Connie Dabate’s family and friends finally feel a sense of justice after...
Richard Dabate was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after the jury found him guilty of the 2015 murder of his wife, Connie Dabate, tampering with evidence and lying to police. He was taken into custody...
View ArticleMiddletown brush fires under control, contained or mostly contained
Brush fires that swept through woods and open land in Middletown Tuesday and Wednesday have been brought under control, a spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said.
View ArticleMan charged with felony murder in shooting death, police say
The suspect was being held in lieu of $1 million bail, police said
View ArticleCause of blaze that killed a New Haven firefighter undetermined
The cause of a blaze in which a New Haven firefighter died last year could not be determined, officials said. On Thursday, the one-year anniversary of Ricardo Torres Jr.’s death, New Haven Mayor Justin...
View ArticleFeds: Granby man pleads guilty to fraud related to Hartford company
David McManus, 56, who is free on $50,000 bond pending sentencing, agreed to pay full restitution to his former employer.
View ArticleConnecticut police K9 drug detection teams graduate
Ten police canine drug detection teams graduated Friday at the state Police K-9 Unit in Meriden.
View ArticleFeds: CT man charged with child pornography offenses free on bond with...
Jake Scott Flewellyn, 24, surrendered to law enforcement and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Dave Vatti in Bridgeport this week, then was released, according to federal authorities.
View ArticleUniversity of Maine at Augusta faculty issues no-confidence vote in...
The faculty senate at the University of Maine at Augusta issued no-confidence votes in Chancellor Dannel Malloy, the former Connecticut governor, and in the presidential search that led to the hiring...
View ArticleState investigating after black bear shot and killed in Newtown, leaving two...
A black bear was shot and killed in Newtown Thursday, leaving two cubs behind, and state environmental officials are investigating, local police said Friday.
View ArticleIn Southington student survey, troubling numbers: 18% sad or depressed ‘most...
Despite positive trends in several other areas, a February survey of more than 1,000 Southington school students showed troubling levels of self-reported depression and suicidal thoughts, a community...
View ArticleAfter a few rough years, Wethersfield’s police force and town officials...
Commanders and union leaders agree that morale in the Wethersfield Police Department is improving after a couple of rocky years; a new survey of officers shows progress despite previous dissatisfaction...
View ArticleHartford man, 24, shot and killed Friday, police say
A Hartford man in his 20s was shot and killed Friday evening, representing the city’s 14 homicide of the year, Hartford police said.
View ArticleNew London first responders rescue man from frigid waters Saturday morning
New London first responders rescued a man in frigid waters near the rocks of Ocean Beach Park on Saturday morning, fire officials said.
View Article7-year-old girl dies in Norwalk house fire
A 7-year-old girl died from injuries sustained in a house fire on Nelson Avenue in Norwalk on Saturday morning, according to fire officials.
View ArticleAt least 10 dead in ‘racially motivated’ mass shooting at a Buffalo...
A teenage gunman wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a Buffalo supermarket in what authorities described as “racially motived violent extremism,”...
View ArticlePerson dies in fiery crash in Manchester, police say
A fatal one-car crash occurs on Sunday morning.
View ArticleHartford police: Nonfatal shooting Saturday night appears accidental
Hartford police investigate a non-fatal shooting on Sunday.
View ArticleStabbing takes life of teen, injures three in Shelton, police say
Shelton police investigate a stabbing incident that takes the life 17-year-old male and injures three others.
View ArticleMan shot and killed, another wounded in Hartford
An East Hartford man was shot and killed and another man shot and wounded Sunday in Hartford, police said.
View ArticleOrphaned bear cubs, focus of too much attention, to be captured in Newtown
Two bear cubs that were orphaned after their mother was shot and killed in Newtown have drawn so much attention that the animals will have to be captured and sent to a wildlife rehabilitator, a...
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