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WOLCOTT - The first Hispanic police officer in town history was sworn-in Thursday during a ceremony at police headquarters.In a packed room full of family, friends and colleagues, officer Eric Medina took the oath to protect the town in front of his wife,...

NEW HAVEN - The city's police chief recommended Tuesday that four officers be fired for mistreating a Black man who became paralyzed from the chest down last year in a police van that braked suddenly.Police Chief Karl Jacobson's recommendations in...

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WATERBURY- Mayor Neil M. O'Leary said the city would not move forward with purchasing Sig Sauer P320s to replace the police department's Smith & Wesson M&P .40-caliber handguns after reading The Sunday Republican's report about the dozens of l...

WATERBURY - Prosectors set the scene of the first minutes of a murder investigation at the start of a trial for Tafari Bailey, who faces several gun charges and conspiracy to commit murder. Jurors watched body camera footage from Waterbury Police Sgt. Bri...

HARTFORD - Police chiefs are asking the state legislature to set fees and rules for compiling and releasing requested video footage from body-worn and dashboard cameras.The state Freedom of Information Act allows public agencies to assess copying fees for...

DERBY- Westchester County officials have released the names of the victims of the fatal car crash early Sunday morning that claimed the lives of five Derby youths and left only one survivor.Police said 16-year-old Malik Smith, who didn't have a driver...

WATERBURY - Citing state statute section 1-201, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney has declined a Freedom of Information request concerning an inquiry into whether an investigation has been launched into overtime compensation among certain membe...

WATERBURY - Citing state statute section 1-201, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney has declined a Freedom of Information request concerning an inquiry into whether an investigation has been launched into overtime compensation among certain membe...

WINSTED - The town has a new police chief.Town Manager Joshua S. Kelly said he has hired Chris Ciuci of Stratford, who is deputy chief of the Berlin Police Department. He is scheduled to be sworn in April 3.Ciuci, 52, has spent his entire 29-year career w...

WINSTED - The town has a new police chief.Town Manager Joshua S. Kelly said he has hired Chris Ciuci of Stratford, who is deputy chief of the Berlin Police Department. He is scheduled to be sworn in April 3.Ciuci, 52, has spent his entire 29-year career w...

CANAAN -- A former Winsted woman died Monday after a head-on crash at 4:36 p.m. on Route 7 near the Falls Village line.Patricia Jordan, 82, was declared dead after being taken to Sharon Hospital, state police said.Kevin O'Connell, CEO for Geer Corp., ...

Universal Fitness in Watertown will host its third Battle of the Badges on April 22 to benefit survivors of the two officers of the Bristol Police Department who were killed last October.Co-owner Nick Agolli, a Waterbury Police officer, who owns the gym w...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:JUAN APONTE, 35, of 70 Harris Circle, three counts second-degree failure to appear.JONATHAN NIEVES, 39, of 238 Platt St., disorderly conduct.JAYDA COKER-SANCHEZ, of 19, of 19 Goff St., Meriden...

FALLS VILLAGE - One woman died Monday afternoon in a head-on crash involving a minivan and a privately owned utility truck.State police were still on the scene of the collision near the North Canaan town line on Route 7 late Monday.According to witnesses,...

WATERBURY- Mayor Neil M. O'Leary said Monday he had reservations about the police department purchasing Sig Sauer P320s to replace the police department's Smith & Wesson M&P .40 caliber handguns after learning about the dozens of lawsuits that hav...

WATERBURY - A judge will decide this week whether to suppress statements made to police in an upcoming trial involving a local teen accused of being involved in a Christmas Eve murder in 2020. Tafari Bailey, 20, formerly of Meriden, is set to go on trial ...

TORRINGTONTorrington police recently filed the following charges:KELLY J LOCKWOOD, 53, 404 South Main St., apt. 01 sixth degree larceny, April 17, 2022.STEPHEN SMULSKI, 61, 89 Culvert St., apt. 3, failure to register as a sexual offender, May 19, 2022.RIC...

TORRINGTON - A city man was ordered to have no contact and to refrain from harming a former girlfriend he is accused of violently assaulting last summer.Michael Bell, 47, of 179 Lincoln Ave., was arrested on a warrant filed by Winsted police alleging diso...

WATERBURY - Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said he is halting the purchase of Sig Sauer P320s to replace the department's Smith & Wesson M&P. 40 caliber handguns after learning from The Sunday Republican that dozens of lawsuits have alleged the gun ca...

Among the allegations of trouble with the Sig Sauer P320 pistol:THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT is replacing its P320s and transitioning to the 9 mm Glock after there were three incidents with its P320....

TORRINGTON - A city man was ordered to have no contact and to refrain from harming a former girlfriend he is accused of violently assaulting last summer.Michael Bell, 47, of 179 Lincoln Ave., was arrested on a warrant filed by Winsted police alleging diso...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:JON RAMOS-ROLON, 24, of 2 Kenyon St., second-degree strangulation/suffocation.STAVONNE WARD, 22, of 125 Chestnut Ave., Torrington, violation of protective order, third-degree assault, first-de...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:ERIC WESTRY, 54, of 3250 E. Main St., second-degree failure to appear, first-degree failure to appear.SAMUEL SANCHEZ, 42, of 144 Grove St., second-degree failure to appear.WILLIAM ALLEN, 42, o...

NaugatuckNaugatuck police recently filed the following charges:DONALD DOBITAS, 42, 5 Hawkstone Terrace, Oxford, illegal operation of motor vehicle under 14-140 suspension, Feb. 24. JONATHAN DAWKINS, 33, 259 Oakville Ave., Waterbury, two counts of violatio...

TORRINGTON -- Lucas Terwilleger, the victim of a house fire Wednesday at 214 Cedar Lane, is talking and in stable condition, police said Thursday.Terwilleger, 55, was flown by Life Star helicopter to the Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital earl...

SOUTHBURY -- Local police are investigating a larceny Tuesday night at Walgreens, 370 Main St. South.A white male stole approximately $3,200 worth of medicine and cosmetics at about 8 p.m., and fled in a red sedan, police said.Anyone who may have witnesse...

MIDDLEBURY - Local police arrested a West Haven man Wednesday following an alleged counterfeit and forgery attempt at ION Bank, 600 Middlebury Road.Alvin Weekes, 24, of 261 Blohm St., was arrested shortly after police responded to the bank at 2:18 p.m. A ...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:QUANESH POMPONIO, 41, of 43 Hurlburt St., New Haven, first-degree robbery.JULIAN LUGO-PEREZ, 20, homeless, of Waterbury, first-degree robbery, commission of a felony murder.WILLIAM MCBRIDE, 31...

WatertownPolice in Watertown recently filed the following charges: SEBASTIAN T. TAMBURRINO, 18, 195 Nova Scotia Hill Road, Watertown, first-degree criminal trespassing, Feb. 20.TAMMY M. MOHER, 58, 28 Hillcrest Ave., Watertown, evading responsibility of in...

UPDATE: Waterbury Police reported Thursday morning that the accident is now a fatal incident.The victim has been identified as Jaemar Dillard, 30, of Waterbury. The suspect and operator of the striking vehicle was located and identified as Herbert Kusako,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna T...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna T...

WATERTOWN - The police department is seeking a 7.6% spending increase for 2023-2024.The proposed $6,289,861 budget, presented to the Town Council on Feb. 28, is up $447,639 compared to the current $5,842,222 budget.The package includes a 2.25% pay increas...

WOLCOTTWolcott police recently filed the following charges:JEHIEL AYALA, 35, 24 Sandy Lane, Wolcott, violation of probation.ROBERT R. STEVENSON, 69, 12 Wolfhill Road, Wolcott, violation of a protective order.ANOUSONE THAMMATHINO, 43, 203 North Main St., T...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:PRESTON SHAFFER, 27, of 1 Pinch of Rock Road, Sharon, two counts second-degree failure to appear.CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ, 24, of 3 Sky Hill Circle, possession of narcotic substance with intent, ...

WATERTOWNWatertown police recently filed the following charges:WALTER RODRIGUEZ, 38, 20 Laurel St. first floor, Waterbury, second-degree breach of peace, Feb.19.YASSER ABDEL SALEH, 51, 56 Orient St., Oakville, second-degree breach of peace, Feb. 17.JADE N...

TORRINGTON -- City police and stand and local fire investigators are investigating the cause of a fire that left one man critically injured.Firefighters were called to the two-alarm fire at 214 Cedar Lane at 3:28 a.m. Wednesday morning and found the resid...

TORRINGTONTorrington police recently filed the following charges:KIMBERLY LARSON, 36, 62 Chestnut Ave., Torrington, second degree breach of peace, Feb 16.CHRISTOPHER HEUBACH, 42, 100 Kohanza St., apt 71F, Danbury, driving with suspended license, failure t...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:CHAD JEFFERIES, 44, of 794 Norman St., Bridgeport, three counts sale of narcotic substance, three counts nonstudent possession of drugs within 200 feet of school or day care center.TYRONE PHOE...

WATERBURY There has been a homicide in the city early Tuesday morning according to Waterbury Police.At 5 a.m. officers responded to a report of a shots fired incident involving two gunshot victims at 100 Mark Lane. One of the victims was pronounced as dec...

ATLANTA (AP) - More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed...

WATERBURY - The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Waterbury police officer was legally able to enter an apartment without a warrant in September 2015 following a reported burglary where gunshots were fired because the officer was acting in his...

WATERBURY A motor vehicle collision late Sunday night in the city left two people dead, according to Waterbury Police.At 11:10 p.m. Sunday police officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision at Long Hill Rd and Transit Street. There were tw...

WATERBURY — City police reported Monday morning that at 5:06 a.m. officers received a report of a shooting incident with a gunshot victim in the area of Burton Street. Police located a gunshot victim in the area who was identified as a 21-year-old m...

TORRINGTONTorrington police recently filed the following charges:ANDY C ORTIZ, 29, 95 Newport Drive, Waterbury, violation of a protective order, first degree criminal trespassing, Nov 14, 2022.ROBERT D LAVIANA, 55, 72 Englewood Ave., Waterbury, carrying a...

WATERBURYWaterbury police recently filed the following charges:SANTA OCASIO, 30, of 498 W. Main St., third-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace, interfering with officer/resisting arrest.SONYA COUNCIL, 40, of 1363 N. Main St., two counts second-d...

WATERTOWN -- April Pongonis, 42, of 123 Davis St, second floor, was arrested Wednesday on two counts of prostitution and two counts of promoting prostitution, police said.An ongoing prostitution investigation led by Detective Abby Rivera began after neigh...

Waterbury police recently filed the following charges:CELESTE LOMBARDI, 66, of 264 Scott Road, third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, violation of protective order.KEVIN STEVENSON, 59, of 66 Holmes Ave., sixth-degree larceny.KAYLEE VIDIC, 26, Kof 200 E...

NaugatuckNaugatuck police recently filed the following charges:JODILYN MEEKER, 49, 27 Beaver St., Naugatuck, larceny sixth-degree, Feb. 20. DEONTAE JOHNSON, 22, 101 Trowbridge Place, Naugatuck, failure to appear second-degree, Feb. 20. ERIKA CASTRO, 34, 1...