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US Median Household Income Rises For First Time Since Before COVID-19 Pandemic US Median Household Income Rises For First Time Since Before COVID-19 Pandemic
US Median Household Income Rises For First Time Since Before Covid-19 Pandemic Real median household income in the United States rose for the first time in four years. The amount of to $80,610 in 2023 marked the first annual increase since 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a US Census Bureau report released this week. The report, Income in the United States: 2023, compares median household income by different characteristics, including race and Hispanic origin, and shows that not all groups had an increase in median household incomes from 2022 to 2023. Household characteristics are determined by the person, or one of the people, who owns or rents t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
4 Suspects On Run After Targeting Aisle Of Items At Darien Whole Foods 4 Suspects On Run After Targeting Aisle Of Items At Darien Whole Foods
4 Suspects On Run After Targeting Aisle Of Items At Darien Whole Foods Authorities are searching for four people involved in the coordinated theft of vitamins and supplements from a Connecticut Whole Foods supermarket.  The incident happened in Fairfield County on Thursday, June 6 around 6:15 p.m., when four people targeted the vitamin and supplement section at the Whole Foods in Darien at 150 Ledge Rd., Darien Police announced on Thursday, June 13. Surveillance footage of the incident revealed that a Hispanic woman in a white shirt and hair clip scouted the aisle while followed by two Hispanic men who acted as distractions.  One of the men was…

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by Ben Crnic
News
37-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In New Haven 37-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In New Haven
37-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In New Haven A 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a train in New Haven. The man was found dead around 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, along the tracks behind the New Haven Fire Department's training academy on Ella T. Grasso Blvd., said Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA.  An investigation determined that the man -- identified as Hispanic -- was struck at approximately 6:15 p.m. by Amtrak Train No. 140, which is the 12:25 p.m. departure from Washington, D.C., scheduled to arrive at Springfield, Massachusetts, at 8:03 p.m., Donovan said. Metro-North customers were advised to expect delays o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Resident Accused Of Yelling Racial Slur, Spitting At Man After Crash Fairfield County Resident Accused Of Yelling Racial Slur, Spitting At Man After Crash
Fairfield County Resident Accused Of Yelling Racial Slur, Spitting At Man After Crash A Fairfield County man was arrested for allegedly spitting in the face of a Hispanic man and yelling racial slurs following a traffic accident. The incident took place in Fairfield at the Stop & Shop gas station around 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. Fairfield Police responded to Villa Avenue for a crash. Once on the scene, police saw Stephen Saint Raymond, age 58, of Bridgeport, yelling and hitting the front of the other driver’s car, said Lt. Michael E. Paris, of the Fairfield Police. Saint Raymond also spit in the man's face and was yelling racial slurs throughout the inciden…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Groping Suspect Sought In Fairfield County Groping Suspect Sought In Fairfield County
Groping Suspect Sought In Fairfield County Police in Fairfield County are seeking assistance in the attempt to identify a suspect in two recent groping incidents. The incidents took place in Stamford on Sunday, April 10 on the east side. Police responded to two separate calls in which victims were groped by a Hispanic man in his 20s to 30s, said Lt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police. "Based on the description of the suspect that was provided by each victim, it is believed that the same suspect was involved in each incident," Scanlon said. Know him?Stamford Police Department The suspect is described as having a medium skin ton…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station
Man Steals Car As Woman Pumps Gas At CT Exxon Station A woman was carjacked at a Connecticut gas station and police said that the suspect threatened to shoot her when she attempted to intervene. In Hartford County, officers from the Southington Police Department responded to the Exxon Station on Queen Street at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, where there was a reported car jacking. Police said that the woman reported that she had just finished pumping gas in her 2014 BMW X3 when she saw a man get into the driver's seat of her vehicle. The victim said she jumped in the front passenger seat to confront the man, who allegedly told …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Searching For Suspect Who Shot, Killed Connecticut Man Police Searching For Suspect Who Shot, Killed Connecticut Man
Police Searching For Suspect Who Shot, Killed Connecticut Man Police in Connecticut are searching for a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a 35-year-old man. William Gonzalez, age 35, of East Hartford, was found shot around 7:30 a.m., Saturday, April 24 when officers responded to a report of shots fired outside in the area of a parking lot near Elm and Olmstead streets in East Hartford, said Lieutenant Joshua Litwin. When officers arrived in the area, they found Gonzalez suffering from two apparent gunshot wounds.   Officers administered CPR to Gonzalez until East Hartford Fire Department paramedics arrived on the scene and continue…

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by Kathy Reakes