were

wrong to say in the warrants

that Ms. Troconis was recorded

on surveillance video disposing of

items that later tested positive

for Ms. Dulos’s DNA. He said the

video only shows her leaning out

of a truck and touching a side-

walk while her boyfriend, Fotis

Dulos, Ms. Dulos’s estranged

husband, disposed of evidence.

Chief State’s Attorney Richard

Colangelo said he would fight

the “frivolous motions” in court.

—Associated Press

NEW JERSEY

Public Hearings on

Toll-Hikes are Held

Public hearings on toll hikes

on the New Jersey Turnpike and

the Garden State Parkway went

ahead Wednesday despite cancel-

lations of other public events due

to the new coronavirus outbreak.

The New Jersey Turnpike Au-

thority held a meeting at 1 p.m. at

its headquarters in Woodbridge

and a second hearing was set for

Camden County College. Both

sessions were to be livestreamed.

Under the proposed rates, a

passenger car traveling the

length of the turnpike from

southern New Jersey to New

York City would pay $18.85, up

from $13.85.

—Associated Press

NEW JERSEY

Men Are Charged in

Prison-Drug Scheme

A second man charged in a

scheme to use drones to smug-

gle drugs and other contraband

to inmates at Fort Dix Federal

Correctional Institution has sur-

rendered, authorities said.

Adrian Goolcharran, of Union

City, was freed on a $100,

secured bond after making his

initial court appearance Tuesday,

federal prosecutors said. It

wasn’t known if he has an attor-

ney. Mr. Goolcharran and Nicolo

Denichilo, of Jersey City, are

charged with conspiracy and

smuggling contraband. Mr. Den-

ichilo was also released on a

$100,000 bond.

The shipments included mari-

juana, steroids and two metal

saw blades, authorities said.

—Associated Press

The Union Square Greenmar-

ket in Manhattan typically draws

robust crowds, but the new cor-

onavirus has significantly slowed

business recently.

On Wednesday, many sellers

posted signs asking customers to

refrain from handling merchan-

dise. And a number of buyers and

sellers donned protective masks

and wore gloves to guard against

the potentially deadly disease.

In addition to residents,

kitchen staff at many New York

City restaurants and catering

companies shop at the green-

market. However, establish-

ments, have closed or cut back

as government restrictions have

been imposed on dining out.

Union Square Hospitality

Group—a company led by Danny

Meyer that runs restaurants—

said it would temporarily close its

locations. The group laid off

about 2,000 employees, or 80%

of its workforce, saying: “The goal

is to rehire as many of those

people as soon as possible.”

Union Square Greenmarket Is Feeling the Sting

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into the act. The Queens World

Film Festival has postponed its

annual live event, which was set

to start Thursday, but it will be

streaming about 200 of the 220

movies it was planning to pres-

ent at no charge.

As with the comedy club’s

efforts, the idea is to provide

an entertaining distraction dur-

ing a crisis. But in a broader

sense, it is about keeping these

institutions in the public eye.

“It’s very important to us to

remain a hotbed of activity,”

said Seth Pinsky, chief execu-

tive of the 92nd Street Y.

So far, no Broadway pro-

ductions have announced

plans to present work online,

but Seth Rudetsky, a Broadway

expert, writer and performer,

has stepped in to fill the void.

Along with his husband and

creative partner, James Wes-

ley, Mr. Rudetsky has begun

doing a twice-daily online

show live from the couple’s

upstate New York home. Mr.

Rudetsky does virtual inter-

views with Broadway and

other artists from their homes

and features them in perfor-

mance. A who’s who of talent,

including Audra McDonald,

Tina Fey, Kristin Chenoweth,

Betty Buckley and Brian

Stokes Mitchell, has been lined

up for the program.

“It’s full let’s-put-on-a-

show, social-distance perfor-

mances,” Mr. Rudetsky said.

When Dani Zoldan realized

he would have to close his

Stand Up NY comedy club be-

cause of the new coronavirus

pandemic, he figured New

Yorkers still needed a laugh—

perhaps more than ever.

So, Mr. Zoldan, owner of the

club on Manhattan’s Upper West

Side, found a way to deliver the

jokes via live streaming.

Specifically, the comics are

coming to the club to perform

a set with no audience on

hand. And Mr. Zoldan is bring-

ing it to an online audience for

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“Just to know I’m offering

comic relief to people during

this crazy time makes me

happy,” Mr. Zoldan said.

The stand-up impresario is

hardly alone in trying this ap-

proach. With every New York

City theater, concert hall and

club closed, several venues

and artists are turning to on-

line platforms.

The Metropolitan Opera is

providing free daily presenta-

tions of previously recorded

productions. The 92nd Street

Y—one of New York’s major

cultural institutions—is offer-

ing a lineup of classical artists

scheduled to present concerts.

This past weekend it featured

a free program by pianist Gar-

rick Ohlsson.

Even film festivals are getting

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The Show Must Go On,

Minus a Live Audience

Garrick Ohlsson’s concert without a live audience at the 92Y this

past weekend was viewed online by more than 60,000 people.

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