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CT  20-Year-Old Nabbed For Racing BMW On I-95, Police Say CT  20-Year-Old Nabbed For Racing BMW On I-95, Police Say
CT 20-Year-Old Nabbed For Racing BMW On I-95, Police Say A Fairfield County man driving a blue 2016 BMW was charged with racing another BMW after he allegedly fled from police when they attempted to stop the duo. The incident began around 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 18, in New Haven County in Milford when Milford Police notified Connecticut State Police of the two vehicles on I-95.  According to state police, a responding trooper located two BMWs on I-95 northbound in the area of Exit 44, weaving in and out of traffic and traveling at speeds of excess of 90 mph.  When troopers attempted to stop the cars, the blue BMW took off cut…
Driving Dangerously: CT 25-Year-Old Flees After Attempted Stop, Police Say Driving Dangerously: CT 25-Year-Old Flees After Attempted Stop, Police Say
Driving Dangerously: CT 25-Year-Old Flees After Attempted Stop, Police Say A Connecticut man has been charged with driving dangerously and fleeing police when they attempted to stop. him. New Haven County resident Henry White, age 25, of Waterbury was arrested on a warrant on Monday, June 26, for the incident which started in Beacon Falls on Route 8 on Friday, June 16. According to Connecticut State Police, a trooper patrolling Route 8 southbound in the area of Beacon Falls, was traveling in the left lane when he spotted a silver Honda Accord with heavily tinted windows approaching the rear of his cruiser at a high rate of speed. In an effort to view the registr…
Man Involved In Fight At CT McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say Man Involved In Fight At CT McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say
Man Involved In Fight At CT McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say A police officer was struck by a car and a New York man armed with a gun was apprehended following a fight inside a McDonald's in Connecticut. The incident took place in Fairfield County around 2:40 p.m., Friday, May 5 at the McDonald's in Stamford on Bedford Street. According to Capt. Chris Baker of the Stamford Police, two officers were working an extra duty job directing traffic when a McDonald's employee called to them for help with a fight inside the restaurant. The two officers entered the restaurant and found several people arguing and fighting. Additional officers were dispatc…
CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant
CT 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…
Duo Lead Police On Multi-State Chase In Stolen Vehicle Starting In CT: Police Duo Lead Police On Multi-State Chase In Stolen Vehicle Starting In CT: Police
Duo Lead Police On Multi-State Chase In Stolen Vehicle Starting In CT: Police Two men face charges after stealing a vehicle and leading authorities on a multi-state chase that started in Fairfield County and finally ended in Westchester, police said.  The incident started on Wednesday, March 22 around 6 p.m., when police in Stamford tried stopping a 2019 Range Rover that was stolen from Florham Park, New Jersey, according to Westchester County Police Spokesman Kieran O'Leary.  The vehicle then fled from authorities on Interstate 95 and crossed the border into Westchester, where Stamford Police ended their chase.  From there, the stolen …
CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say
CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say A Connecticut 26-year-old man wanted for allegedly taking police on a pursuit was nabbed at an area mall with a gun, drugs, and counterfeit money. Kayvon McCoy, of New Haven, was arrested on Tuesday, March 14 after a Milford police officer recognized a vehicle in the parking lot of the Connecticut Post Mall from the pursuit, Milford Police said.  McCoy had an active arrest warrant stemming from the incident. Police initiated a traffic stop and determined that McCoy was the driver of the vehicle.  He was taken into custody on an arrest warrant. The vehicle was unregister…
Trader Joe's Thieves Nabbed In CT: Duo Caught With Wallet, Phones, Police Say Trader Joe's Thieves Nabbed In CT: Duo Caught With Wallet, Phones, Police Say
Trader Joe's Thieves Nabbed In CT: Duo Caught With Wallet, Phones, Police Say A Darien Police detective on the lookout for wallet thieves at the Darien Trader Joe's nabbed two men who allegedly stole a woman's wallet and several cell phones. The incident took place around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 at Trader Joe's at 436 Post Road. The Darien detective was aware of numerous thefts of wallets occurring at Trader Joe's in Darien and others in surrounding towns and was looking for suspicious activity, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros, of the Darien Police. While sitting in the parking lot he spotted two men walking from Post Road and entering the store.  The de…
Teens Crash Stolen Car: Norwich Boy Among Trio Nabbed After Fleeing Teens Crash Stolen Car: Norwich Boy Among Trio Nabbed After Fleeing
Teens Crash Stolen Car: Norwich Boy Among Trio Nabbed After Fleeing Three teens have been charged after allegedly fleeing from police in a stolen car, crashing, and then running away in an attempt to escape. The three were nabbed in Trumbull on Friday, Jan. 17 On Friday, Jan. 13, after an officer noticed a Kia Optima in the parking lot of the Westfield Trumbull Mall that had been reported stolen out of New York City. As the officer proceeded to follow the Kia, the car exited the mall and drove through nearby residential streets in an attempt to lose the officer, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police. The car began accelerating at a high rate of …
Connecticut Woman, Age 27, Faces Multiple Charges After Fleeing Attempted Stop, Police Say Connecticut Woman, Age 27, Faces Multiple Charges After Fleeing Attempted Stop, Police Say
Connecticut Woman, Age 27, Faces Multiple Charges After Fleeing Attempted Stop, Police Say A Connecticut woman is in trouble for leading authorities on a chase after they attempted to pull her over in Westchester County, police said.  On Monday, Nov. 28, around 8:45 a.m., police attempted to pull over a vehicle on Interstate 95 southbound in Rye for a traffic violation. After the vehicle failed to stop, a chase began, according to New York State Police.  The vehicle then eventually left I-95 at exit 18B in White Plains and briefly pulled over on the right shoulder before again driving off, police said. Police then stopped the pursuit when the vehicle entered the villag…
CT Man Flees Troopers In Stolen Mustang, Crashes Into Mailboxes, Police Say CT Man Flees Troopers In Stolen Mustang, Crashes Into Mailboxes, Police Say
CT Man Flees Troopers In Stolen Mustang, Crashes Into Mailboxes, Police Say A 21-year-old man was charged after police said he fled from troopers in a stolen Ford Mustang and crashed into mailboxes in Connecticut. At about 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, troopers were investigating a report that a vehicle was stolen at 12:45 a.m. in the Tolland County town of Willington, and while at a home on Ashford Center Road in Ashford, they saw the stolen Ford Mustang driving west, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers recognized the driver as Jacob Cormier, of Willington, police said. The Mustang sped away and troopers lost sight of it, authorities reported.  Tro…
Trio Apprehended After Larceny At North Stonington Hotel, Police Pursuit, Authorities Say Trio Apprehended After Larceny At North Stonington Hotel, Police Pursuit, Authorities Say
Trio Apprehended After Larceny At North Stonington Hotel, Police Pursuit, Authorities Say Three men were apprehended following a police pursuit after troopers received a report of a larceny at a Connecticut hotel. Troopers in New London County responded to a report of a disturbance involving a firearm at the Bellissimo Grande Hotel, located at 411 Norwich-Westerly Road in North Stonington, at about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, according to Connecticut State Police. The complainant said three men took items from one or more vehicles on the property, and one of the men displayed a firearm in a threatening manner when the complainant approached him, police said. Author…
Connecticut Man Sentenced In Arson, Murder Scheme Connecticut Man Sentenced In Arson, Murder Scheme
Connecticut Man Sentenced In Arson, Murder Scheme A 33-year-old man was sentenced for his role in a plan to murder an individual and set fire to a Fairfield County business. George Rivera, of Danbury, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 29, to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. He pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon on Saturday, March 25, the US Attorney's Office said. According to the announcement, on April 2, 2018, police tried to pull over a car that was driving with unlit taillights.  The …
CT Trio Nabbed With Gun After Resident Reports Person Under Vehicle CT Trio Nabbed With Gun After Resident Reports Person Under Vehicle
CT Trio Nabbed With Gun After Resident Reports Person Under Vehicle Three Connecticut men were nabbed in Western Massachusetts for allegedly attempting to steal a catalytic converter thanks to a resident who spotted one of the men under a car, said police.  The incident took place around 6:45 a.m., Monday, Nov. 8, when the alert Hampden County resident notified the police in Holyoke of a suspicious person crawling out from under their neighbor's car with what appeared to be a catalytic converter. Officers responding spotted a vehicle matching the getaway vehicle described as a gold Acura on Old Jarvis turning onto Easthampton Road, said ​Holyoke PD Cap…