Firefighters deal with extreme heat extinguishing attic fire in Middletown
Firefighters were forced to deal with extreme heat fighting an attic fire in Middletown early Monday morning, according to the Middletown Fire Department.
View ArticlePilot accused of smuggling nearly 2 tons of cocaine for Connecticut-based...
Federal authorities said Mexican pilot Ronier Sanchez Alonzo, 46, was helping to fly the drugs from South America to Honduras for a drug trafficking organization based in Wolcott in 2016.
View ArticleNew Canaan police report string of car break-ins at local parks
Five vehicles were broken into and robbed at parks in New Canaan on Sunday, according to police.
View ArticleHartford drug dealer gets prison; fentanyl confiscated in search
Federal authorities said, citing court documents and statements made in court, that the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and Hartford Police in November 2019 started an investigation...
View ArticleConnecticut State Police identify 2 people killed in wrong-way head-on crash
After the initial crash, a chain reaction collision occurred between the car travelling the wrong way and two other southbound vehicles, state police said.
View ArticleJury selected for Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial
The trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families is only the start for Jones; damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown,...
View ArticleMan arrested after shots fired through wall into neighbor’s apartment in West...
A man was arrested Monday in connection with shots fired into a West Hartford apartment on Friday, according to police.
View ArticleStamford woman, 20, charged in fatal hit-and-run in April
A 20-year-old Stamford woman was arrested and charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash with a pedestrian back in April, according to police.
View ArticleSouthington police charged woman with animal cruelty for leaving dog in hot car
A Wilton woman was charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving her dog in a hot car at a nursing home in Southington, police said.
View ArticleBicyclist dies after hit-and-run crash in Waterbury; driver arrested
A 59-year-old man died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run crash last Thursday, and Waterbury police have arrested the driver.
View ArticleSeven arrested in connection to Hartford house party shooting that critically...
Hartford police arrested seven men in connection to a shooting at a house party in April that left a man critically injured.
View ArticlePolice: Teens arrested in vandalism at Factory Square in Southington
Three people, including two teenagers, were arrested and are facing charges for vandalizing Factory Square in Southington back in May, according to police.
View ArticleCTtransit takes electric bus fleet off road after bus catches fire
CTtransit, in consultation with CTDOT, has taken its 12 electric buses off the road after one of the buses caught on fire in Hamden on Saturday morning.
View ArticleJury finds 2 Connecticut drug traffickers guilty; $100K in jewelry and $146K...
Investigators also seized jewelry valued at more than $100,000, and a 2021 Mercedes-Benz valued at approximately $146,000 from Wiley.
View ArticlePlans for Hartford’s first recreational marijuana shop downtown suffer major...
Plans to open Hartford’s first recreational marijuana shop downtown suffered a major blow Tuesday.
View ArticleFive people arrested in connection to several gunfire incidents in Waterbury
Waterbury police arrested five people in connection to several incidents of shots fired in the city.
View ArticleMiddletown woman dies in head-on crash in Killingworth
A Middletown woman died after a two-vehicle crash in Killingworth Tuesday evening, according to the Connecticut State Police.
View ArticleSouthington police cracking down on people who leave dogs in cars during the...
The Southington Police Department is taking note of people reported for leaving their pets in hot cars in the summer heat, Lt. Keith Egan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
View ArticleMosquito carrying West Nile virus found in Hartford
“West Nile Virus is very rare, but it’s good to be aware of disease and its symptoms, and we wanted to share this information with our community,” the mayor said.
View ArticleConnecticut state trooper suspended during investigation
The allegations are being investigated by the Central District Major Crime Squad, state police said.
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