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Assault Arrest: Man Gropes Woman At Killingly Park, Police Say
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after authorities said he assaulted a woman in a Connecticut park.
The Windham County incident occurred on Friday, June 7 in the town of Killingly.
According to Connecticut State Police, Marc Kaczor, age 36, inappropriately and sexually touched a woman as she was walking in Owen Bell Park on Town Farm Road.
The woman was able to snap a picture of Kaczor, who is from Dayville, during the interaction, and he fled on foot.
Police conducted a K9 search, which led authorities directly to Kaczor, who was still wearing the same clothes as he was in the vict…
Putnam CT Man Charged In Murder-For-Hire Plot, State Police Say
A Connecticut man has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill someone who was going to testify against him in court.
Windham County resident Leonard Thuo Mwithiga, age 52, of Putnam, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 4, after an undercover trooper posed as the potential hitman, said the Connecticut State Police.
State Police said they learned of the murder-for-hire plan after a confidential informant man entered the Troop D barracks in Danielson on Saturday, Dec. 2, and said his employer, identified as Mwithiga, requested his assistance wit…
Witnesses Wanted: CT Man, 28, Killed After Hitting Back Of Tractor-Trailer In Wallingford
Connecticut State Poice are asking for witnesses to a fatal crash that killed a 28-year-old Connecticut man and injured his passenger.
The crash took place in New Haven County around 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 on I-91 near Exit 14 in Wallingford.
Windham County resident Jessie Barbosa-Santiago, age 28, of Willimantic, was driving a Suzuki GSXR1 motorcycle in the center lane when he hit the rear of a tractor-trailer in the area of Exit 14, according to state police.
Barbosa-Santiago and a rider on the motorcycle, identified as a 22-year-old woman, were thrown from the motorcycle followin…
Second Teen Dies A Week After Violent Windham County Crash Kills 15-Year-Old Girl
A second Connecticut teen has died from injuries suffered in a crash that also killed a 15-year-old girl last month.
The crash took place around 4:40 a.m. Sunday, June 25 in Windham County on Allen Hill Road near Route 205 in the small town of Brooklyn.
On Thursday, July 6, Connecticut State Police confirmed that a second passenger, 17-year-old Bryce Burditt, who attended Plainfield High School had died from his injuries.
The crash, which occurred when a 2004 Toyota Prius, with five occupants, slammed into a tree before going down an embankment, also killed passenger Chanelle Edwards,…