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Man Charged With Wolcott Killing Now Nabbed For Sex Assault
A Connecticut man who is charged with manslaughter for allegedly running over and killing a woman on purpose has been arrested again for an alleged sexual assault. The assault occurred in Tolland County in August 2023 in the parking lot of a Coventry commercial business. According to Coventry Police, James Sadlowski, age 31, with no address known, was charged on Tuesday, April 30, after a lengthy investigation into the sexual assault. Coventry Police said the victim had only met Sadlowski that evening. He was identified with the assistance of the Cromwell and Wolcott Police, along with con…
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed 7 Years After Raping Waterbury Woman While Posing As Cop, Police Say
After seven years, a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Connecticut while posing as a police officer has been caught. Niamkey Amichia, age 33, of Pierce County, Washington, wanted for a New Haven County sexual assault in Waterbury in Nov. 2016, was arrested by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for an unrelated sexual assault. When police in Washington ran Amichia's DNA profile they got a hit for the Waterbury crime, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. Amichia was extradited to Waterbury on Friday, Dec. 22. He was charged with: Home invasion Sexual assa…
Police & Fire
Drug Bust: Shelton Police Find Man With Narcotics, Guns, More
A Connecticut man has been taken into custody after the belief he was running a narcotics ring in the area led police to search his home. On Tuesday, Dec. 19 in Fairfield County, the Shelton Police Department raided the home of Carlos Baez Jr., age 28. The department, alongside the Statewide Narcotics Task Force Southwest Office (SNTF-SW), Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force, the Connecticut State Police Violent Crime Task Force, the DEA, and more suspected that Baez, a Shelton resident, was distributing narcotics throughout the greater Valley area. Baez Jr.’s C…
Police & Fire
Latest Update: Woman Caused Daughter's Death By Bringing Her Into River In Cromwell: Police
A 24-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly intentionally drowning her 2-year-old child in the Connecticut River following several crashes, police announced. Middlesex County resident Devoni Miller of Cromwell was arrested by Connecticut State Police on Thursday, Dec. 21 in connection with the death of her daughter, Deroyal Miller, in September 2023, authorities announced. State Police took Miller into custody shortly after she was arrested by Cromwell Police in connection to a crash that occurred just before the child's death. Earlier Repo…
Police & Fire
Female Prison Guard Assaulted At Bridgeport Correctional
A prison guard was injured during an assault by an inmate at the Bridgeport Correctional Center. The assault took place in Bridgeport on Wednesday, Aug. 2 when the prisoners grabbed the officer as she conducted routine duties. During the attack, the guard was pushed into a metal storage bin and struck repeatedly, said Ashley McCarthy, director of External Affairs for the Connecticut Department of Corrections. The guard required treatment at a local hospital and is currently at home recovering from her injuries, McCarthy added. "We are deeply troubled a person in our custody injured one of…
Police & Fire
CT Man Impersonates Officer: Threatens To Arrest Victims Before Befriending Them, Police Say
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly impersonating an officer in Tolland County and threatening to arrest two victims before offering to have a beer with them, police said. Windham County resident David Wright of Ashford, age 58, was arrested on Thursday, June 15 after allegedly impersonating a police officer in Mansfield, according to state police. Wright's arrest stemmed from an incident that happened on Wednesday, June 14 around 5 or 6 p.m., when both a woman and a man were driving around Mansfield in a Volkswagon Jetta before coming to a stop at a stop sign to look up directio…
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Escaped Inmate From CT Apprehended In Georgia
A 31-year-old man who escaped while serving a sentence in Fairfield County for a robbery charge was apprehended in Georgia. The Henry County Sheriff's Office in Georgia announced on Saturday, Oct. 1, that Forenza Rakeem Murphy was arrested. Authorities reported that Murphy left a Connecticut Department of Corrections Halfway House in Bridgeport on Monday, Aug. 8, and had been on the run ever since. "It was a great collaborative effort with The Connecticut DOC that led to the apprehension of Murphy," Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett said in the announcement.
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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 …
Police & Fire
Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust
Two convicted felons are facing new charges after being busted during a search and seizure in Connecticut, police announced. In New Haven County, police officers in Waterbury assigned to the department’s Vice and Intelligence Division executed a search warrant at a William Street apartment following an investigation into drug sales in the region. At the apartment, investigators located suspect Quentin Boone, age 28, who was with a second man, Litchfield County resident Douglas Elliott, age 34, of Torrington, both of whom are convicted felons with prior narcotic felony-related convictions wh…
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CT Teen Charged In Connection To Death Of 22-Year-Old Found Dead Inside Car
A Connecticut teenager has been charged with manslaughter in the death of another man who he allegedly shot while firing a gun in the man's vehicle. Charles Hill, age 19, of New Haven, was arrested on Wednesday, March 9, in connection with the Saturday, Jan, 15 shooting death of 22-year-old Herman Bellamy in Hamden. Hill was allegedly firing a gun inside Bellamy's vehicle at another vehicle when a bullet struck Bellamy, who was driving, killing him, said Det. Sean Dolan, of the Hamden Police Department. Following an intensive investigation, Hill was developed as a suspect and was arrested …
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