Around New England

32-Year-Old Data Protection Company CEO Gives $50 Million To Alma Mater

John Cronin

Austin McChord, 32, founder and chief executive officer of Datto, a data protection company in Norwalk, Connecticut, says he owes his success to the Rochester Institute of Technology. So he's give the school $50 million.

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Black Cop Demoted in Phony-Racist Letter Probe Sues City

John Cronin

A black police lieutenant in Bridgeport, Connecticut who was demoted to  sergeant in connection with a fake-racist letter another Bridgeport cop wrote on department stationery is suing the city. The letter writer claimed the former lieutenant ordered him to write the letter; the police chief says there's no credible evidence thats true, but that the former lieutenant violated department rules in the way the letter was reported to authorities.

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