Overcast 43°
Tag:

Windsor Locks Police

Police & Fire
Man Attacks Victim With Machete During Dispute In CT: Police Looking For Footage Man Attacks Victim With Machete During Dispute In CT: Police Looking For Footage
Man Attacks Victim With Machete During Dispute In CT: Police Looking For Footage Authorities are looking for any available footage of an incident involving a 27-year-old man attacking a victim with a machete in a Connecticut driveway. The incident happened in Hartford County on Saturday, Nov. 4 around 12:30 p.m., when a 27-year-old man and a 46-year-old man became involved in a dispute in a Windsor Locks driveway on Suffield Street, according to Windsor Locks Police. During the argument, the suspect grabbed a machete from his vehicle's trunk and violently swung it, threatening the victim with severe bodily injury, police said. The victim then ran back to his car to pro…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Woman On Way To Post Office Violently Carjacked In CT With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say Woman On Way To Post Office Violently Carjacked In CT With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say
Woman On Way To Post Office Violently Carjacked In CT With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say A Connecticut woman on her way to the post office was violently carjacked when the suspect's bumped her car from behind.  The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 p.m., Thursday, July 13, in Windsor Locks. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack of the Windsor Locks Police, the victim was on her way to the post office in her 2020 Infinity QX80 at the intersection of Route 75 and Schoephoester Road when she was bumped from behind by possibly a blue Acura sedan. The victim got out to inspect the damage and a Black man got out of the Acura, and she told him she was calling the police…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Man Distributes Drugs At Inn: Nabbed With Over 300 Bags Of Fentanyl In Car, Police Say CT Man Distributes Drugs At Inn: Nabbed With Over 300 Bags Of Fentanyl In Car, Police Say
CT Man Distributes Drugs At Inn: Nabbed With Over 300 Bags Of Fentanyl In Car, Police Say A man who allegedly distributed drugs at an inn was caught with large quantities of illegal narcotics after being trailed by an unmarked law enforcement vehicle in Connecticut, police said.  Hartford resident Bruce Michaud, age 36, was arrested on drug possession and firearm charges following an investigation into his alleged distribution of narcotics at the Bradley Inn in Windsor Locks at 5 Ella Grasso Tnpk., Windsor Locks Police announced on Friday, July 14.  According to the department, Michaud, who has an extensive criminal history of narcotics sale, assault, an…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
News
CT Woman Assaulted In Surprise Attack By Homeless Man, Police Say CT Woman Assaulted In Surprise Attack By Homeless Man, Police Say
CT Woman Assaulted In Surprise Attack By Homeless Man, Police Say A woman was allegedly seriously assaulted while taking a morning exercise walk by a homeless man. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 in Windsor Locks. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack, of the Windsor Locks Police, the woman, who is in her 70s, was walking in the area of 34 Old Country Road when a man ran up behind her and "viciously struck her about the back of the head with a closed fist causing her to fall to the ground." As she fell to the ground she suffered broken fingers, he added. "The elderly victim lay helpless with a serious laceratio…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Burglary Suspect Caught After Fleeing At High Rate Of Speed, Police Say CT Burglary Suspect Caught After Fleeing At High Rate Of Speed, Police Say
CT Burglary Suspect Caught After Fleeing At High Rate Of Speed, Police Say Police apprehended a Massachusetts man wanted for burglarizing an occupied Connecticut home before fleeing at a high rate of speed. Michael Mesick, age 31, of Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, in Hampden County, was arrested around noon Monday, June 14, after the homeowner interrupted an active burglary in his home in Windsor Locks. After being caught in the home, and as Windsor Locks police converged on the area, Mesick fled, traveling at a high rate of speed making it impossible for a pursuit, said the Windsor Locks Police. Officers were able to keep track of Mesick as he avoided a stop-stic…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Duo Nabbed For Rash Of Thefts Of Tires, Rims, Police Say CT Duo Nabbed For Rash Of Thefts Of Tires, Rims, Police Say
CT Duo Nabbed For Rash Of Thefts Of Tires, Rims, Police Say Two Connecticut men have been nabbed for an alleged series of thefts of tires and rims from vehicles through the Hartford County area. Most of the incidents involved a Toyota Highlander as the suspect vehicle. The last incident occurred In Windsor Locks in Hartford County, on Thursday, March 25, said the Windsor Locks Police. On Tuesday, April 6, around 1:07 a.m. a Windsor Locks officer was on patrol in the Route 75 area, where most of the incidents have occurred.  The officer spotted a white Toyota Highlander, matching the suspect description, turning onto Route 75 from Spring Hill S…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed Firing Gun At Vehicles In CT Hotel Parking Lot, Police Say Man Nabbed Firing Gun At Vehicles In CT Hotel Parking Lot, Police Say
Man Nabbed Firing Gun At Vehicles In CT Hotel Parking Lot, Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun at several vehicles in a hotel parking lot. On Sunday, March 7, Windsor Locks Police responded to the Holiday Inn Express, located at 600 Spring St, to investigate a complaint regarding an unoccupied vehicle parked in the parking lot which appeared to have been struck by gunfire. Officers located an SUV in the parking lot which appeared to have two bullet holes. Officers also located 2 spent shell casings in the parking lot near the damaged vehicle, said Lieutenant Paul Cherniack. Through a combination of interviews and …

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Officer Interrupts Burglary In Progress At CT Store Police Officer Interrupts Burglary In Progress At CT Store
Police Officer Interrupts Burglary In Progress At CT Store Police in Connecticut continue to investigate after an officer interrupted a burglary in progress at a store. The incident took place around 3 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, at JJ's News & Variety at 255 Main St., in Windsor Locks when the officer interrupted the burglar, said Windsor Locks Police. A piece of curbing was thrown through the window to gain access, police said. The suspect fled in a light gray Nissan Altima north on Route 159 and was pursued until it entered I-91, police said. The case is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 860-627-1461…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Men In Stolen BMW Attempt To Steal Purses, Frighten CT Residents, Police Say Men In Stolen BMW Attempt To Steal Purses, Frighten CT Residents, Police Say
Men In Stolen BMW Attempt To Steal Purses, Frighten CT Residents, Police Say Two men in a stolen blue BMW have been linked to several frightening incidents in Connecticut. The first incident took place in Hartford when a Raymond Road homeowner called police around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, and reported to Windsor Locks Police that two unidentified men ran up her driveway toward her running car but were scared off and fled in the stolen vehicle, Windsor Locks Police said. Minutes later a North Street homeowner called police saying the same vehicle had stopped at the end of her driveway and the two men walked up toward her house before being scared away. A short t…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes