Inmate In Oklahoma Facing CT Extortion Charges

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – An Oklahoma prisoner authorities say masterminded a scheme to extort about $674,000 from a retired Connecticut school teacher has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
Prosecutors said at sentencing in federal court in Hartford on Monday that Darrik Forsythe and other inmates, using cellphones smuggled into their prison, befriended the victim through an online dating site and extorted money from him by threatening to reveal that he was gay or threatening to