Police ID Driver Killed After Crashing SUV Into I-395 Overpass Police ID Driver Killed After Crashing SUV Into I-395 Overpass
Police ID Driver Killed After Crashing SUV Into I-395 Overpass A 78-year-old driver has died after crashing into an overpass on I-395.  Jacques Bertheau of Brockton, Massachusetts, was identified as the driver of a 2004 Nissan Xterra that went off the northbound lanes of the interstate and struck the Lawler Lane overpass, just south of Exit 18 in Norwich, on April 21, Connecticut State Police said on Tuesday, April 28.  It's unclear what caused Bertheau to go off the road just before 11 a.m.  Paramedics rushed him to William W. Backus Hospital with serious injuries. He was later taken to Hartford Hospital, where he was pronoun…
NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor
NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor A 50-year-old South Jersey man was arrested and charged with stabbing his wife to death early Tuesday morning, April 28, authorities said. At 2:25 a.m., Gloucester Township police responded to the 100 block of Freedom Way and found Jerome Morris holding a knife, covered in blood, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief Anthony Minosse police said. Morris was taken into custody as officers located Monica Morris, a 51-year-old woman in a third floor bedroom with heavy fire and smoke conditions, authorities said.  Monica was pronounced dead …
Guns, Drugs, Explosives: Suspicious Package From China Sparks Raid Of CT Felon's Home Guns, Drugs, Explosives: Suspicious Package From China Sparks Raid Of CT Felon's Home
Guns, Drugs, Explosives: Suspicious Package From China Sparks Raid Of CT Felon's Home A suspicious package flagged at John F. Kennedy International Airport led police to the home of a Connecticut felon, where they found dozens of guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, explosive material, and drugs, authorities said. Alexander Oranzo, 46, was arrested after federal agents found a firearm suppressor, also known as a silencer, in a package from China bound for his North Main Street home in Branford on April 21, police said. It had been labeled as a fuel filter. Police tracked the package and arrested Oranzo after he accepted it. Branford police said they found a massive coll…
Man Charged With CT Murder Had 'Fully Automatic' Gun; Shooter Caught On Camera: Police Man Charged With CT Murder Had 'Fully Automatic' Gun; Shooter Caught On Camera: Police
Man Charged With CT Murder Had 'Fully Automatic' Gun; Shooter Caught On Camera: Police Authorities say they have arrested and charged a man in connection with the killing of a 43-year-old Connecticut man earlier this month after a home's surveillance camera captured the alleged gunman running back to his car after firing multiple gunshots. Robert Kopasz, 22, was charged with murder and multiple other felonies in the death of Paul T. Balzarano at his home on Woodstock Avenue in Stratford, police said. Police responded to the home at about 11:40 p.m. on April 4 after neighbors heard about a dozen gunshots ring out across the neighborhood. Paul T. Balzarano Paul Balzarano/I…
New England Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police New England Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police
New England Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police A Massachusetts mother accused of killing her two children faced a judge after being arrested out of state, as new and disturbing details surfaced in court, police said.  The hearing took place Monday afternoon, April 27, in Vermont, where Janette MacAusland, 49, appeared virtually following her arrest in Bennington late Friday night, police said. MacAusland is charged with two counts of murder in Massachusetts in the deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella. Court documents revealed a troubling statement she allegedly made to a relative. According to a police affida…
Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event
Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event The manifesto that the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner sent to his brother in Connecticut said he was sorry, as well as commenting on the poor security around the event.  The brother of Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 25, contacted New London police just before 11 p.m. to report he had received a manifesto from the Torrance, California, man. Officers contacted federal authorities.  Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting firearms acros…
CT Woman Found Dead In Pond After Husband Reports Her Missing CT Woman Found Dead In Pond After Husband Reports Her Missing
CT Woman Found Dead In Pond After Husband Reports Her Missing Connecticut police said a woman was found dead in a pond on her property after her husband called to say he could not find her. A North Stonington man called police Monday morning, April 27, to report that he was searching for his wife but had been unable to locate her. Officers responded to the property on rural Puttker Road. At first light, police said she was found in a pond on the property near the Rhode Island border. Authorities have not released the woman's name, and no additional details about the circumstances of her death have been confirmed. Emergency crews were on scene Monday…
Remains Found In CT Woods Identified As Missing Mansfield Woman; Investigation Continues Remains Found In CT Woods Identified As Missing Mansfield Woman; Investigation Continues
Remains Found In CT Woods Identified As Missing Mansfield Woman; Investigation Continues Human remains found in a wooded area last week have been identified as a woman who went missing in October, authorities said.  The body of Anne Marie Pappalardo, 61, of Mansfield, was found in a wooded area of Chaplin on Friday, April 24, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.  She was reported missing on Oct. 26, according to Connecticut State Police.  Police said at the time she had left her home alone without her cellphone, and her vehicle was found near the Natchaug Forest along Route 198 in Chaplin, close to the Natchaug River.  Investigators sai…
MURDER: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say MURDER: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say
Murder: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say A 49-year-old accupuncturist found bleeding in Vermont led police to a horrific discovery in Massachusetts, authorities said. Janette R. MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged as a fugitive from justice tied to a murder investigation after two children were found dead inside her home, according to police in Vermont. According to The Independent, MacAusland's husband of nine years, Samuel MacAusland, had filed for divorce last October. The two were allegedly involved in a bitter custody battle over the 6- and 7-year-old children. The Bennington Police Department was contact…
Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials
Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials UPDATE: The search for a Norwegian Cruiseline crew member who went overboard off the coast of Cape Cod over the weekend has been suspended, a spokesperson for the cruiseline said Monday, April 27. ORIGINAL: Members of the U.S. Coast Guard were searching for a Norwegian cruise ship crew member who fell overboard during a voyage from Bermuda to Boston on Sunday, April 26, Daily Voice has learned. A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson tells Daily Voice that the crew member went overboard just east of Cape Cod late Saturday, April 25. "Upon confirming the incident, the vessel immediately inform…
New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police
New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police A New England man is accused of posing as a teenager online to sexually exploit a Pennsylvania girl, police announced on Friday, April 24. John Pulk, 33, of Maine, turned himself in following the investigation, according to the police. Pulk is charged with sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses, Lower Southampton Township Police said. Investigators determined Pulk allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on social media before contacting a juvenile female from Bucks County, authorities detailed. He is accused of soliciting explicit images from the girl, l…
Cops Troll Influencers Whose Own Videos Got Them Arrested After NY Car Meet Cops Troll Influencers Whose Own Videos Got Them Arrested After NY Car Meet
Cops Troll Influencers Whose Own Videos Got Them Arrested After NY Car Meet Police in Yonkers shared a now-viral response to drivers who posted themselves causing $10,000 in damages during a car meet last month. The group drove their BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes to JFK Marina about three weeks ago, then recorded the stunts and shared them online, Yonkers police said. Those videos ultimately helped detectives identify them, according to police. “Our social media team found these videos, and it didn't take long for Detectives in our Crime Control Strategies Division to identify these drivers, arrest them, and impound their cars,” the department said in an epic arrest vid…