Daily Five: Final Update On Police Officer Investigation

1. Rain is expected today and into tonight, according to the National Weather Service. A high of 62 is predicted, with a low of 57, according to the service.

2. A final update on the investigation into Waterford Police Officer Matt Hutchings, who has since left the department: In April, into Hutchings for reasons never officially released, although sources close to the investigation said it was because of an inappropriate relationship with a woman.

In May, .

The Connecticut State Police finished the investigation, and found no criminal wrongdoing “whatsoever,” and no arrests were made, Police Chief Murray Pendleton said. Pendleton said he is still working on a final report, although “there is not much I can do with it because he left.”

Hutchings was originally hired as a Waterford Police Officer in 2009.

3. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital has opened a new wound and hyperbaric chamber at 40 Boston Post Road, according to a press release from the hospital.

The center will help people with ulcers, post-surgical wounds, traumatic wounds and other chronic, non-healing wounds, according to the release. There are two hyperbaric oxygen chambers at the center, according to the release.

“Wound care is an area of care that has seen tremendous growth in the past several years,” said Crista Durand, L&M’s Vice President for Strategic Planning and Marketing, in the release. “This new facility is L&M’s latest way of meeting the needs of our patients.”

4. Tonight at 7 the Board of Finance votes on a recommendation by the long range finance subcommittee to . The board will also hear a presentation by Superintendent Jerome Belair about the

5. On this date in 2000, suicide bombers attack the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 crew members and wounding another 39. And on this date in 1999, supposedly the six-billionth living person is born. Currently, the world has a population of just under 7 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Quote of the Day

“Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.”

-Mark Twain

Trivia of the Day

Speaking of world populations, what country has the fourth largest population in the world, behind China, India and the United States?

Yesterday’s Answer: On Oct. 11, 1979, “The Hitchhikers Guide To The Universe” was released, the first of a series of five by Douglas Adams.