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Darrin McKay

Police & Fire
Police In CT Investigating Assault Of Girl First Reported As Possible Kidnapping Police In CT Investigating Assault Of Girl First Reported As Possible Kidnapping
Police In CT Investigating Assault Of Girl First Reported As Possible Kidnapping Police in Connecticut are investigating after receiving numerous calls of an alleged kidnapping of a girl that turned out to be an assault. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22 on Golden Street in Meriden.  According to Lt. Darrin McKay of the Meriden Police, after receiving the calls, officers responded to the area and found an unoccupied vehicle. Officers then went to the address of the car's owner and found a man who said he was involved in the altercation, McKay said. Detectives, who took over the investigation, learned there was video survei…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
CT School Locked Down As Police Investigate Reports Of Student With Gun CT School Locked Down As Police Investigate Reports Of Student With Gun
CT School Locked Down As Police Investigate Reports Of Student With Gun A high school in Connecticut was placed in its lockdown protocol following reports of a student who was allegedly in possession of a handgun. In New Haven County, the Meriden Police Department responded to the Orville H. Platt High School on Coe Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, where there was a report of a student possibly with the weapon. According to police, parents who feel compelled to respond to the school should report to Centennial Plaza at the location of the old Stop & Shop supermarket. Meriden Police Lt. Darrin McKay said that this is an active investigatio…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Three Pipe Bombs Located Under City Bridge; Bomb Squad Called In Three Pipe Bombs Located Under City Bridge; Bomb Squad Called In
Three Pipe Bombs Located Under City Bridge; Bomb Squad Called In State police bomb squad investigators completed a search of a body of water in Meriden after a third pipe bomb was located. The incident took place over the weekend sometime on Saturday, Nov. 15, or Sunday, Nov. 15, in the area by Red Bridge on Oregon Road, said Meriden Police Sgt. Darrin McKay. This was the third such device located in the water in the area of Red Bridge since the beginning of this year.  To help with the investigation, and because of the number of bombs located, Meriden Police reached out to the state police for their assistance, McKay said. “Given the fact th…

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by Kathy Reakes