Three Connecticut residents charged with COVID-related unemployment fraud
Three Connecticut residents have been charged with stealing more than $80,000 in COVID-19-related unemployment assistance, state officials said Monday.
View ArticlePolice identify teenager, Fairfield Prep junior, as fatal stabbing victim in...
Shelton police on Monday identified the victim of a fatal stabbing as a local teenager.
View ArticleManchester convenience store owner facing charges for allegedly sexually...
The 40-year-old owner of a Manchester convenience store is facing several charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, as well as providing her and an underage friend with THC and...
View ArticlePolice identify fatal Manchester crash victim
Police on Monday identified a person who died in a fiery crash Sunday as 24-year-old Diyar Muhammad Hamad of Shelton.
View ArticleMan recovered from Connecticut River in Hartford
Oquendo said Hartford police and the Chief State Medical Examiner’s office took control of the scene and were conducting the investigation.
View ArticleCT man gets prison in connection with ‘brazen’ gang-related courthouse...
Calderon pleaded guilty on Oct.1, 2020 to one count of conspiracy to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity. He has been detained since August 6, 2020.
View ArticleAfter the mass shootings in Buffalo and California, Connecticut senators...
In the wake of a violent weekend of coast-to-coast mass shootings, Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy said they are still fighting for common-sense gun laws almost 10 years since the...
View ArticleStudy finds Connecticut best state to be a police officer
Connecticut is the top state in the nation to be a police officer, according to a study by the website WalletHub. One longtime police union leader, however, called the findings “meaningless.”
View ArticleNew Britain firefighter’s death spurs investigation that leads to multiple...
After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various...
View ArticleOrphaned bear cubs captured in Newtown, headed to wildlife rehab center
Two bear cubs that were orphaned after an off-duty police officer shot and killed their mother in Newtown were captured and will be sent to a wildlife rehabilitator, the state Department of Energy and...
View ArticlePolice: 18-year-old and his grandfather charged for manufacturing illegal...
East Hampton police seized several ghost guns in various stages of assembly, including one fully automatic weapon, and arrested an 18-year-old resident and his grandfather on Monday.
View ArticleMan in critical condition after being stabbed in the eye in Manchester
A man was in critical condition Tuesday after being stabbed in one eye late Monday, Manchester police said.
View ArticleHartford man dies after car crashes into school bus in Bloomfield
Bloomfield police said a Hartford man died after crashing his car into the back of a school bus on Bloomfield Avenue on Tuesday.
View ArticleLizard, hedgehog, dogs and cats seized, two arrested on animal cruelty charges
Torrington police seized six dogs, eight cats, a bearded dragon lizard and a hedgehog and arrested a man and woman on multiple animal cruelty charges.
View ArticleMeriden 15-year-old charged with drive-by shooting of man
Police said the same teen was previously arrested in connection with another shooting that occurred on May 25, 2021.
View ArticleDisbarred lawyer accused of making antisemitic claims fails to produce all...
Connecticut divorce lawyer Nickola Cunha has turned over some, but not all, of the client information needed to comply with the court-ordered closure of her practice after she was disbarred for making...
View ArticleConnecticut man charged in child pornography case
Amadeo is a registered sex offender on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry based on a 2013 state conviction involving child pornography, federal authorities said in the statement.
View Article15-year-old charged in connection to Hamden shooting
Police have charged a 15-year-old from Meriden in connection to a 2021 shooting in Hamden.
View ArticleThree arrested after armed robbery at West Hartford Home Depot, chase into...
West Hartford police arrested three people Tuesday after an armed robbery at Home Depot and a chase into Hartford.
View ArticleLicense plate-reading cameras, just installed in West Hartford, meant to...
License plate-reading cameras have been placed around West Hartford to help solve and reduce crime, police said.
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