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Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In CT Crash That Shut Down Road For Hours
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries after a crash that forced police to shut down a busy road for hours. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, near Hartford Turnpike near Taylor Street in Vernon, authorities said. Vernon police, firefighters, and ambulance crews responded to the scene after reports of a collision involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. The adult man riding the motorcycle suffered serious injuries. He was taken by ambulance to Hartford Hospital for treatment. The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt and is cooperating with inv…
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Fence Gives Way, Sending CT Victim Plunging 20 Feet Into Hard-To-Reach Area
Firefighters carried out a tricky rescue after a person fell off a 20-foot retaining wall into an inaccessible area and suffered serious injuries. Crews were called to the 100 block of Slater Street in Manchester around 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, firefighters said. A person suffered serious injuries after falling onto a hard surface when a fence they were leaning on gave way. Firefighters struggled to reach the victim because they could only retrieve the person by lifting them vertically rather than carrying them up an embankment. "Companies secured a hoisting system utilizing Truck 2's la…
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Drunk CT Man Caught With 3 Kids In Car On NY Interstate: Police
A Connecticut man is facing felony charges after police said he was caught driving drunk on the New York State Thruway in Westchester County, NY — with three children inside the vehicle. Stamford resident Gilberto Valdovinos-Gonzalez, 38, was arrested shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, following a traffic stop on Interstate 287 in the village of Harrison, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, May 13. Troopers said they stopped a 2016 GMC Yukon traveling eastbound on I-287 for vehicle and traffic law violations. While interviewing Valdovinos-Gonzalez, troopers detecte…
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Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Mass Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt
Newly released court documents provide new details about a Massachusetts parolee who opened fire on vehicles in Cambridge before exchanging gunfire with state troopers and a retired US Marine. Two were severely wounded in the attack. Tyler Brown now faces eight charges, including two counts of assault to murder with a firearm, firearm possession charges, and discharging a weapon within 600 feet of a building, after investigators said he opened fire along Memorial Drive Monday afternoon, May 11. According to the complaint, a Massachusetts parole officer contacted Boston police less tha…
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CT Man Found Guilty In Fatal Gulf Gas Station Shooting On Grim Anniversary
A jury has found a Connecticut man guilty of murder in a gas station shooting that left a 42-year-old dead. Charles Whitfield Jr., 43, of Plymouth, was found guilty of fatally shooting Phillip Harris at a Terryville Gulf gas station in May 2023, according to New Britain Judicial District State’s Attorney Christian M. Watson. He was convicted on the third anniversary of the slaying. Witnesses said Harris was pumping gas when Whitfield opened fire around 10:30 p.m. Police said the men knew each other. Whitfield is scheduled to be sentenced on July 14. Harris, 42, of New Britain, was remembe…
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Woman Critically Hurt In CT Shooting As Detectives Hunt For Answers
A woman is fighting for her life after a shooting in a Hartford neighborhood, police said. Officers responded to the 100 block of Oakland Terrace at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, after getting reports of a shooting, according to Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert. When officers arrived, they found a woman in her 50s suffering from a gunshot wound, Boisvert said. She was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police said she was listed in critical but stable condition. No arrests have been announced, but police are investigating the shooting. Police are asking anyone with informati…
Police & Fire
Branford Woman Hospitalized In 3-Car Route 78 Crash:
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Two Connecticut residents were injured in a crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on Tuesday morning, May 12. At 12:55 a.m., troopers responded to a crash on Route 78 West in Bethlehem Township after a Toyota struck the back of a Ford SUV, Caitlin Brennan, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police said. The collision caused the Ford to veer off the roadway and strike the guardrail, Brennan said The Toyota became disabled in the roadway, where it was struck in the rear by a Honda passenger vehicle, Brennan said. As a result of the crash, the driver of the Toyota, a 21‑year‑old East…
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Drunk Driver With Child In Car Crashes Into CT Telephone Pole: Police
A Connecticut woman is accused of driving drunk with a child in her car before crashing into a telephone pole in Darien, police said. Shweta Shinde, 46, of Stamford, was arrested May 5 after a 911 caller reported an erratic driver near Hollow Tree Ridge Road and Patton Drive in Darien, police said in a news release issued Tuesday, May 12. Darien police attempted to pull Shinde over, but she continued driving until crashing into a telephone pole at West Avenue and Park Lane, authorities said. An officer reported that she appeared intoxicated. Shinde told authorities she had drunk alcohol ea…
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Mass Man Lived Beside Father’s Body For A Week Before Confessing To Killing Him: DA
A western Massachusetts man who admitted to police that he beat and stabbed his father to death lived beside the body for a week, prosecutors said. David Louis Boucher, 48, walked into the North Adams Police Department on Monday morning, May 11, and confessed to killing his father, David Allen Boucher, 67, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office. David Louis Boucher and his dad lived in separate units of a Walnut Street multi-family home. During a search of the house on Monday afternoon, police found evidence that David Boucher had beaten and stabbed his father repeate…
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Police ID 28-Year-Old Man Killed In CT Apartment Shooting
Authorities have identified the 28-year-old Connecticut man who was shot and killed over the weekend. Jamez Eduardo Perez Arauz, 28, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest after officers responded to the 800 block of Main Street in Willimantic at about 1:42 a.m. Sunday, May 11, according to Willimantic police. Emergency crews pronounced Perez Arauz dead at the scene, state police said. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a confrontation inside the apartment. “During the altercation, the suspect produced a pistol and shot the victim before fleeing the scene,” acc…
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Police ID 21-Year-Old CT Driver Killed After Speeding Lexus Crashes Into Pole
Authorities have identified the 21-year-old Connecticut man killed in a Greenwich crash over the weekend. Franklin Sousa-Filho was driving a Lexus LS400 when it crashed into a pole on W. Ritch Avenue around 2:10 a.m. Sunday, May 10, according to Greenwich police. Police said an officer monitoring Delavan Avenue for speeding drivers spotted the Lexus traveling 50 mph in a 25-mph zone. The Lexus then ran a red light at Delavan Avenue and Frontage Road, police said. The officer followed the vehicle and found it had crashed into a pole with significant damage. Responding crews found Sousa-Fi…
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Cops ID Colgate Student Found Dead After Kayak Overturns In NY River
A 21-year-old Colgate University student from Westchester County who was found dead after his kayak overturned in an Upstate New York river has been identified by authorities. Sohail A. Nabi, of Yonkers, was found dead Monday, May 11, in the Schroon River in Warrensburg, New York State Police confirmed. The incident began just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, when troopers responded to the area of Library Avenue following reports of an overturned kayak in the river. Investigators later determined Nabi had been kayaking with a small group of people when they lost sight of him. Wh…
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