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More Threats Made Against Bridgeport Schools; Police Promise 'Layered Protection' More Threats Made Against Bridgeport Schools; Police Promise 'Layered Protection'
More Threats Made Against Bridgeport Schools; Police Promise 'Layered Protection' A school district in Fairfield County said it is investigating after another round of posts on social media threatening violence. Bridgeport Public Schools announced on Monday, Sept. 23, that it had received more threats after receiving a round last week.  Superintendent Dr. Carmela Levy-David said in an email to parents that the school system is working closely with police to investigate who sent this batch of threats.  Related: Connecticut Elementary School Swatted With Hoax Call Of Armed Intruder “We understand the concern this may cause and want to assure you that we are t…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Schools Closed After More Threats Made Online; Fairfield Also Investigated Post Bridgeport Schools Closed After More Threats Made Online; Fairfield Also Investigated Post
Bridgeport Schools Closed After More Threats Made Online; Fairfield Also Investigated Post A 13-year-old Connecticut girl was arrested Thursday morning, Sept. 19, after police say they traced a threat made against a school to her. It's just another example of an alarming trend of people — often students — making threats of violence online toward local schools.  Ansonia Police in New Haven County were alerted to the threat made in a social media post just after 6:30 a.m. on Thursday. Officers contacted the school board and members decided to cancel classes for the day out of an abundance of caution.  The child is charged with first-degree threatening and disturbing the p…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Student Arrested After Fight With Paraprofessional At Middle School In Norwalk: Police Student Arrested After Fight With Paraprofessional At Middle School In Norwalk: Police
Student Arrested After Fight With Paraprofessional At Middle School In Norwalk: Police A middle school student in Fairfield County was arrested after physically confronting a paraprofessional, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, April 19 at West Rocks Middle School in Norwalk, according to Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh.  An investigation into the incident, which included interviews with the paraprofessional, an interview of the student with his parent present, and a witness who walked in during the incident, determined that the student initiated the altercation in an in-school suspension room, Walsh said.  The paraprofessional suffer…

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by Ben Crnic
Schools
Man Threatened To 'Shoot Up Graduation' At Stratford School, Police Say Man Threatened To 'Shoot Up Graduation' At Stratford School, Police Say
Man Threatened To 'Shoot Up Graduation' At Stratford School, Police Say A man faces charges after threatening to harm students at a school in Fairfield County, police said.  Police first learned of the threats on Friday, Feb. 17 around 6 p.m., when two people told state troopers that a student at the Stratford School for Aviation had made the comments at the school, state police said. According to the two witnesses, a student identified as 21-year-old New Haven County resident Joseph Cyr, of Oxford, had allegedly said that he was going to "shoot up graduation" with a friend or coworker in December 2022.  Additionally, on Thursday, Feb. 16, a witness …

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by Ben Crnic
Sports
Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video) Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video)
Man Dies After Brawl At Middle School Basketball Game In Vermont (Video) A brawl that erupted during a middle school boys basketball game in New England appears to have turned deadly. Vermont State Police said 60-year-old Russel Giroux died Tuesday night, Jan. 31, shortly after being involved in a large fight at the Alburgh Community Education Center in the town of Alburgh, Vermont. Troopers were called to the school just before 7 p.m. with reports that a fight had broken out between spectators during a 7th-8th grade game between Alburgh and visiting St. Albans. Video posted on Twitter shows nearly a dozen adults on the court, some throwing punches and yelling…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Basketball Brawl: Arrests Made After Fight At HS Game In CT, School Officials Say Basketball Brawl: Arrests Made After Fight At HS Game In CT, School Officials Say
Basketball Brawl: Arrests Made After Fight At HS Game In CT, School Officials Say Numerous people have been arrested following a fight that broke out at the end of a boys varsity basketball game in Connecticut, school officials said.  The fight happened at the end of a game between the Middletown High School and Hartford-based Weaver High School basketball teams on Tuesday, Jan 17 at Middletown High School.  In the wake of the violence, Middletown Police are "in the process of making numerous arrests" according to the Middletown Public Schools Communications Director Jessie Lavorgna.  The arrests are a result of authorities taking a look at camera fo…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Father Of Suspect Apologizes To Family Of Slain Fairfield Prep Student As New Details Emerge Father Of Suspect Apologizes To Family Of Slain Fairfield Prep Student As New Details Emerge
Father Of Suspect Apologizes To Family Of Slain Fairfield Prep Student As New Details Emerge The father of a teenage suspect charged with the stabbing death of a Fairfield County student apologized to the family of the slain prep school student-athlete as he exited a court hearing for his son. New Haven County resident Raul Valle, age 16, of Milford, appeared in Derby Superior Court on Thursday morning, May 19, to face murder and assault charges for the stabbing of James "Jimmy" McGrath, age 17, of Shelton which took place Saturday, May 14. “I’m sorry,” Valle’s father, also named Raul Valle, said as he left the courthouse with his head beneath a jacket, the Daily Mail reported. “I’…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Ghost Gun Found At CT High School Following Fight Ghost Gun Found At CT High School Following Fight
Ghost Gun Found At CT High School Following Fight Three students were arrested following a fight at a Connecticut high school in which a loaded ghost gun was found. The fight took place in Litchfield County in New Milford around 9:20 a.m., Tuesday, April 26 at New Milford High School. The school was immediately put into lockdown and officers swiftly moved to locate the involved parties, said Chief Spencer Cerruto, of the New Milford Police.  A juvenile and two other students were detained at the scene, Cerruto said. The lockdown was lifted around 11 a.m. when the school was deemed safe, police said. Cerruto said that a fight in a s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Police Called To CT High School After Student Altercation Injures Staffer Police Called To CT High School After Student Altercation Injures Staffer
Police Called To CT High School After Student Altercation Injures Staffer Police were called to a Connecticut high school to investigate an “altercation” involving students, officials said. In New Haven County, officers responded to Hamden High School early on Thursday, March 24 for assistance when the fight that broke out and left a staff member with a minor injury. Members of the Hamden Police Department responded to the school to diffuse the altercation, which is being investigated by school administrators. Students were returned to the classroom following the fight, though it was unclear what cause the issue. No other information was released as of 1 p.m. o…

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by Zak Failla
News
Attack Inside High School In Region Caught On Video, Report Says Attack Inside High School In Region Caught On Video, Report Says
Attack Inside High School In Region Caught On Video, Report Says A video showing three Westchester County high school students attacking another student has been circulating online, according to a new report from NBC New York. The video, which was posted to social media, shows a student at White Plains High School being punched and kicked in a school bathroom by the other students, NBC New York reported on Saturday, Feb. 19. White Plains Superintendent Dr. Joseph Ricca told the news outlet that the three students who attacked the victim and the student who recorded the attack are all facing disciplinary action. Ricca said the student who was attacked wa…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Student Stabbed Multiple Times Near CT High School Student Stabbed Multiple Times Near CT High School
Student Stabbed Multiple Times Near CT High School Crisis teams will be on-site at a Connecticut high school after one student stabbed another. The stabbing took place around 2:15 p.m., Monday, Nov. 29, at a New Haven County city bus stop on Dixwell Avenue, adjacent to Hamden High School in Hamden. According to Sean Dolan, a spokesman for the Hamden Police Department, the stabbing was uncovered when a student approached School Resource Officer Jeremy Brewer in front of the school and said he had been stabbed. The student was taken inside the school for treatment until EMS could arrive. A preliminary investigation revealed that two student…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
High School Put On Lockdown Following Large Fight In Fairfield County, Police Say High School Put On Lockdown Following Large Fight In Fairfield County, Police Say
High School Put On Lockdown Following Large Fight In Fairfield County, Police Say A Fairfield County high school was put on lockdown following a fight involving at least 10 students. The fight took place around 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Bunnell High School in Stratford. According to Capt Frank Eannotti, of the Stratford Police Department, the fight involved numerous students and faculty/staff intervened in an attempt to break up the fight.  Several Stratford officers and the School Resource officer responded to the disturbance and took control of the scene and school, Eannotti said.  The school was placed in a temporary lockdown to ensur…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Juvenile Arrested For Making Social Media Threat Against Wilton School Juvenile Arrested For Making Social Media Threat Against Wilton School
Juvenile Arrested For Making Social Media Threat Against Wilton School An area teen was arrested by police after allegedly posting a social media threat involving school violence. The incident took place around 11:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, after Wilton Police were notified of a social media post involving a possible school threat, said Wilton Police Lt. Robert Kluk. The post was part of a group chat in which a juvenile suggested the threat of violence directed toward a Wilton School, Kluk said. Members of the Department’s Patrol and Youth Division were able to immediately identify the juvenile that sent the post.  Officers contact…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Teenage Girl Injured As Fight Caught On Camera Breaks Out In Crowded New Haven Classroom Teenage Girl Injured As Fight Caught On Camera Breaks Out In Crowded New Haven Classroom
Teenage Girl Injured As Fight Caught On Camera Breaks Out In Crowded New Haven Classroom A student was bloodied and required stitches after being involved in a classroom brawl in Connecticut that was caught on camera by classmates. In video that was released by WTNH, two students at James Hillhouse High School in New Haven can be seen violently attacking and swinging at each other in a crowded classroom. During the fight, many students can be seen taking photos and videos of the incident, which reportedly took place in September. The complete video can be seen here. School officials said they cannot discuss individual incidents involving students, but condemned any violence or…

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by Zak Failla