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Man Charged With CT Murder After Repeatedly Shooting Victim: Police Man Charged With CT Murder After Repeatedly Shooting Victim: Police
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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by Josh Lanier
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Missing CT Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her: Police Missing CT Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her: Police
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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by Josh Lanier
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Bond Lowered For Farmington Man Charged After Child Relative Shoots Himself With Gun: Cops Bond Lowered For Farmington Man Charged After Child Relative Shoots Himself With Gun: Cops
Bond Lowered For Farmington Man Charged After Child Relative Shoots Himself With Gun: Cops A 19-year-old man has been arraigned after a 10-year-old relative shot himself in the leg while left alone with an illegal firearm in the teenager's car, police said. Police said Jordan Cruz left the child unattended on Tuesday, April 28, in a parked car on Forest Park Drive in Farmington with the loaded weapon.  It's unclear where the gun was left, but the boy was able to grab it and pull the trigger. He was taken to a pediatrician’s office and later to a hospital. Police said the injury was not life-threatening. Authorities said Cruz and the child are family members. Cruz is c…

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by Josh Lanier
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Police ID Man Gunned Down On Hartford Street Overnight; Officers Say 7 Shots Fired Police ID Man Gunned Down On Hartford Street Overnight; Officers Say 7 Shots Fired
Police ID Man Gunned Down On Hartford Street Overnight; Officers Say 7 Shots Fired A man is dead after a burst of gunfire shook a Hartford neighborhood overnight. Alfredo Cuellar, 43, of Hartford, was killed in a shooting that happened around 1:41 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the 90 block of Rowe Avenue in Hartford, police said. Officers responded after a ShotSpotter alert signaled possible gunfire. Hartford police arrived to find Cuellar lying on the street with gunshot wounds. He was taken to an area hospital, where he later died of his injuries, police said. Investigators believe the shooter fired about seven shots. No suspect has been identified. The Hartford Police…

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by Josh Lanier
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Teen Charged After 10-Year-Old Shoots Self With Unattended Gun In Farmington: Police Teen Charged After 10-Year-Old Shoots Self With Unattended Gun In Farmington: Police
Teen Charged After 10-Year-Old Shoots Self With Unattended Gun In Farmington: Police A 19-year-old is facing multiple charges after police say a child found his unattended gun and accidentally shot themself. Jordan Cruz was arrested on Tuesday, April 28, the same day police say he left a gun in a vehicle with a 10-year-old family member in a parking lot on Forest Park Drive in Farmington, according to police. The child suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg after the weapon went off. Police said the injury is not believed to be life-threatening. The child was taken to a nearby hospital and remains in stable condition. Farmington Police Lt. Kyle Noddin said the …

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by Josh Lanier
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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…

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by Josh Lanier
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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 …

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by Sam Barron
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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…

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by Josh Lanier
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Man Fighting For Life After Violent Crash At CT Intersection; 2 Others Hospitalized Man Fighting For Life After Violent Crash At CT Intersection; 2 Others Hospitalized
Man Fighting For Life After Violent Crash At CT Intersection; 2 Others Hospitalized A 71-year-old man is fighting for his life after a violent two-car crash at a Waterbury intersection. The crash happened on Monday, April 27, just after 4 p.m., at the Long Hill Road and Wolcott Street intersection when a minivan collided with a sedan, authorities said. The sedan driver, a 37-year-old from Thomaston, was badly hurt, and the impact left his 71-year-old passenger from Soutbury in critical condition. The minivan driver suffered minor injuries.  Responders rushed all three to area hospitals, where both drivers were in stable condition.  The crash remains under inves…

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by Josh Lanier
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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…

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by Josh Lanier
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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…

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by Josh Lanier
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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…

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by Josh Lanier