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CT Man Hid Camera Under Bed, Secretly Recorded Guest Nude: Police
A Connecticut man has been arrested after police say he was secretly filming house guests without their knowledge. Keith Hitchcock, 68, of Groton, was charged on April 20 with voyeurism with malice, according to Groton police. The case began after a guest reported finding a hidden camera inside Hitchcock’s Buddington Road home. Gately said the device was discovered in June 2025, but the incident dates back to a stay at the home in November 2023. The camera was placed under the bed in a private room where the guest was staying. “During the investigation, it was determined that …
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Americans Run From Dunkin' In CT After Man Pepper-Sprays Customers, Employees: Police
Customers and employees of a Connecticut Dunkin’ said they were pepper-sprayed by a man following a parking dispute that he was not a part of. Officers were called to the store at 94 Main St. in Windsor Locks around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. They found several customers and employees standing outside, struggling to breathe from the “respiratory effects of pepper spray,” police said. Witnesses told police the situation started with an argument between two customers over a parking dispute. Police said it was long after that argument that 20-year-old Hayden St. Martin allegedly used pepper…
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Autopsy: 93-Year-Old Who Wandered From CT Nursing Home Died Of Hypothermia After Hours In Cold
An autopsy of a 93-year-old who wandered from a Connecticut nursing home into a freezing night for hours has found she died of hypothermia. Margaret Healey, a Windsor Locks nursing home resident, died in February, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released her autopsy results on Monday, May 4, officials said. Healey died of hypothermia due to environmental exposure. The report also listed hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease as significant conditions. She was found unresponsive outside Bickford Health Care Center on Feb. 8. Officials said she was facedown in a…
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CT Brother, Sister Sentenced In $1.2M Fraud Scheme Targeting 30 State Treasuries
A Greenwich woman will serve time in federal prison after prosecutors say she helped carry out a long-running scheme with her brother that drained more than $1.2 million from state treasuries across the country. Patricia White, 70, was sentenced Monday to nine months behind bars. She must also repay the full $1.2 million taken in the scheme, according to US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Brian D. Miller. The case ties directly to her brother, Henry J. White Jr., 75. Together, officials say, they filed false claims for unclaimed property in nearly 30 states. Miller sai…
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Couple Indicted After Allegedly Taking $17K From Fundraiser Meant For Homeless Man: DA
A Massachusetts couple has been indicted on charges that they kept thousands of dollars from an unhoused man after creating a GoFundMe they said was to help him. Rachel Kadis, 31, and Brian G. Ferreira, 33, were charged with larceny Over $1,200 by single scheme, fiduciary embezzlement, and misleading a police officer, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said. Investigators say the couple raised more than $17,000 through a GoFundMe campaign for a now-deceased man named Gregory Bobst. They said the money would go into a bank account in Bobst's name to help get him back …
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CT Man Viciously Beat Girlfriend, Female Neighbor Who Tried To Help: Police
Police said they had to use a stun gun on a man who was brutally assaulting two women in his driveway. Kevin Knapp, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound man who has a history with police, was charged in the attack on Wednesday, April 27, on West Street in Windsor Locks, police said. Authorities received multiple 9-1-1 calls about a man actively assaulting two women. When officers arrived, they found Knapp "in a state of rage," forcibly restraining his girlfriend and a neighbor who had stepped in to help. Windsor Locks Police said Knapp refused to let go and was screaming incoherently. Officers deplo…
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Undercover CT Naval Agent Posing As Teen Offered Cash For Sex By NJ Creep: Prosecutor
A 58-year-old New Jersey man is behind bars after authorities say he was inappropriately chatting with and tried to lure an undercover agent in Connecticut, whom he believed was a 14-year-old child. Kenneth G. Belhumer Jr., of Closter (Bergen County), sent the "teen" nude photos of himself and offered to pay them in exchange for sex acts with him, between May 8, 2025, and July 9, 2025, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Thursday, April 30. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was looped in on the case with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Northeast Field Office …
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Ex-CT Teacher Arrested Again Over New Allegations Of Inappropriate Messages To Student
A former Connecticut teacher is facing new charges after police say he again contacted a student inappropriately. Philip Hughes, 42, of Southbury, a former Waterbury Public Schools teacher, is now at the center of a second criminal case after an earlier arrest for similar accusations. On Thursday, April 29, Hughes turned himself in to Waterbury detectives on a charge of Harmful Contact with a Minor. Police said the new charge stems from another investigation into similar behavior involving a different student. Hughes was released after posting $50,000 bond, police said. This marks the sec…
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Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned Attacks For Years, Motive Unknown: FBI
A gunman who carried out a deadly attack at Brown University and killed an MIT professor acted alone and left behind disturbing confessions with no clear motive, federal investigators said. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts released new details after concluding a significant portion of the investigation into the violence that occurred in December 2025. Investigators say Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was behind both the campus shooting in Providence on December 13 and the killing of MIT scientist Dr. Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home on December 1…
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Animal Porn: CT Woman Sexually Assaulted Her Dog, Filmed It, Police Say
A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she created pornographic content involving her dog. Kristiina Kennedy, of Meriden, turned herself in on Wednesday, April 29, after officers launched an investigation earlier this month, authorities said. Police have released few details about what prompted the investigation. A veterinarian examined the dog and found no injuries, authorities said. Investigators said they also became concerned about Kennedy’s cats and seized both animals. Authorities will hold a hearing on Friday to retain custody of the cats. Kennedy is …
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Man Charged With CT Murder After Repeatedly Shooting Victim: Police
A man is facing a murder charge after a Connecticut shooting left one person dead and triggered a heavy police response, authorities said. Nygell Smikle, 24, was arrested after the shooting unfolded Wednesday evening, April 29, when Middletown officers rushed to the area following multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire, police said. Officers were called to a Cooley Avenue home shortly before 6 p.m. and found one person suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Responders rushed them to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Police have not released the name of the person killed. C…
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Missing CT Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her: Police
A missing Connecticut teenager was found hundreds of miles from home with a North Carolina man now charged with kidnapping and sexual assault, authorities said. The case began on April 9, when a 15-year-old Middletown girl was reported missing. Her family did not know she had left the state or that she was with an older man. Middletown police say that man, 51-year-old Justin Newman of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, arranged for the girl to travel nearly 750 miles south to meet him. Middletown investigators alerted authorities in North Carolina after learning she may be with Newman…
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