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Trinity College Grad Who Hired Hitmen To Kill Wife Over Affair Dies In Prison
Fred Neulander, the Cherry Hill rabbi who was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife, has died in New Jersey State Prison, the DOC website says.
Neulander, 82, was observed unresponsive by correctional officers inside a prison infirmary unit on Wednesday, April 17, according to NBCPhiladelphia.com and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Prison officials have not released a cause of death, however, he was listed as "deceased" on the state's Department of Corrections website.
Neulander — the founding rabbi of Congregation M’kor Shalom of Cherry Hill, a Reform Jewish synagogue — had been…
CT Inspector General Investigating After Woman Dies In Police Custody
The Connecticut Office of Inspector General is investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman who was in police custody.
Linda Praylow, of Hartford, died in a holding cell on Sunday, April 7, while in the custody of the Hartford Police.
She was arrested on Friday, April 5, for two outstanding warrants and held on a $20,000 bond. Police did not say what the warrants were for.
On Sunday, during the early morning hours, Praylow was discovered unresponsive in her cell, Inspector General Robert Devlin Jr. said.
Devlin said Hartford Police rendered medical aid, and American Medi…
US Marshals Nab Canadian Double Murder Suspect In CT
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a 2022 double homicide has been nabbed by the US Marshals Service in Connecticut.
Kensworth Alton Francis, 29, of Mississauga, Ontario, was arrested in Hartford on Tuesday, March 26.
York Regional Police said they are working to extradite Francis to the York Region.
According to Constable James Dickson of the York Regional Police, on Saturday, July 23, 2022, around 3:30 a.m., York Regional Police responded to the ATL Lounge in the City of Vaughan for a report of shots fired.
When officers arrived, they located three victims with gunshot …
Danbury Man Accused Of Trafficking Large Quantities Of Fentanyl
A Fairfield County man has been charged by indictment with fentanyl trafficking.
Jairo Abreu, age 31, of Danbury, was indicted on Tuesday, March 12, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, an investigation by the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and Hartford Police Department revealed that Abreu was trafficking fentanyl into Hartford.
Abreu was arrested on state charges on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Following his arrest, a search of his Danbury residence revealed approximately three k…
Missing Mom Case: Ex-Girlfriend Of Estranged Husband Convicted Of Murder Conspiracy
After three days of deliberations, a jury found the ex-girlfriend of the estranged husband of Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos guilty in connection with her disappearance nearly five years ago in a case in which Dulos, who has never been found, has been declared legally dead.
Related: Missing New Canaan Mom Of 5 Jennifer Dulos Declared Dead By Judge
Michelle Troconis, age 49, was found guilty in Stamford on Friday, March 1, of all counts including conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution, and evidence tampering.
She is being held on a $6 million bond,…
Double-Fatal CT Crash: Man, 44, Woman, 36, ID'd As Victims
A Connecticut man and a woman were killed in a single-car crash that left the vehicle upside down in a parking lot.
The collision occurred in Hartford around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 21 in the area of 1200 Park St.
According to Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert, Kevin McCrorey, age 44, and Emily Echevarria, age 34, both of Hartford, were found inside a red Cadillac XT5 by officers in a Park Street parking lot.
"Both suffered catastrophic injuries and were pronounced deceased on scene," Boisvert said.
The vehicle had struck a light pole, fence, transformer, concrete pole, and …
Wrong-Way DWI Arrest: CT Teen Nabbed With Gun, Narcotics In Car, Police Say
A teenager, who had just turned 18, was arrested after police allegedly found him stopped on a highway ramp in Connecticut, his car facing the wrong way.
The Hartford County incident happened in the city of Hartford on Sunday, Dec. 31 at around 4:30 a.m.
Alex Ortiz, who turned 18 earlier in the month, was allegedly found by police in a 2012 gray Honda Accord stopped on a ramp on Interstate 84 near Exit 50.
Connecticut State Police said that Ortiz’s car was facing the wrong way on the ramp and that a firearm was in plain view in the backseat.
During a search of the vehicle, Ortiz, a To…
CT 20-Year-Old Charged With Murder Of Man Found Lying In Driveway
A 20-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with the murder of another man found dead in a driveway.
Sahvone Valentine, of Hartford, was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 12, for his involvement in the homicide of Abdul-Jalil Humphrey on Friday, July 14, in New Haven County on Hodge Avenue in Ansonia.
The arrest of Valentine was the result of a multi-agency investigation where a second suspect, Jada Artis, age 17 of Ansonia, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 3, said Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police.
On the afternoon of July 14, police found Humphrey, of Ansonia, suffering from multip…
Connecticut Native Norman Lear, Iconic Sitcom Producer, Dies
Legendary television producer Norman Lear died after a lifetime of laughter surrounded by family on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to his obituary.
He was 101 years old.
Lear, known for creating such iconic situation comedies as "All In the Family," and "Maude," was born in Connecticut in 1922 in New Haven, the eldest child of Jeanette and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman.
He grew up in a Jewish household. When Lear was 9 years old and living in Massachusetts with his family in Chelsea in Suffolk County, his father went to prison…