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Video: Shooting Incident At CT Police Station Under Investigation By Inspector General Video: Shooting Incident At CT Police Station Under Investigation By Inspector General
Video: Shooting Incident At CT Police Station Under Investigation By Inspector General A shooting incident at a Connecticut police department is under investigation by the Office of Inspector General together with the Connecticut State Police Central District Major Crime Squad. The shooting took place in Hartford County at the Bristol Police Department on Thursday, Oct. 5. During the incident, a lone woman, later identified as Suzanne Laprise, age 51, of Bristol, entered the lobby of the Bristol Police Department at 131 North Main St.  She approached the front lobby desk office windows and banged on the windows with a handgun, said the Inspector General's…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Dies After Falling Out Of Moving Pickup Driven By Harwinton Resident Teen Dies After Falling Out Of Moving Pickup Driven By Harwinton Resident
Teen Dies After Falling Out Of Moving Pickup Driven By Harwinton Resident Connecticut State Police are investigating after a 17-year-old girl died after falling out of a moving pickup truck. The incident took place in Hartford County on Fairfield Drive in the town of Burlington on Sunday, around 1:25 a.m., Sunday, May 21. State police said the truck, a 2013 Chevy Silverado, was traveling in an unknown direction when Sophie Ringquist, of Burlington, the front seat passenger, fell out from the vehicle as it was moving. Ringquist was transported to Bristol Hospital and was later pronounced dead. The truck was being driven by an 18-year-old Litchfield County r…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Shooting Victim Still Critical Three Days After Bumping Into Suspect At Strip Club Shooting Victim Still Critical Three Days After Bumping Into Suspect At Strip Club
Shooting Victim Still Critical Three Days After Bumping Into Suspect At Strip Club A man is suspected of shooting a fellow bar patron in the head and arm after the victim bumped into him at a bar. The altercation happened on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Rockstar Cabaret in Wolcott, police said, when the victim bumped into the suspect, which ignited an argument. Rockstar is a strip club that boasts more than 100 dancers.  The suspected shooter then left Rockstar and the victim left afterward as a passenger in his brother's car police said. The victim saw the man he had bumped into in another car that was turning out of the bar parking onto Wolcott Road, police said. The …

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by Christina Coulter
Police & Fire
Man Pronounced Dead Shortly After Being Pulled From Lake In Litchfield County Man Pronounced Dead Shortly After Being Pulled From Lake In Litchfield County
Man Pronounced Dead Shortly After Being Pulled From Lake In Litchfield County A man was pronounced dead at an area hospital shortly after he was pulled from a lake in Litchfield County. Litchfield County Dispatched received a 911 report at around 6 p.m. Sunday, July 5 from a woman in Plymouth reporting she could no longer see a man who had been swimming in Lake Winfield in the area of Seymour Road and that she believed he was underwater. Members of the Terryville Fire Department performed a water rescue and pulled the man from the water, Plymouth Police said. Members from the Terryville FD and Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps performed CPR at the scene. …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
COVID-19: These CT Locations Are Offering Drive-Up Testing COVID-19: These CT Locations Are Offering Drive-Up Testing
Covid-19: These CT Locations Are Offering Drive-Up Testing With Connecticut ramping up testing for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) many healthcare facilities and pharmacies are now offering drive-up testing to those advised to get tested by a doctor. More than two dozen drive-up testing facilities that will be open to the public, provided patients have a note from a healthcare professional saying they should be tested for COVID-19. Hospitals providing drive-up testing: Bridgeport Hospital Bristol Hospital Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (Torrington) Danbury Hospital Greenwich Hospital Hartford Hospital Johnson Memorial Hospital (Stafford Springs) Lawr…

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by Zak Failla
Business
COVID-19: These Companies Are Hiring In Connecticut COVID-19: These Companies Are Hiring In Connecticut
Covid-19: These Companies Are Hiring In Connecticut With thousands of people out of work amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some employers in Connecticut have stepped up and are looking for new workers. Nationwide, most bars, restaurants and other non-essential businesses have been closed for week due to fears of spreading COVID-19, though many grocery stores have seen an uptick in shoppers as store shelves continue being stripped clean. In Connecticut, the Department of Labor has received hundreds of thousands of unemployment insurance claims since the COVID-19 outbreak began, with even more expected as the pandemic continues. …

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by Zak Failla