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13-Year-Old Girl Shot At CT Hospital 13-Year-Old Girl Shot At CT Hospital
13-Year-Old Girl Shot At CT Hospital A 13-year-old girl was shot in front of a large Connecticut hospital during what police are calling a gunfight between the occupants of two vehicles. The incident took place in New Haven around 2:30 a.m., Sunday, July 30 in front of Yale New Haven Hospital. Detectives have determined that the shooting was not a deliberate attack on the hospital or its personnel, said Capt. Rose Dell, of the New Haven Police.  Instead, video surveillance footage revealed that two vehicles were chasing each other near Howard Avenue and Park Street. One of the vehicles fired shots at the o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Know Him? Man Wanted By CT State Police For Escape On The Run Know Him? Man Wanted By CT State Police For Escape On The Run
Know Him? Man Wanted By CT State Police For Escape On The Run A Connecticut man wanted by state police for escape managed to evade police during a pursuit after he was found staying at an area hotel. The incident took place in Hartford County in Windsor Locks on Tuesday, May 30. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack of the Windsor Locks Police, officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on a gray 2019 Subaru with the Connecticut tag BH27022, being driven by Bruce Michaud, age 36.  Windsor Locks Police had information that Michaud, who is wanted by State Police for the charge of escape, was staying at a hotel in the area of Ella Grasso Turnpike in Wi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Caught With 'Numerous Catalytic Converters' After Fleeing Cops In Westchester, Police Say Man Caught With 'Numerous Catalytic Converters' After Fleeing Cops In Westchester, Police Say
Man Caught With 'Numerous Catalytic Converters' After Fleeing Cops In Westchester, Police Say A Connecticut man was apprehended after police said he traveled in a vehicle containing "numerous" catalytic converters in Westchester County and ran away from officers. Police responded to a report of a suspicious incident on Poningo Street in Port Chester on the morning of Saturday, June 4, and saw a vehicle leave the scene, according to the Port Chester Police Department. Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, and the vehicle led officers on a short pursuit onto Byram Road in Greenwich, before it struck a traffic island as it neared I-95, police said. When the vehicle became disab…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Assault, Carjacking In Fairfield County Man Charged With Assault, Carjacking In Fairfield County
Man Charged With Assault, Carjacking In Fairfield County A Fairfield County man was arrested for his involvement in a series of crimes that included assaulting and carjacking a woman at gunpoint. Jose Francisco Ramos, age 52, of Bridgeport, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 9, by US Marshals for the incident which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, said Lt. Brian Weir of the Trumbull Police. On Oct. 13, around 7:40 a.m., Trumbull Police received multiple calls about an armed carjacking at an office building on Corporate Drive, where a gun was displayed, Weir said. The victim reported that as she arrived for work and was sitting in her car…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike
Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike The man wanted on a host of charges who fled from Massachusetts State Police into a wooded area was tracked down and arrested. Middlesex County resident Luis Morales, age 29, of Lowell, was apprehended by state police in an apartment on Pawtucket Boulevard in Lowell on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Earlier this month the state police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section began assisting Lawrence Police in locating Morales, who was wanted on six separate warrants, including two for armed robbery and related firearms charges, said the state police.  After Morales fled an attempt to arrest him this…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say
CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say A Connecticut man who was allegedly found passed out in his vehicle from drugs and then attempted to run over a Connecticut State trooper has been arrested. Hartford County resident Steve Kaminski, age 35, of Enfield, was arrested on On Tuesday, May 25, on a warrant for the incident that took place on Friday, April 30 in front of the Home Depot in Enfield. The incident began when a state trooper was in the store parking lot when he was stopped by two men who told him there was a man passed out in a vehicle they could wake up, said the Connecticut State Police. The trooper pulled his cruise…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Sentenced For Deadly Fairfield County Crash Man Sentenced For Deadly Fairfield County Crash
Man Sentenced For Deadly Fairfield County Crash A New Haven County man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing a 61-year-old area woman and severely injuring two pedestrians while fleeing from police. Joseph Guzman-Rivera, 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Kevin Russo in Bridgeport for the crash which took place on Thursday, On Aug. 10, 2017, after he failed to stop for the police. Guzman-Rivera apologized to the family via video during sentencing at the Bridgeport Correctional Center. The crash took place when Guzman-Rivera fled from a State Trooper on I-95 and sped down Bridgeport stre…

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by Kathy Reakes