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Milford bouncers attacked less than 2 days apart; 3 women arrested, say police
MILFORD, Conn. — Three women were arrested after Stonebridge Restaurant bouncers were attacked less than two days apart, according to Milford police Monday. According to police, officers were at the restaurant on June 28 at 11 p.m. on a private duty detail when a customer, Gisell Materan, 19, of New Haven, was spotted throwing up.
Trio On Run After Robbing CT Shop At Gunpoint: Police
Police in Connecticut are on the hunt for three men who allegedly robbed a smoke shop at gunpoint, making off with cash and goods.The incident occurred in New Haven County around 7 p.m., Saturday, June 29, at Moe's Smoke Shop at 213 Pershing Drive in Ansonia.According to Lt. Patrick Lynch of …
Kids who were saved from attempted drowning in West Haven out of hospital
WEST HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - The kids who were saved from an attempted drowning in West Haven were released from the hospital Tuesday. West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer says that they were officially released and their transportation home has been scheduled. Monday morning, the officers who jumped in to rescue...
Missing Connecticut Teen Found in Orange County, Suspect Arrested
During the afternoon hours of Tuesday June 24, 2024 an announcement was released by local law enforcement regarding the recent disappearance of a Connecticut teenager. The announcement was in regards to a missing teen from Connecticut who was found here in the Hudson Valley at an Orange County location. Tracking...
Twins who survived attempted drowning released from hospital
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The twins whose father allegedly tried to drown them in June were released from the hospital on Tuesday. 3-year-olds Gianna and Giovanni celebrated their birthdays on Monday surrounded by nurses and hospital staff. They spent over a week at Yale Children’s Hospital receiving care from the injuries they sustained on […]
Body camera video captures assault on New Haven police officer
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Police-worn body camera video captured the moment a suspect assaulted a female New Haven police officer in recent weeks. New Haven police released the video to News 8. The video below first aired on July 2, 2024. In it, police said you can see officers responding to the Fair Haven […]
Bridgeport ‘O.N.E.’ gang member sentenced to 9 years
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A member of the “O.N.E.” gang in Bridgeport was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug and firearm possession. Michael “Mikey RTN” Lockhart, of Bridgeport, had been detained since 2021. After searching his Roberts Street residence, police found large bags of marijuana, items used to package narcotics such as fentanyl […]
Bridgeport teen sentences to 34 years in prison for 2021 shooting
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — On Monday, Bridgeport Judicial District State’s Attorney Joseph T. Corradino announced that 19-year-old Syshone Joyner, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to 34 years behind bars for his role in a 2021 fatal shooting. According to a release, a jury on April 12 found Joyner guilty of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and […]
3 Police Officers Attacked In New Haven, Norwich
The attacks occurred on Saturday, June 29, in New Haven County in West Haven and New London County in Norwich. In West Haven, one officer was injured when Imran Ahmed, age 54, of West Haven, allegedly deliberately crashed his vehicle into an occupied police cruiser that was helping another officer who Ahmed had been trying to run off the roadway.
City increases police presence at parking lots used by Yale New Haven Hospital staff after multiple theft, assault incidents
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Police are increasing their presence at parking lots used by Yale New Haven Hospital staff after multiple break-in, car theft and assault incidents. The lots, which are located on Sherman Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, have seen 17 incidents in the last few weeks. Three juveniles have been arrested […]
State Police: Boat stolen from Driveway in Oxford
OXFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - The Resident Trooper’s Office in Oxford is seeking help locating a stolen boat. Investigators believe it was taken between June 21 and June 25 from the driveway of a home on Route 67 near the Seymour line. The boat is a 2008 Monterey 180 FS...
Stolen Vehicle’ License Plate Reader Hit Leads to MV Charges for Man, 28
Police last week arrested a 28-year-old Bridgeport man and charged him with multiple motor vehicle-related offenses after receiving a “stolen vehicle notification hit” from a license plate reader. Authorities made the discovery in the area of South Avenue and Gerdes Road at about 8:16 p.m. on June 27....
Plea Offered In Derby Social Club Embezzlement Case
DERBY – State prosecutors have offered a plea deal to a former Derby Public Works Director accused of embezzling $97,000 from the Adriatic Machegian Club on Hawthorne Avenue. In Superior Court on Friday (June 28) in Milford, prosecutors offered Ron Culmo, who is accused of draining the AM Club’s...
Car crashes into tree in New Haven; 2 injured
HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Two people were hospitalized in New Haven after a motor vehicle crash early Tuesday. Police responded to the intersection of Farren and Fairmont Avenues at 1:46 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a sedan had collided with a tree. Firefighters removed two passengers in the sedan,...
Bridgeport police take man who escaped from halfway house in New Haven into custody: PD
Bridgeport police have arrested a man who they said escaped from a halfway house in New Haven. They said the 27-year-old Stratford man was taken into custody after escaping through a second-floor door of a multi-family house on Highland Avenue around 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 27. Police said they...
1 injured after Bridgeport apartment fire
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — One person was injured after an apartment fire Monday morning, according to Bridgeport fire officials. Fire officials said crews were dispatched to the 1300 block of Stratford Avenue around 3:30 a.m., where the second floor of a commercial and residential building was on fire. The building has commercial businesses on the […]
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