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'Our Hearts Are Heavy': CT Officer Dies Of Brain Cancer, Police Department Announces 'Our Hearts Are Heavy': CT Officer Dies Of Brain Cancer, Police Department Announces
'Our Hearts Are Heavy': CT Officer Dies Of Brain Cancer, Police Department Announces A Connecticut police department is mourning the loss of an officer who died of brain cancer. Officer Matt Silvestrini died peacefully while surrounded by family at his home on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 3, the Middletown Police Department in Middlesex County announced. "Officer Silvestrini dedicated his life to serving others," the announcement reads. "He was a decorated Veteran of the US Army (serving two tours in Iraq), he served the City of New Haven as a police officer before transferring to MPD in 2012. He was a member of the Emergency Response Team, Firearms Unit, and an instructor…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police Involved In Standoff At CT Motel Police Involved In Standoff At CT Motel
Police Involved In Standoff At CT Motel A suspected bank robber was nabbed following an hours-long standoff with police at a Connecticut hotel. Hartford County resident David Latino, age 49, of Southington, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 14, after barricading himself in the carrier Motor Lodge, in Newington, authorities said. The incident began around 4:30 p.m., when Plainville Police detectives tracked Latino from a bank robbery that had occurred in Plainville earlier in the day to the Carrier Motor Lodge located at 2660 Berlin Turnpike, according to Lieutenant Nicholas Miano, of the Newington Police Department. When …

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by Kathy Reakes