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43-Year-Old ID'd As Driver In Fiery Fatal Route 8 Crash 43-Year-Old ID'd As Driver In Fiery Fatal Route 8 Crash
43-Year-Old ID'd As Driver In Fiery Fatal Route 8 Crash Police have identified the driver who was killed last week after their truck left the road and burst into flames in Litchfield County.  Lester Y. Rivera-Santiago, age 43, of Waterbury, was killed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, just before 10:30 p.m. on Route 8 in Thomaston, Connecticut State Police said.  Rivera-Santiago was driving south on the highway about a mile north of exit 38 when his 2002 Dodge Ram went off the shoulder and crashed into the wire guardrail in the median. The truck burst into flames following the wreck, authorities said.  Paramedics pronounced him dead at the sc…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
New Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Plane Crash Whose Victims Included CT 29-Year-Old New Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Plane Crash Whose Victims Included CT 29-Year-Old
New Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Plane Crash Whose Victims Included CT 29-Year-Old New details have emerged after a triple-fatal plane crash in northwestern Massachusetts in which one of the victims was a student pilot from Connecticut. The three victims are: Chad Davidson, age 29, of Woodstock, in Windham County, Connecticut Fredrika Ballard, age 53, of Southwick, Massachusetts (in Hampden County) William Hampton, age 68, of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts (also in Hampden County) Ballard owned Fly Lugu Flight School and Hampton was an instructor. Davidson was taking flying lessons, Massachusetts State Police said.  According to flight tracker data, the twin-engine …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Body Of 20-Year-Old Man Found In Stamford, Police Call Death 'Suspicious' Body Of 20-Year-Old Man Found In Stamford, Police Call Death 'Suspicious'
Body Of 20-Year-Old Man Found In Stamford, Police Call Death 'Suspicious' Police are calling the death "suspicious" after a 20-year-old Hispanic man was found in a grassy area in Fairfield County. The man was found in Stamford around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18 near the pathway that connects Woodland Avenue and Walter Wheeler Drive. Capt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police said the man was found after the department received a 911 reporting a man lying on his back in the area. Stamford Fire and EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the man dead, Scanlon said. The man has been identified by police, but his identity has not been released pending notific…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Who Died At Gillette Stadium Had Medical Issue, No Traumatic Injury: DA Man Who Died At Gillette Stadium Had Medical Issue, No Traumatic Injury: DA
Man Who Died At Gillette Stadium Had Medical Issue, No Traumatic Injury: DA An initial autopsy found that Dale Mooney, the man who died after a fight in the stands of a New England Patriots game at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 17, suffered from an undisclosed medical issue and was not severely injured from the brawl, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday, Sept. 20.  The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will perform further testing to determine the cause and manner of Mooney's death, authorities said.  Mooney, 53, of Newmarket, New Hampshire, was a 30-year season ticket holder for the New England Patriots and was sitting with his wife in…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Suspicious Death: Body Of Missing Stamford Man Found In Local Park Suspicious Death: Body Of Missing Stamford Man Found In Local Park
Suspicious Death: Body Of Missing Stamford Man Found In Local Park Stamford Police say the body of a missing man was found in an area park and the circumstances are "suspicious." The body of Jaquan Tahir Saez, age 21, of Stamford, was found shortly before 5 p.m. in Boccuzzi Park located at 200 Southfield Ave., said Capt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police. After receiving a report of a dead body in the park, responding officers quickly confirmed the report, and the park was closed off to the public for preliminary investigation, Scanlon said.  Saez, a resident of the West Side, had previously been reported missing by his family. The departm…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Driver Dies In Fiery Crash Near Connecticut Intersection Driver Dies In Fiery Crash Near Connecticut Intersection
Driver Dies In Fiery Crash Near Connecticut Intersection A driver was killed in a fiery crash near a Connecticut intersection. It happened in Middlesex County at 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, according to Connecticut State Police. A vehicle was southbound in the Town of Middlefield on Miller Road near the intersection with Main Street when, for unknown reasons, it left the roadway and struck a tree, police said. The vehicle caught fire, and the Middlefield Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze, according to the report. Police said the driver was found dead inside of the vehicle. State Police said due to the condition of the …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Who Had Done 'Odd Jobs' For Stamford Woman Charged In Her Murder Man Who Had Done 'Odd Jobs' For Stamford Woman Charged In Her Murder
Man Who Had Done 'Odd Jobs' For Stamford Woman Charged In Her Murder Stamford Police have arrested a city man for the murder of a 93-year-old woman found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Robert Simmons, 51, of Stamford, was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 20, for the Wednesday, Sept. 25, murder of Isabella Mehner, said Stamford Police Lt. Michael A. Noto. Polic found Mehner at the bottom of a staircase after being asked to make a wellness check.  When officers responded to the home it appeared that she had have fallen down the staircase.  Through further investigation and with the assistance of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Being Shoved To Ground Amid Large Crowd In Stamford, Police Say Man Killed After Being Shoved To Ground Amid Large Crowd In Stamford, Police Say
Man Killed After Being Shoved To Ground Amid Large Crowd In Stamford, Police Say Police are investigating the homicide of a man who died of a head injury during a gathering of a large raucous crowd in Stamford. The victim, 43-year-old Leobardo Quintero of Mexico, was found around 9:26 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, when the Stamford Police department's patrol division officers responded to the lower area of Alden Street near Stillwater Avenue for a report of an unconscious man, said Lt. Michael Noto. Responding officers found a "tumultuous scene" where there were numerous people surrounding the victim who was lying on the sidewalk going in and out of …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Danbury Man Killed After Becoming Trapped Under Debris In Partial Barn Collapse Danbury Man Killed After Becoming Trapped Under Debris In Partial Barn Collapse
Danbury Man Killed After Becoming Trapped Under Debris In Partial Barn Collapse A Danbury man was killed after being trapped under debris during a partial barn collapse, said the Connecticut State Police. The incident took place around 8:40 a.m., Thursday, April 24, when a barn that was being worked on began to collapse, with workers inside at 81 Litchfield Turnpike in Bethany, said the state police. When state troopers arrived on the scene they found Joister Pacheco-Attaide, 38, Danbury, trapped under the debris, state police said. EMS was able to gain access to Pacheco-Attaide with the assistance of the fire personnel and determined he had died from his injurie…

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by Kathy Reakes