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Know Him? Man Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1K Worth Of LEGOs From CT Target Know Him? Man Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1K Worth Of LEGOs From CT Target
Know Him? Man Accused Of Stealing Nearly $1K Worth Of Legos From CT Target Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help identifying a man who allegedly stole nearly $1,000 in LEGOs from a Target. The incident took place in Hartford County on Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Target in Southington. According to the Southington Police Department, the man stole four sets of LEGOs valued at more than $800 and walked out of the store. Anyone able to identify the man is asked to contact Officer S. Schlitten at 860-621-0101, or email at sschlitten@southingtonpolice.org.   All tips can remain anonymous.

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by Kathy Reakes
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25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate 25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate
25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate A 25-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with allegedly strangling an associate to death. Litchfield County resident Brian Seholm, of Torrington, was charged on Thursday, Jan, 11, with the April 2023 death of Hartford County resident Dominick Francischelli, age 55, of Southington. During an investigation, the State Medical Examiner's Officer ruled that Francischelli died from compression of the neck and the manner of death as being homicide, said Det. Sgt. Sergeant James Armack of the Southington Police. Southington Police Department detectives applied for and executed multiple searc…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Steals Catalytic Converters From Cars In CT: Police Man Steals Catalytic Converters From Cars In CT: Police
Man Steals Catalytic Converters From Cars In CT: Police A man faces numerous charges after allegedly stealing catalytic converters from vehicles throughout the Hudson Valley and Connecticut, including one that was parked at a high school, police said.  The arrest stemmed from an incident that happened on Thursday, March 23 around 3 p.m., when a Putnam County sheriff's deputy assigned as a school resource officer at Putnam Valley High School was told that a vehicle parked in the school's lot had a catalytic converter stolen from it.  According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, this deputy was able to obtain surveillance video …

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by Ben Crnic
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Dangling 'Smash-Grab' CT Thieves Burglarize 11 Cars In A Night: Police Dangling 'Smash-Grab' CT Thieves Burglarize 11 Cars In A Night: Police
Dangling 'Smash-Grab' CT Thieves Burglarize 11 Cars In A Night: Police Multiple videos captured a group of three or four people executing 11 "smash and grab" car burglaries in Hartford County in one night this week, officials say.  Multiple videos were sent to police showing burglars smashing car windows and stealing items from inside the vehicles in the northwest and central areas of Southington. The thefts happened in the overnight hours into the morning of Wednesday, April 26, the Southington Police Department said. PRESS RELEASE Vehicle Burglary “Smash & Grab” thefts Posted by Southington Police Department on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 The burglar…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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39-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash 39-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash
39-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash A 39-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a busy roadway. David Sanabria, age 39, of Plainville, was killed around 6:20 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Southington. According to Lt. Keith Egan of the Southington Police, said officers responded to 279 Queen St., for a report of a collision between a motorcycle and a car. An investigation has revealed that Sanabria was driving a 2016 Guzzi Moto motorcycle northbound on Queen Street. At the same time, Robert Keating, age 60, of Southington, was driving a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado, southbound on Queen St…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Wanted For Masturbating On Trails While Skateboarding Apprehended, Police Say CT Man Wanted For Masturbating On Trails While Skateboarding Apprehended, Police Say
CT Man Wanted For Masturbating On Trails While Skateboarding Apprehended, Police Say A Connecticut man wanted for exposing himself and masturbating while skateboarding to trail walkers has been nabbed by police. New Haven County resident Emmanuel Martinez-Morales, age 30, of Cheshire, was arrested on Monday, Aug. 22, for the incident which took place in Hartford County in the Southington area in July. Over the course of several days in mid-July, the Southington Police Department received complaints from community members in the area of the Rails to Trails of a man on a skateboard exposing himself to walkers on the trail, said Lt. Keith Egan, of the Southingto…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Silver Alert Issued For Missing 19-Year-Old Woman Who Left CT Home Without Cellphone Silver Alert Issued For Missing 19-Year-Old Woman Who Left CT Home Without Cellphone
Silver Alert Issued For Missing 19-Year-Old Woman Who Left CT Home Without Cellphone A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 19-year-old Connecticut woman who was last seen over the weekend.  Hartford County resident Nyla Tolo was last seen at about 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, at her home in Southington off Mount Vernon Road, the Southington Police Department reported on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Police said an unidentified person may have picked up Tolo in the area. Her family reported that she left home without her cellphone and has not been in contact with her family since leaving, authorities said. Police said Tolo has developmental disabilities. Authorities sa…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Connecticut Man Accused Of Leaving Dog In SUV In More Than 90-Degree Heat Connecticut Man Accused Of Leaving Dog In SUV In More Than 90-Degree Heat
Connecticut Man Accused Of Leaving Dog In SUV In More Than 90-Degree Heat A Connecticut man was charged after police reported that he left his dog alone in an SUV while temperatures were in the 90s. Hartford County resident 65-year-old Salvatore Conaci, of Southington, was charged with animal cruelty in the incident that happened on Saturday, July 23, according to the Southington Police Department. Officers responded to a report of a dog left in a vehicle at Shop Rite, located at 750 Queen St. in Southington, at about 5:30 p.m. that day, police said.  At the time of the call, police said weather reports showed it was 91 degrees and the humidity level was at…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty In Death Of Dog Left In Hot Car, Police Say CT Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty In Death Of Dog Left In Hot Car, Police Say
CT Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty In Death Of Dog Left In Hot Car, Police Say A Connecticut woman was charged with animal cruelty in the death of her dog after authorities said she left the animal inside of a hot car for hours. Suzy Rivers, age 37, turned herself in to police on Tuesday, July 26, for the charge related to an incident that happened in Hartford County outside of the Southington Library, according to the Southington Police Department. On Wednesday, June 29, Rivers, a resident of Cheshire in New Haven County, called police to report that her Boston terrier was not moving inside of her car, which was parked outside of the library, police said.  Offi…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Victim Reports Suspect Stabbed Him On I-84 In Connecticut, Police Say Victim Reports Suspect Stabbed Him On I-84 In Connecticut, Police Say
Victim Reports Suspect Stabbed Him On I-84 In Connecticut, Police Say An investigation is underway after a victim reported to police that a man stabbed him on I-84 in Connecticut. Officers in Hartford County responded to a report of a stabbing victim in the area of Queen Street at I-84 in Southington at about 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, according to the Southington Police Department. When police spoke with the victim at the hospital, he provided conflicting information about the location where the incident happened, reporting Southington, Plainville, and I-84, authorities said.  Police said the victim later told them that after he left a location in …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police Search For Driver Who Seriously Injured Person In CT Hit-Run Crash Police Search For Driver Who Seriously Injured Person In CT Hit-Run Crash
Police Search For Driver Who Seriously Injured Person In CT Hit-Run Crash Police have asked the public for information after a pedestrian was left seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Connecticut. Police responded to a report of a crash in Hartford County near the intersection of Bristol Street and George Street in Southington on Wednesday, April 27, according to the Southington Police Department. Officers found the victim lying in the road near her parked vehicle. Police said she was hospitalized for treatment of serious injuries.  Investigators found that the victim was exiting the driver's side of her vehicle when a southbound pickup truck struck…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man With Long Criminal History Caught Peering Into Vehicles At CT School, Police Say Man With Long Criminal History Caught Peering Into Vehicles At CT School, Police Say
Man With Long Criminal History Caught Peering Into Vehicles At CT School, Police Say A 43-year-old man is facing an attempted larceny charge after he was accused of peering into vehicles and attempting to enter a vehicle in the parking lot of a Connecticut elementary school. The incident happened in the Hartford County neighborhood of Plantsville located in the Town of Southington at South End Elementary School at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, according to authorities. Officers responded to the school after receiving a report of a man on the property looking into vehicles and becoming argumentative when he was confronted by staff, according to the Southington Pol…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking
CT Woman Accused Of Putting Mothball Inside Candy To Stop Neighbor's Dog From Barking A house sitter in Connecticut has turned herself in after allegedly attempting to silence a neighbor's dog by hiding a potentially toxic mothball in a piece of candy she placed in the backyard, police said. In Hartford County, officers from the Southington Police Department were called to a Whitlock Avenue home on Dec. 23, 2021, where there was a report of a suspicious woman and a barking dog. On Monday, Jan. 31, police said the caller reported that when he went to check on his dog, he spotted a blonde woman dressed in all black walking along his fence line on the neighbor’s side of the pro…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station
Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station A woman was carjacked at a Connecticut gas station and police said that the suspect threatened to shoot her when she attempted to intervene. In Hartford County, officers from the Southington Police Department responded to the Exxon Station on Queen Street at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, where there was a reported car jacking. Police said that the woman reported that she had just finished pumping gas in her 2014 BMW X3 when she saw a man get into the driver's seat of her vehicle. The victim said she jumped in the front passenger seat to confront the man, who allegedly told …

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by Zak Failla
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One Hospitalized In I-84 Shooting, Suspect Armed, Dangerous One Hospitalized In I-84 Shooting, Suspect Armed, Dangerous
One Hospitalized In I-84 Shooting, Suspect Armed, Dangerous Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating an "armed and dangerous" suspect following a shooting on I-84 in Connecticut that left one hospitalized. Connecticut State Police troopers were dispatched to the stretch of I-84 in New Haven County, in Cheshire near the Waterbury town line, at Exit 26 early on Friday, June 25, where there was a report of a shooting. One victim was transported to an area hospital following the shooting, police said, though the extent of the injuries was not known as of 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing as …

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by Zak Failla
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Neighborhood Watch Helps Cops Catch CT Drug Suspect Neighborhood Watch Helps Cops Catch CT Drug Suspect
Neighborhood Watch Helps Cops Catch CT Drug Suspect With help from vigilant neighbors, police in one Hartford County town were able to nab a man who may have been involved with car burglaries and had an alleged large amount of drugs including heroin. Peter Rolny, 46, of Wolcott, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 7, after Southington police officers responded to Pleasant Street on a report of a suspicious vehicle and unknown people trespassing on multiple properties, police said. Police said neighbors and a "vibrant neighborhood watch" reported seeing unknown people enter a property on Sun Valley Drive, which had recently been burned during a ho…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Nabbed For CT Batting Cages Robbery Man Nabbed For CT Batting Cages Robbery
Man Nabbed For CT Batting Cages Robbery Police have arrested a Connecticut man in connection with a robbery at the Batter up Batting Cages in Hartford County last year. New Haven County resident Jared Cardillo, 45, of Waterbury, was arrested on a warrant in Hartford County on Wednesday, Dec. 16, by the Southington Police Department.  According to police, on August 26, 2019, officers were dispatched to Batter Up Batting Cages, at 2060 West St. Southington, for an activated security alarm.  The business owner reported arriving on the scene and discovered forced entry through a bathroom door.  Upon entering officers…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Pleads Guilty To 7-Stop Crime Spree, Carjacking Man Pleads Guilty To 7-Stop Crime Spree, Carjacking
Man Pleads Guilty To 7-Stop Crime Spree, Carjacking The man who stuck a gun into a woman’s neck carjacked her vehicle and went on a crime spree has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Arno Smith, 57, of Hartford, pleaded guilty to one charge of a Hobbs Act robbery, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut, said. Hobbs applies in instances of interstate or foreign attempted or real robbery. Between the time of the carjacking and his arrest, Smith robbed 7 places including grocery stores, rental facilities, retailers, and an inn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The carjacking took place on July 26 around 11 p.m. in a Har…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Well-Known Man Killed After Crashing 1941 Classic Car, CT State Police Say Well-Known Man Killed After Crashing 1941 Classic Car, CT State Police Say
Well-Known Man Killed After Crashing 1941 Classic Car, CT State Police Say A well-known 75-year-old man was killed when he lost control of the classic car he was driving and was ejected from the vehicle.  Arthur Kelly of Southington was driving a 1941 Willys Model 441 on North Main St., in Southington, when he crossed the double yellow lines near Dunkin Donuts and collided with a parked, unoccupied vehicle off the road and shoulder, said Southington Police Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz. Kelly was ejected from his vehicle and sustained serious injuries. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, Dobratz said.  The classic car also rec…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Admits To Distributing Narcotics To Overdose Victim CT Man Admits To Distributing Narcotics To Overdose Victim
CT Man Admits To Distributing Narcotics To Overdose Victim A Connecticut man has waived his right to be indicted and admitted to selling drugs that led to the overdose of a 31-year-old woman who was under the influence of a slew of substances at the time of her death. Cheshire resident Thomas Halleran, 36, has pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin or fentanyl for his role in the fatal incident. On July 25 last year, members of the Southington Police Department and paramedics responded to a Southington residence, where there was an unresponsive 31-year-old old woman…

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by Zak Failla