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18-Year-Old Nabbed For Crash That Killed Hartford Police Officer 18-Year-Old Nabbed For Crash That Killed Hartford Police Officer
18-Year-Old Nabbed For Crash That Killed Hartford Police Officer A man who allegedly drove under the influence and t-boned a police cruiser, killing one of the officers inside, has been arrested for the incident, authorities announced. On Thursday, Sept. 21, Connecticut State Police announced the arrest of Richard O. Barrington, age 18, for his role in a fatal Hartford County crash. The crash, which occurred in the city of Hartford, happened on Wednesday, Sept. 6 just before 10:30 p.m. A 2014 Chevrolet Impala Hartford Police car was traveling east on Asylum Street near the intersection of Broad Street with the emergency lights on, making its way to t…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Hartford Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant Hartford Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant
Hartford Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill an on-duty state police sergeant. The incident took place in Hartford on Monday, April 24 around 10:30 a.m. on Asylum Street. According to state police, an on-duty sergeant, working in a plain-clothes capacity with his State Police badge displayed, was entering his assigned vehicle which was parked on Asylum Street in Hartford.  As the sergeant began to enter his vehicle, a man with long hair, wearing eyeglasses, seated in the driver’s seat of a silver Honda Accord began to shout at the sergeant and asked the sergea…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Arrest Made In Samurai Sword Attack That Left A Hartford Landlord Decapitated Arrest Made In Samurai Sword Attack That Left A Hartford Landlord Decapitated
Arrest Made In Samurai Sword Attack That Left A Hartford Landlord Decapitated A man accused of decapitating his landlord with a samurai sword has been arrested and is being held on a $2 million bond. Jerry Thompson is being charged with killing his roommate and landlord Victor King in his Asylum Street house. King told police on Saturday, July 25, that Thompson had threatened him with the sword after asking him to move out for not paying rent, Fox61 is reporting. At the behest of one of King’s friends, the next day, police a well-being check on King and found him in the kitchen surrounded by blood, decapitated. Police apprehended Thompson while he was driving on …

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by Kristin Palpini