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Double Murder, Kidnapping Case: Newtown Native Gets 55-Year Sentence
A 26-year-old former UConn student has been sentenced to prison for the horrific killings of two men and the kidnapping of a woman.
Fairfield County native Peter Manfredonia, age 26, who grew up in Newtown, who currently has an address in Tolland County in Mansfield, was sentenced on Wednesday, April 19 to 55 years in prison in a 2020 murder and kidnapping case under a plea agreement, according to NBC Connecticut.
Manfredonia admitted to killing 62-year-old Ted DeMers, in Willington on Friday, May 22, 2020, officials said in an arrest warrant.
DeMers, according to the warrant, was fo…
CT Man Flees Troopers In Stolen Mustang, Crashes Into Mailboxes, Police Say
A 21-year-old man was charged after police said he fled from troopers in a stolen Ford Mustang and crashed into mailboxes in Connecticut.
At about 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, troopers were investigating a report that a vehicle was stolen at 12:45 a.m. in the Tolland County town of Willington, and while at a home on Ashford Center Road in Ashford, they saw the stolen Ford Mustang driving west, according to Connecticut State Police.
Troopers recognized the driver as Jacob Cormier, of Willington, police said.
The Mustang sped away and troopers lost sight of it, authorities reported.
Tro…
CT Woman Charged With Negligent Homicide After Striking 3-Year-Old Son With Minivan, Police Say
A Connecticut woman is facing a negligent homicide with a motor vehicle charge after police said she fatally struck her 3-year-old son with a minivan last year.
Jessica Raymond, age 34, from the Tolland County town of Willington, was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, according to Connecticut State Police.
According to the arrest warrant, at about 5 p.m. on May 3, 2020, a state trooper was waved down by a man screaming for help.
The trooper pulled into the driveway, located on Tolland Turnpike, and the man allegedly said his son was hit by a vehicle his wife was driving and ne…
Candidate Accused of Domestic Violence, Dropped Out Of Race, May Still Win GOP Nomination
Early voting results indicate that a man who was arrested and then dropped out of the primary election for Congressional Second District could win the nomination.
As of Wednesday, Aug. 12, morning, Republican Thomas Gilmer, who had dropped out of the race on Monday, Aug. 10, was leading Justin Anderson by just a handful of votes:
Gilmer: 7,875
Anderson: 7,797
Gilmer, 29, of Madison, was arrested Monday, Aug. 10, and charged with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation, police said.
The Connecticut GOP confirmed Aug. 11 that Gilmer had been arrested and drop…
Manfredonia Arrest Warrant Reveals Horrific Killing, Home Invasion
In harrowing detail, Connecticut State Police outlined the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two people allegedly at the hands of a Fairfield County college student in a newly released arrest warrant.
The warrant for Peter Manfredonia, 23, a 2015 Newtown High School graduate, released on Monday, June 29, details the University of Connecticut student's first attack on two men with a samurai sword who offered to give him a ride to his motorcycle.
In the warrant, witnesses outline how they discovered 62-year-old Ted DeMers in Willington, Connecticut, on Friday, May 22, along with John Fr…
Newtown HS Grad Back In Connecticut To Face Murder, Kidnapping, Other Charges
A former Fairfield County high school football standout charged with the murders of two people, kidnapping a woman, and other crimes, is under suicide watch after being returned to Connecticut to face charges.
Peter Manfredonia, 23, a UConn senior and 2015 Newtown High School graduate who was the subject of a national manhunt, was returned to the state from Maryland where he was captured after the rampage that began on Friday, May 22, in Willington, Connecticut, said Connecticut State Police.
During an arraignment on murder charges on Friday, June 12 for the Willington killing of an e…
