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Whoops: Speeding Plainfield Driver Slams Into Police Department Sign, Cops Say
An alleged speeding Connecticut driver who was accused of being high on alcohol or drugs slammed into a police department's sign, destroying it.
The incident took place in Windham County around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 in Plainfield.
When notified by police dispatchers of a crash in front of the department officers walked outside to find a silver Honda Accord against the department's entrance sign, the department said.
The driver, Mason Heath, age 30, of Central Village, the historic district of Plainfield, was on the scene, police said.
An investigation was conducted which revealed tha…
NJ Pair Stole $164K From 94-Year-Old Connecticut Man's Checking Account: Police
A 94-year-old man from Connecticut lost $164,000 in thefts from his checking account, authorities said.
The alleged thieves included a pair from Middlesex County, according to Old Saybrook, CT, police.
Ashlee Crawford, 33, of Plainfield, and Shannon Outlaw II, 27, of North Brunswick, were charged with larceny and forgery, police said in a press statement. Crawford also was charged with a second count of forgery.
The Old Saybrook man reported the theft to police in February after $164,284 disappeared from his checking account, police said.
Crawford was observed on video surveillance f…
Wrong-Way Driver Charged With DUI On I-385 In Plainfield, Police Say
A man driving the wrong way on a roadway in the region has been accused of driving while under the influence on Thanksgiving Day morning.
At about 5:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, Connecticut State Police in Windham County at Troop D in Danielson said multiple 911 calls reported a black SUV, displaying a Massachusetts registration, traveling southbound, at a high rate of speed, in the northbound lanes of I-395, in Plainfield.
With the assistance of Plainfield Police, the vehicle was located and safely brought to a stop in the area of Exit 29, in Plainfield, according to Connecticut …
1 Dead In Large Apartment Fire In Moosup, Police Say.
One person was killed in a large, early morning apartment fire in Connecticut.
The blaze broke out in Windham County around 12:40 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 17 in Moosup.
Members of the Plainfield Police responded to the area of Moosup Gardens Apartments on Gorman Street for a report of a structure fire involving multiple apartment units, police officials said.
Upon arrival, officers discovered that there was potential entrapment of residents within the affected apartments of Building 5, police said.
The Moosup Fire Department, with the assistance of Plainfield, Atwood Hose, Cent…
CT Man Nabbed For Sexual Assault Of Minor, Police Say
A Connecticut man, who has been hiding from the police, was arrested on a warrant for alleged sexual assault of a minor.
Windham County resident Gillan R. Gardner, age 47, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 24, after he was found at an area park.
Gardner, of Plainfield, had an active warrant stemming from a November incident in which a juvenile girl reported he had inappropriate sexual contact with her, said Plainfield Chief of Police Mario A. Arriaga.
He was arrested and charged with sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor, with the help of the state Department of Energy&n…
Henri: Here's How Many CT Residents Are Now Without Power
Thousands in Connecticut are without power following the round of storms that rolled through the region, though the damage was not as bad as expected.
As late Monday morning, Aug. 23, more than 8,000 of Eversource’s 1.28 million customers in the state are reporting outages.
United Illuminating is working to repair seven active outages impacting more than 1,100 of the company’s customers.
The most outages are being reported in:
Pomfret (708),
Woodstock (659),
Thompson (628),
Brooklyn (595),
Plainfield (536),
Canterbury (528),
Town of Fairfield (454)
P…
Here's How Many Are Now Without Power In Connecticut
Thousands in Connecticut had power restored overnight as the state contends with the first major winter storm of 2021 and one of the biggest in years.
Utility crews across the state worked overnight to make repairs, with several hundred still in the dark as of around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Eversource was reporting multiple outages on Tuesday morning, which were still impacting 854 of the company’s 1,283,816 customers.
Multiple outages were still being reported in Farmington (321), Voluntown (282), Sterling (96), North Stonington (18), Meriden (12), Bloomfield (10), Woodbury (9) Sto…
Covid-19 - 100 Connecticut Communities On "Red" List - Local Rates, Trends
The number of “red" communities in Connecticut has reached 100, according to the most recent state data, Thursday, Nov. 12.
Infection rates have been rising in Connecticut dramatically. There are now 100 cities and towns with the highest daily averages of newly reported COVID-19 cases.
Last week, Thursday, Nov. 5, there were 67 red communities.
And the week before that, Oct. 29, there were 30.
Scroll down for town-specific data.
Red communities are so-called due to the state’s color-coded map of average daily COVID-19 cases. Red communities are reporting 4-15 or more cases per 100,000 re…
Connecticut Leaning Blue, But Here Are The Towns That Voted For Trump
As many elections, including the one for president, are still being counted, Connecticut hasn't quite finished tallying all its ballots, but it seems likely the state will remain blue
As of Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 a.m., 85 percent of the votes for president cast in Connecticut had been counted. As was anticipated, challenger Democrat Joe Biden has the current majority vote for president.
Biden has won 58.5% of the vote with more than 928,131 ballots cast in his favor.
Trump secured 39.9% of the vote and accumulated 633,711 ballots in his favor.
The following is a list of cities…
What's The Covid-19 Rate In My Community? Town Rates And Trends
COVID-19 infections are congregating in the eastern part of the state where there is a cluster of 13 “red” communities with high daily infection rates, according to Connecticut data that came out Thursday, Oct. 29.
Meanwhile, 13 new communities have been added to the state’s list of places with red or high COVID-19 rates: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Cromwell, Ellington, Franklin, Killingly, Middlebury, Middlefield, New Britain, North Canaan, Old Saybrook, Stamford, and Wolcott.
On Thursday, there were 30 Connecticut cities and towns “in the red,” a reference to the state’s color-coded map of avera…