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CT man charged with DUI after police initially suspected he was trying to steal vehicle
A man was arrested on a DUI charge in South Windsor over the weekend as police were investigating a report that he was trying to steal a car. Officers responded to Ellington Road shortly before 7 a.m. on Saturday for reports that an individual was attempting to steal a car and encountered 47-year-old Concepcion J. Delvalle of New Britain, according to the South Windsor Police Department. ...
Exploring the Creepy Abandoned Buildings of Connecticut’s Mansfield Training School Hospital
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so, you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property. According to Wikipedia, a hospital was built in 1860 and offensively titled "The Connecticut School for Imbeciles." 55 years later, in 1915, the name was changed to the Connecticut Training School for the Feebleminded, which is also equally offensive. In 1917, it merged with the Connecticut Colony for Epileptics (founded at Mansfield in 1910) and acquired its present name, the Mansfield Training School and Hospital.
Former Connecticut CEO found guilty of committing health insurance fraud
EAST GRANBY, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman was found guilty of committing health insurance fraud on Thursday in East Granby, according to the chief state’s attorney’s office. Karen Gaston, 43, was the CEO of Elegant Clinical Corporation, a vocational program for disabled adults that was based in East Windsor. The attorney’s office said that while […]
Connecticut prison system under fire for alleged ‘inhumane’ conditions
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State lawmakers and activists are raising the alarm about several issues and injustices that they say are happening in Connecticut’s prison system. Emotional testimonies came from former state correctional officers and employees, prison reform advocates, and those with loved ones who are incarcerated. They’ve made several allegations, including countless lockdowns, medical […]
East Granby woman is found guilty of Medicaid fraud
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Hartford Superior Court jury found Karen Gaston, 43, of East Granby, guilty on Sept. 26 of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, and health insurance fraud, according to a release from the state’s Division of Criminal Justice. Evidence introduced at trial noted that...
A CT service dog is credited with saving life of his handler. Now he’s getting national recognition
A Connecticut service dog has been named a top 25 semifinalist in the 2024 Hero Dog Awards after being credited with saving the life of his handler. It was just another day of classes last November for Gateway Community College student Ariana Parker, when suddenly her service dog Percy, a Labrador retriever, began pawing at her to try and grab her attention. When mast cells detect stress, ...
Connecticut animal shelters at capacity
NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH) — Animal shelters across the state are at or near capacity. That’s the situation at New London’s animal shelter, which is shared by East Lyme and Waterford. It currently has 14 dogs, seven puppies, five cats, eight kittens, two rats and a rabbit. “There’s a crisis across the country with the […]
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