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Police release name of woman, 37, found dead outside Meriden condo complex;...

A woman was found dead outside a Meriden apartment complex Sunday night, police say.

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State police seize multiple handguns, assault rifles, make arrest as part of...

Connecticut State Police seized multiple handguns and assault rifles illegally sold and possessed on Tuesday as part of an investigation into gun trafficking in the Waterbury area, the department said.

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What the kids saw: Connecticut program aims to help children who witness...

Children who witness every kind of cruelty and violence, from verbal assaults to murder, are the focus of a pilot program in central Connecticut.

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Woman dies in East Windsor fire, eight residents displaced

At least one person may have been trapped in a burning home Monday night in East Windsor, fire officials say.

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Willimantic fire victim jumps from burning building into back of dump truck

A Willimantic fire victim jumped from a burning building into the back of a dump truck to safety Tuesday. See why:

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Connecticut state trooper suspended in alleged larceny case

A state police internal investigation concluded that a rookie trooper stole a gun magazine from a Newington store, but the store did not press charges and the trooper was not fired.

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Former office manager of Berlin business accused of embezzling $1 million

Federal prosecutors charged the suspect in connection with the alleged theft from the business, which supplies lighting for the concert, stage, film, and television industries.

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Two arrested in connection to armed carjacking in West Hartford

Two people have been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking Tuesday afternoon in West Hartford, the West Hartford Police Department said.

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Fire at Pepperidge Farm facility in Bloomfield causes sulfuric acid leak

State environmental workers are at the scene of an acid fire at Pepperidge Farm in Bloomfield, an agency spokesman says.

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Department of Justice takes hard look at Connecticut Department of...

An audit conducted by the DOJ Office of the Inspector General found that, although the Connecticut DOC showed that they were making progress toward the goals of the Office of Justice Programs grant,...

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Premature newborn abandoned on the hood of a car in Mansfield

A man abandoned a newborn baby on the hood of a stranger’s parked car Wednesday afternoon in Mansfield, police said.

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Driver killed in Hartford crash that splits car in half

A 28-year-old is dead after a violent, two-car crash in Hartford Thursday night, police say.

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State police: 18-year-old driver impaired during wrong-way crash on I-91 ramp...

Two people were injured Thursday in a wrong-way crash on an I-91 ramp in East Windsor that state police say was caused by an impaired driver.

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Machete-wielding woman severely injures pit bull, breaks man’s nose in...

A woman faces felony assault and cruelty to animals charges after she used a machete to break up a Hartford dogfight, a police report says.

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Hartford man sentenced to 30 years in prison for years of child sex assaults

Robert Acosta Torres, 61, pleaded guilty previously to raping a Hartford boy three to four times a week over a six year period and filming the attacks. The assaults began when the child was 6 years old.

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More than 1,200 black bears are waking up in Connecticut. What to know about...

Emerging from a long winter slumber, Connecticut’s black bear population is on the move and hungry. The state has tips to “be bear aware” to reduce potential conflicts with the large and powerful...

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Connecticut authorities say man shot by police officer during Torrington...

The man allegedly “advanced on the officers with a knife in his hand,” the statement said.

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Feds: Man pleads guilty to ‘extensive ATM skimming scheme’ that hit...

Federal authorities said, citing court documents and statements in court, that between February and June 2017, a Connecticut bank experienced about 35 “incidents of ATM skimming” at multiple locations...

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Did people in prehistoric Connecticut hunt mastodons? Discoveries in Avon,...

The revelation that humans and mega-animals likely overlapped is part of the continuing work at a 12,500-year-old camp by the Farmington River. Discovered early in 2019 during reconstruction of the Old...

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Police: Man with gunshot wound being treated at Hartford Hospital

The Hartford Police Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions responded and assumed the investigation.

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