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Cold Case Arrest: 17 Years Later CT Murder Suspect Nabbed Out Of State
A man is in custody for allegedly killing an 18-year-old Connecticut man 17 years earlier.
Ramon Smith, age 35, was extradited back to Connecticut from Warren, Maine, on Tuesday, June 4, where he was arrested on a warrant charging him with murder and criminal possession of a firearm in connection with the Sunday, March 25, 2007 death of Joshua McClelland of Hartford.
According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police, on March 25, 2007, at approximately 6:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the area of 250 Blue Hills Avenue.
Upon arriv…
CT Inspector General Investigating After Woman Dies In Police Custody
The Connecticut Office of Inspector General is investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman who was in police custody.
Linda Praylow, of Hartford, died in a holding cell on Sunday, April 7, while in the custody of the Hartford Police.
She was arrested on Friday, April 5, for two outstanding warrants and held on a $20,000 bond. Police did not say what the warrants were for.
On Sunday, during the early morning hours, Praylow was discovered unresponsive in her cell, Inspector General Robert Devlin Jr. said.
Devlin said Hartford Police rendered medical aid, and American Medi…
Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Crash In East Hartford, Claims Someone Else Drove, Police Say
An East Hartford man faces manslaughter charges after allegedly causing a fatal accident that left a Massachusetts woman dead and then telling authorities that he was not the driver, police said.
East Hartford resident Ricardo Figueroa, age 24, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 16 for his role in a fatal Hartford County crash on Route 2 in East Hartford on March 13, 2022, that left one woman dead, according to state police.
On the day of the crash, which happened adjacent to the Route 2 westbound entrance ramp, a Toyota Corolla with three people inside had collided with a Hyund…
Teen, Woman Injured In Shooting On CT Street
Two people were injured, one critically, in a shooting on a busy Connecticut street.
The shooting took place in Hartford around 7 p.m., Sunday, April 24, at 18 Townley St., next to Saint Francis Hospital.
According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, officers responded to the area after receiving calls of shots fired and found evidence of a shooting, but no victims.
While on the scene, two victims arrived at an area hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds, Boisvert said.
The first victim, a woman in her 30s, was suffering from a single gunshot wound and is liste…
Man Killed After Car Crashes Into Guardrail On I-84
A man was killed after a car crashed into a guardrail on a stretch of I-84 in Connecticut.
It happened just before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14, in Hartford.
A 2005 Toyota Corolla was traveling in the right lane of I-84 eastbound, near Exit 46, in Hartford.
For an unknown reason, the car traveled from the right lane to the left shoulder until it hit a metal beam guardrail, according to Connecticut State Police.
The driver of the Corolla, Jesse Joseph Perez, age 31, of Bristol, was transported with serious injuries to Saint Francis Hospital, where he was later p…
One Dead, Three Injured After SUV Crashes Into Parked Tractor-Trailer In CT
A Connecticut man was killed and three others seriously injured during a single-vehicle crash.
Blanchard Baisden, age 39, of East Hartford, was killed around 12:27 a.m., Sunday, April 25, during a crash in the area of Fraser Pace in Hartford, said Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police.
According to Boisvert, when officers arrived on the scene they found a gray 2003 Nissan Pathfinder had crashed into the rear end of a parked, unoccupied, semi-tractor trailer.
Baisden, the driver, was pronounced dead on the scene, he said.
A 36-year-old female passenger was transported to Ha…
