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Police: 64 Year-Old Man Killed In New Britain Hit-And-Run
A 64 year-old pedestrian was killed Saturday after being struck by a car in New Britain that fled the scene, authorities said. The fatal crash happened at around 4 p.m. Saturday on Allen Street in New Britian, city police said. The pedestrian — whom police have not identified — was struck by a...
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Litchfield Man Arrested By State Police Tactical Team, Possessed "Multiple Weapons"
A 28-year-old Litchfield man was arrested Saturday evening after state police were told he was threatening his neighbors and possesed “multiple weapons,” according to the authorities. Robert Fisher was taken into custody by a state police tactical team at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and charged with...
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Pedestrian Struck And Killed On Route 15 In Hamden
A 50-year-old New Haven man was struck by a car and killed late Friday as he walked along southbound Route 15 in Hamden, near Exit 61, state police said Saturday. Mark Bernardi, of 278 Blake St., was pronounced dead at the scene by Hamden medics. He was struck even as troopers were responding to...
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Police Respond To Untimely Death In Colchester Home
State police detectives are investigating an untimely death in a home at 95 Stanavage Road in Colchester. Trooper Kelly Grant said Saturday that troopers responded to the home shortly before midnight Friday. The house is located on the Golden Hill Paugusette Reservation, according to public records....
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As Roads Are Cleared, Power Crews Find More Storm Damage; Restoration Deadline Now Monday Night
Power crews trying to restore electricity to the more than 14,000 homes still without power Saturday night, most of them in Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, Newtown, Oxford and Southbury, were finding even more damage as they made their way into areas that had been impassable since Tuesday. ...
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Cinderella Moment: Hospital, Family Conspire To Get Ill Newington Senior To Her Prom
A flare-up of ulcerative colitis could not have come at a worse time for Newington High School senior Toni Laites. The 17-year-old senior missed the final games of her senior lacrosse season, her award and scholarship programs, the final weeks of school — and, worst of all, she was about to miss...
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East Haven Police Arrest New Haven Woman For Animal Cruelty
East Haven police charged a New Haven woman with animal cruelty after finding her emaciated Rhodesian Ridgeback dog tied outside her home in February. Celena Campbell, 41, of Elm Street in New Haven was released on a $2,500 bond. She is scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court on May 23....
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North Haven Police Release 911 Calls After May 2 Barn Explosion On Quinnipiac Avenue
North Haven police on Friday released 911 calls from neighbors after an explosion rocked a section of Quinnipiac Avenue on May 2, leaving one man dead and sending nine police officers to the hospital. In the days after the explosion, investigators said explosives were not used to start the massive...
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Sterling Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Teen During Drug Deal
A 20-year-old Sterling man who admitted to state police detectives more than a year ago that he killed a teenager during a drug transaction pleaded guilty Friday in Superior Court in Danielson to murder and tampering with a witness. Kevin Weismore admitted killing Todd “T.J.” Allen on Dec. 26,...
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Power Outages In Western Connecticut Drop Slowly Amid Cleanup
About 23,000 Eversource customers in southwestern Connecticut were still without power late Friday night, three days after deadly storms swept through the state. Eversource has promised to restore power to most customers by noon Sunday, spokeswoman Tricia Taskey Modifica said. “Outages at the end...
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Police Say Downtown Drug Dealer Arrested In Manchester
The regional narcotics squad arrested a drug dealer who was selling heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine downtown, police said. Jason Christie, 41, of 689 Main St., faces charges of sale and possession of narcotics, operating a drug factory and interfering with police, among other charges, police...
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Mom Arrested After Toddler Scalding, Vernon Police Say
A Vernon woman was arrested after lying about the circumstances under which her toddler was severely scalded, police said Friday. Victoria Brocuglio, 25, of Regan Street in the Rockville section of town, was arrested Wednesday and charged with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree making...
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Car, Box Truck Collide In Ashford, Route 44 Reopened
A section of Route 44, or Ashford Center Road, in Ashford was closed Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash involving a box truck, emergency dispatchers said. One person was injured in the crash, they said, which happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. near the intersection with Route 89, or Westford...
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As Details Emerge Of Violent Struggle, Hartford Officer Jill Kidik Is 'Alert And Staying Strong'
Hartford police Officer Jill Kidik is expected to make a full recovery from stab wounds she suffered last week responding to a tenant-landlord dispute, Hartford Deputy Chief Brian Foley said in a television interview Sunday. “Talking to her doctors, the fact she’s in such great shape is obviously...
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Hartford Police: 28-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot On Pavilion Street
A Hartford man was fatally shot on a Pavilion Street sidewalk Thursday night, police said. “We responded to reports of multiple gunshots and found a man deceased on the sidewalk,” Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley said. Police said the victim is a 28-year-old male from Hartford. Further details on...
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West Hartford Health Care Facility Will Make Improvements To Come Into ADA Compliance
A health care center on Quaker Lane South will make a number of improvements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act following a complaint from a person with disabilities, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. ProHealth Physicians Inc. and Udolf Properties — the owner of the property...
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Driver Faces Road Rage Charges For Shooting On Highway
A driver from Pennsylvania who fired a gun at a car that pulled in front of him on I-84 was arrested on multiple charges, state police said Wednesday. No one was hurt Tuesday when police say Carlos Tejeda, 40, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., fired a gun out the window of his car toward a vehicle, he later...
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Hartford Officer Recovering After Stabbing; Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder
A veteran city police officer was severely wounded Thursday when authorities said she was stabbed in the neck during a struggle with a woman involved in a dispute with her landlord of a downtown apartment building. Maintenance workers jumped in to the bloody fight and helped disarm the woman as...
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Fleeing Juvenile Tosses Stolen Gun, Hartford Police Say
A juvenile with a criminal record who police said tossed a gun during a foot chase has been taken into custody. The arrest followed a call that came in to police shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday. The caller said armed people were in the area of Martin and Juson streets, police said. When officers...
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Police: West Hartford Officer Injured In Fight With Shoplifting Suspect Home From Hospital
A West Hartford police officer injured Wednesday evening while trying to apprehend a man suspected of shoplifting from the Walgreen’s on North Main Street has been released from the hospital, police said Thursday morning. Police didn’t release the officer’s name, but said the officer was taken...