Tag: Connecticut State Police
Lisbon Man Embezzled $300K In Willimantic, Manchester Concrete Payments: Police
A Connecticut concrete dispatcher pocketed nearly $300,000 in customer payments while erasing sales records at a business with Willimantic and Manchester plants, state police allege.
John Jeffrey Farrar, of Lisbon, was arrested in Windham on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to a Connecticut State Police warrant. The charges cover alleged conduct from Jan. 30, 2023, through Oct. 2, 2025.
Farrar faces charges of first-degree larceny by embezzlement, second-degree money laundering, and first-degree computer crime, police said. He was being held on a $250,000 bond.
Farrar's alleged scheme unr…
Enfield Musician, 44, Remembered After Fatal I-91 Crash In Windsor: 'Meant So Much To So Many'
A 44-year-old Connecticut man killed in an Interstate 91 crash is being remembered for his talent as a musician and for the lives he touched.
Matthew Bennett, of Enfield, was fatally injured in a crash Thursday evening, Oct. 1, near Exit 36 in Windsor. He was driving south when his car and another vehicle collided, sending him into a guardrail and rolling across the interstate, according to Connecticut State Police.
Emergency crews took Bennett to Hartford Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, police said. Troopers are investigating the cause of the crash.
Bennett played bass fo…
CT Man Accelerated Into Pedestrian, Sped Away After Derby Crash: Cops
A Shelton man is accused of accelerating toward a pedestrian and striking them after a minor fender-bender before fleeing the scene without notifying police, authorities said.
Keith Chapman, 67, of Shelton, is charged with interfering with an officer, first-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree breach of peace, reckless driving, and evading responsibility with physical injury, Connecticut State Police said.
The incident happened Sept. 9 on the Exit 12B off-ramp of Route 8 in Derby, according to police.
“While securing the scene and documenting the damage, troopers obtained video foota…
