Five residents of a Bethel condominium have been displaced after a garage fire extended inside the unit.The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Plumtree Heights Condominiums on Deer Run Road, in Bethel, said the Bethel Fire Department & EMS. When the department arrived on the scene, they found a working fire in the garage with fire spreading to ...

A smart-thinking bus driver saved three children who were trapped onboard their bus after the vehicle struck a utility pole, bringing live wires down on top of the bus.The incident took place around 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Sunset Road and West Trail in Stamford, said Stamford Fire Chief Trevor Roach."The driver did the right thing and kept the children on the bus and called ...

A noontime fire damaged an apartment building in Milford, causing the occupants to be displaced and killing six bunnies on Wednesday, Feb. 20.Fire dispatchers received a 911 call at approximately 12:05 p.m. reporting a fire in the six-unit structure located at 51 Broadway, said Milford Fire Department Battalion Chief Anthony Fabrizi. First arriving units reported a ...

Police have cracked a home invasion/robbery case that occurred in October 2018 with the arrest of three people.The invasion took place around 5 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2018, when the residents were getting ready for work, said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams.The victims reported that at approximately 5 a.m., they heard knocking on the door of their apartment. After initially disregarding ...

It was like any other day, cutting hair and joking with customers until the end of the day when a local beloved barber walked out the door of the shop and was hit by two vehicles while crossing the street.Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, life support was turned off for Vyacheslav Shaknmurov, known as Steve at B&A Barber Shop in New Rochelle, said the shop's manager ...

A Westport man has been charged with sexual assault after being arrested at police headquarters on Tuesday.The alleged offender, Kenneth Cardillo, 67, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault around 11 a.m., said Westport Police Lt. Jillian Cabana.Because the arrest has been sealed for 14 days, details of the incident are not available, Cabana said.This ...

Stratford police nabbed two teens in connection with a pair of separate shootings in town last month.Alex Pena, 19, of Stratford was arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred on Jan. 6 on Bruce Avenue in Stratford, said Stratford Police Capt. Frank Eannotti.Pena was arrested on a warrant and charged with criminal attempt at assault, reckless endangerment and weapon ...

An area man was arrested after taking police on a chase on I-95, hitting a police cruiser and then fleeing on foot.Phillion Harvey, 46, of New Haven, after Milford Police responded to the Town Fair Tire on Boston Post Road around 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, for a report of a man attempting to use gift cards that were previously purchased using fraudulent credit card accounts, said ...

An alleged toy thief was nabbed by Milford police on two warrants for breaking into two businesses last year.Infinite Seven, 42, of Milford, was arrested Friday, Fed. 15, for allegedly breaking into a Naugatuck and Park Avenue businesses in October 2018, taking electronics and other items, the Milford Police said. Seven is also wanted in Bridgeport for a December 2018 alleged theft ...

A man who was struck and killed by a Metro-North train in Westchester had reportedly just violently murdered his girlfriend and her teen son.Hector Cruz, 51, of the Bronx, who has been identified as the person who was killed after he jumped in front of the Metro-North train in Hartsdale Sunday morning, Feb. 17 was a "person of interest" in the weekend murders of his girlfriend, Marisol ...