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Missing Diver: Friends Continue Search For Former East Hartford Police Officer In Bahamas Missing Diver: Friends Continue Search For Former East Hartford Police Officer In Bahamas
Missing Diver: Friends Continue Search For Former East Hartford Police Officer In Bahamas Friends and family members of a former Connecticut police officer are continuing their search for the missing man who disappeared while free-diving in the Bahamas. To help fund the mission for Hartford County resident Ryan Proulx, age 31, of East Hartford, the group has started a GoFundMe in an effort to raise enough money to keep the mission going now that the US Coast Guard has called off the search. Shelby Morin, who started the fundraiser said that Proulx who worked for the East Hartford Police Department from 2017 to 2021, went missing around 6 p.m. on Friday, June 16 near the Bimini B…
Suspect Killed, Clerk Shot, In East Hartford Store Robbery, Police Say Suspect Killed, Clerk Shot, In East Hartford Store Robbery, Police Say
Suspect Killed, Clerk Shot, In East Hartford Store Robbery, Police Say An alleged suspect was shot and killed while struggling with an employee, who was also shot, during an attempted robbery at a Connecticut store.  The incident took place in East Hartford around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Humble & Paid Company at 1285 Main St. According to East Hartford Officer Marc Caruso, two suspects wearing black ski masks entered the business with the intention of committing a robbery.  A brief struggle took place between the store clerk and one of the suspects, identified as Jashar Haslam, age 26, of Hartford, who pulled out a firearm. Du…
Suspect Apprehended After Fleeing  Hartford Superior Court Without Shoes Suspect Apprehended After Fleeing  Hartford Superior Court Without Shoes
Suspect Apprehended After Fleeing Hartford Superior Court Without Shoes A 24-year-old man who brazenly left a Connecticut courthouse in the middle of a proceeding has been apprehended. Marico Ellis, age 24, went missing from Hartford Superior Court just after noontime on Thursday, Aug. 25, wearing a black shirt and pants, according to Connecticut State Police. The underlying charges for which Ellis was at court for include firearms, narcotics, and felony assault violations.  Ellis, a resident of Hartford, was not wearing shoes at the time, police said. Ellis ran out of court during a judicial hearing, during which his bond was being increased, …
Silver Alert Issued For Missing East Hartford Man Silver Alert Issued For Missing East Hartford Man
Silver Alert Issued For Missing East Hartford Man A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Connecticut man who suffers from advanced dementia. Irwin Alleyne, age 86, of East Hartford, was reported missing from his residence on Sunday, Aug. 7 around noon. Alleyne is described as being a Black male, 5-foot-4, 145 pounds, bald, with a small beard, said the East Hartford Police. He was last seen wearing jeans and a white jersey with a red neck and sleeves, police said. He is believed to be driving a gray 2012 Toyota RAV4 with license tag CT 544LDK. Alleyne suffers from advanced dementia and is likely lost and or confused,…
16-Year-Old East Hartford Boy Drowns In Pool Overnight, Police Say 16-Year-Old East Hartford Boy Drowns In Pool Overnight, Police Say
16-Year-Old East Hartford Boy Drowns In Pool Overnight, Police Say A 16-year-old Connecticut boy drowned in a public pool overnight after jumping the fenced property to enter the pool. The incident took place in East Hartford shortly after midnight, on Thursday, July 28, at the Terry Pool, located in Hockanum Park at 320 High St. Police responded to Terry Pool on a report of juveniles inside the fenced area of the property, said Officer Marc Caruso, of the East Hartford Police. While en route police received further information that someone may be underwater. When officers arrived on the scene they found juveniles attempting to pull an unresponsive m…
CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution, Gun Possession CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution, Gun Possession
CT Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution, Gun Possession A Fairfield County man who admitted to selling dangerous fentanyl pills disguised as pain medication will spend two and a half years in prison. Stratford resident Luis Colon, age 51, was sentenced to 32 months behind bars Tuesday, July 12, in federal court in Hartford. It followed his March 2021 guilty pleas to charges of conspiring to possess and distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Federal prosecutors said Colon, who is also known as “Big Lou” and “Hitman,” sold approximately 300 fentanyl pills that were disguised as oxycodone to a co-conspirator. Fentanyl is a …
Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From Marlborough Big Y Par Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From Marlborough Big Y Par
Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From Marlborough Big Y Par A Connecticut man and a teen have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping, carjacking, and brutal beating of a woman from a supermarket parking lot last year. On Tuesday, March 1, state police arrested Kenneth Gordon, age 20, of Hartford, and a 16-year-old boy following a five-month investigation into the events which took place at the Big Y parking lot in Marlborough on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2021. At the time of the crime, police said the 64-year-old woman was getting into her car with groceries when she was approached by two masked men who demanded money.  When she resisted, the two, a…
Man Found Shot Dead Outside East Hartford Bar Man Found Shot Dead Outside East Hartford Bar
Man Found Shot Dead Outside East Hartford Bar Despite a hostile crowd, police in Connecticut responding to a report of shots fired, found a man shot to death lying in a parking lot. The incident took place around 12:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 20, when East Hartford Police rushed to the Malibu Sports Bar and Lounge, 808 Silver Lane, on the report of someone shot. When officers arrived on the scene, they found an unconscious adult male victim in the parking lot, said Lieutenant Joshua Litwin of the East Hartford Police Department. Despite an uncooperative crowd that was hostile toward police, officers performed CPR on the victim for sev…
IDs Released For Man, Woman Killed After Being Hit By Cars In East Hartford IDs Released For Man, Woman Killed After Being Hit By Cars In East Hartford
IDs Released For Man, Woman Killed After Being Hit By Cars In East Hartford The identities have been released for two pedestrians hit and killed in Connecticut. Hartford County residents Bianka Romero, age 21, of Windsor, and Marc Plaza, age 22, of East Hartford, were found dead in East Hartford shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, May 24. Emergency units from the East Hartford Police and Fire departments responded and located the two unresponsive adults in the roadway, in the area of Roberts Street between Forbes Street and Olde Roberts Street,  said Lieutenant Joshua Litwin of the East Hartford Police Department. They were transported by ambulance to a local hospi…
CT Gang Member Known As 'Mafia' Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl CT Gang Member Known As 'Mafia' Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl
CT Gang Member Known As 'Mafia' Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl A Connecticut gang member known as “Mafia” with a rap sheet that spans decades will spend more than three years in prison after admitting to distributing fentanyl. New Haven resident Anthony “Mafia” Esposito, age 52, was sentenced this week in federal court to 46 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Durham said that in 2018, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force began investigating Ricardo Reyes, also known as “Rick the Ruler,” a member of the Los Solidos stree…
East Hartford Man Accused Of Making Videos Of Him Sexually Assaulting Child East Hartford Man Accused Of Making Videos Of Him Sexually Assaulting Child
East Hartford Man Accused Of Making Videos Of Him Sexually Assaulting Child A Connecticut man could face up to 50 years in prison after he allegedly filmed himself sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.  Authorities carried out a warrant to search the residence, computer, cell phone, Google Photos account, and computer storage media of 30-year-old Saeed Mustapha Moussa, in September of 2020 after receiving a complaint that a video depicting his sexual assault on a young child was stored on his cell phone, according to the office of U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham.  Moussa faces one felony count of production of child pornography, which carri…
East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight
East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight The East Hartford Police Department’s Glock guns don’t shoot straight, according to the East Hartford Police Officer’s Association. To fix the flaw, officers are being told to adjust the sights on their firearms and shoot a little to the right, association officials said. Meanwhile, a representative for the police department acknowledged there had been a problem with some of the guns, but told The Hartford Courant that the police department has been working with the Glock company to fix any problems. “If one of our members were to be involved in a shotting tonight where something or someon…