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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…
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Latest Update: Woman Caused Daughter's Death By Bringing Her Into CT River, Police Say
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
5 Nabbed In Special Bridgeport Operation To Reduce Crime, One Still On Run, Police Say
Five Connecticut residents have been charged, and one is on the run in connection with a triple shooting in which more than 40 shots were fired earlier this year. The incident occurred in Fairfield County in Bridgeport on Tuesday, Aug. 22, on Park Avenue. The arrests are part of a month-long investigation named "Operation Take Back Park Avenue," after numerous shootings and one stabbing resulted in two homicides in that same area between May and September of this year, Capt. Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Poice said. The area encompasses the Park Avenue corridor between Wood Avenue and …
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…
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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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Mother Of 2-Year-Old Found Buried In Stamford Park Charged, Police Say
The mother of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found buried in a Fairfield County park has been charged in connection with the case. Iris Rivera-Santos, age 29, of Stamford, was charged on Friday, Feb. 3 in connection with the death of Liam Rivera whose body was found buried in a plastic bag in Cummings Park on Monday, Jan. 2. Rivera-Santos was charged with: Risk of injury to a minor Hindering prosecution Tampering with evidence Cruelty to persons The charges are the result of an extensive investigation that was conducted over the previous weeks in conjunction with the Stamf…
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Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County 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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Fairfield County 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 …
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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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Armed Thief Nabbed For Taking Packages From Front Porch In Fairfield County, Police Say
An armed Connecticut teen has just been arrested for allegedly breaking into vehicles and taking packages off of a front porch in Fairfield County last summer. During the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 26, Fairfield Police were alerted to several motor vehicles that were broken into in the Lake Hills section of town, said Lt. Antonio Granata. Police received reports from eight separate residents in the Lake Hills area reporting their vehicles were entered overnight and their personal belongings were stolen, Granta said. In one of the incidents, a victim on Papurah Road had his w…
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Fairfield County Man Arrested For Shooting Death Of Girlfriend, Police Say
A 67-year-old Fairfield County man has been arrested for the murder of an area woman who was shot to death in May 2020. The Stamford Police Department arrested Gary Greig, age 67, of Stamford on Thursday, March 11 for murder in the death of 50-year-old city resident Staci Magazzi, said Lt. Tom Scanlon. Greig has been in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Corrections for a firearm charge related to this same incident, Scanlon said. He is currently held on a one million dollar bond for the latest warrant. On Friday, May 29, 2020, the Stamford Police Department was notifi…
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Nearly 3,000 CT Prison System Inmates Have Tested Positive, 13 Have Died
Another inmate housed at a Connecticut Department of Corrections facility has died of COVID-19, the agency said, bringing the total number of virus fatalities behind bars in the state to 13 this year. The 69-year-old inmate died on Tuesday, Dec. 22 after he had been treated in an external hospital for seven days. According to the Department of Correction, he was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child, and was not eligible for parole until April. Due to medical privacy laws, the names of inmates who have succumbed to the di…
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Covid-
19: Second Connecticut Inmate Dies From Virus
A second inmate in a Connecticut prison has died after contracting novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the state Department of Corrections announced over the weekend. Officials said that a 57-year-old inmate, whose name has not been released, died on Saturday, April 25. He reportedly started showing symptoms on Wednesday, April 15, and had been quarantined for testing. The inmate - who the Department of Corrections noted had underlying medical issues - was transported to Johnson and Memorial Hospital for treatment following his diagnosis. According to the Department of Corrections, the inmate wa…
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Covid-
19: One Officer Injured, Some 100 Inmates Moved Following Fight At CT Prison
A corrections officer was injured and some 100 inmates have been moved at the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution due to unrest associated with new restrictions in an attempt to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The prison, located in Enfield, houses more than 1,200 medium-security inmates, has recently experienced an uptick in incidents, said Andrius Banevicius, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. The first sign of unrest began on Friday, April 3, when the prison's emergency. response team had to be mobilized as tension climbed among the inmates over the ag…
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CT Fugitive Caught After Decades On Run
A man who has been wanted in Connecticut for nearly three decades has been taken into custody in South Carolina. On Wednesday, April 3, the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force captured Ted Lee Livingston, the Horry County Police Department announced. Livingston has been wanted in the state of Connecticut for 29 years on an escape charge dating back to April 1990. According to police, to evade capture, Livingston changed his birthday and ID information on his South Carolina driver’s license. Livingston was arrested on Pint Circle in Longs, police said, and taken to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.…
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State Police Offers Specialized Training For K9 Units From Across Country
Seven K9 teams from throughout the country recently graduated from the Connecticut State Police K9 Unit's specialized training focusing on detecting electronic storage devices. The Connecticut State Police K9 Unit trained the world’s first electronic storage device detection K9 in 2012, using proprietary training methods. Since that time, demand for the specialized electronic storage detection has rapidly grown, the department said. The specialized ESD K9’s assist with counter-terror, child pornography, organized crime, and other related investigations by sniffing out evidenc…
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Sex Offender Serving Life Sentence For Killing Two Teen Girls Dies In State Prison
A man serving a life sentence for the brutal murders of two teenagers in the 1980s died Wednesday in prison. Pedro Miranda, 61, died in the hospice unit at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, said state Department of Corrections Spokesman Andrius Banevicius. Miranda was charged with the murders of Mayra Cruz, 13, and 17-year-old Carmen Lopez following an Innocence Project investigation in 2008 and DNA evidence matched evidence found at the crime scenes. Cruz went missing in Hartford in 1987 when she did not come home from school. Her body was found a month later in a wo…
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Two Nabbed In Statewide Task Force Fentanyl Bust
Two people were nabbed by the Connecticut State Police Task Force for allegedly selling fentanyl in large amounts. Leonardo Vazquez, of Hartford, was arrested Thursday on a warrant following an investigation by the Connecticut State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force. As a result of the search warrant, detectives seized a large amount of fentanyl packaged for sale, crack cocaine, marijuana, numerous items related to narcotics sales and packaging, and one 9mm handgun. Vazquez, who is on parole, was turned over to the custody of the state Department of Corrections. Narcotics and firearms …
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Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin To Fairfield County Overdose Victim
A drug dealer is behind bars for supplying heroin that led to an overdose in Fairfield County. Waterbury resident Andre Reed, 26, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin to a female Danbury overdose victim. The arrest comes as part of a statewide initiative targeting drug dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl and opioids that cause overdoses. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on March 1, 2016, members of the Danbury Police Department were dispatched to a service station, where there was a report of a “woman in distress in …
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State Correctional Officer Who Illegally Distributed Steroids Sentenced
A correctional officer in Connecticut has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to illegally using and distributing steroids to his coworkers in the area. Hamden resident Nicholas Aurora, Jr., 34, has been sentenced to three years of probation - including six months of home confinement - for illegally distributing anabolic steroids, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced this week. He must also pay a $2,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service. According to court documents and statements made in court, in December last year,…
Police & Fire
Woman Arrested For Valentine Day's Burglary Of Wilton Residence
Wilton police nabbed a woman wanted since February for a Valentine Day's home burglary. Jillian Katz, 31, of Manchester, was arrested April 10 on a warrant after being located by Wilton Police, the arrest report said. She was charged with burglary and larceny in connection with the Wilton home burglary and turned over to the state Department of Corrections.
Police & Fire
Two Charged In Route 7 Gas Station Robbery In Wilton
A lengthy investigation into a violent Fairfield County gas station robbery has led to the arrest of a pair who allegedly broke into a Wilton Gulf station by shattering a glass door, local police announced on Thursday. Officials from the Wilton Police Department announced on Thursday that they have arrested Derby resident Casey McAdams, 36, and West Haven resident Alicia Sheremeta, for their roles in the alleged burglary of the Danbury Road gas station. According to police, during the early hours of Dec. 19 last year, Sheremetta drove the two to the gas station in order to commit a burglary…
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Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl
A 24-year-old Fairfield County man is heading to prison after being busted by undercover police officers distributing heroin and fentanyl. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Jovanni Reyes of Bridgeport was sentenced in New Haven District Court to two years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin in October last year. According to court documents, Bridgeport police made three controlled purchases of heroin from Reyes in late 2016. On Dec. 8, 2016, investigators conducted a court-authorized…
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