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CT Man With Gun Arrested After Dispute With Neighbor, Police Say CT Man With Gun Arrested After Dispute With Neighbor, Police Say
CT Man With Gun Arrested After Dispute With Neighbor, Police Say A Connecticut man is behind bars after he allegedly displayed a gun during a dispute with a neighbor. The incident took place in Litchfield County on Sunday, Feb. 25 in the area of Cobb Street in Watertown. According to Watertown Police, the man had a gun during a dispute with his neighbor.  When officers arrived, the armed man went inside his home. Police shut down the road as contact was made with the suspect, police said. Police eventually made contact with the man and took him into custody, police said they are releasing his identity or charges at this time.  The investigat…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police
CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police A 14-year-old Connecticut boy was hospitalized with critical injuries after he was found at home with an accidentally inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said.  The incident happened in Litchfield County on Saturday, Sept. 30 around 12:40 p.m., when Watertown Police responded to a residence in Oakville on Hadley Street, where a 14-year-old boy had been found bleeding from his head.  According to the department, the boy, who had been alone in the residence, had been discovered by his grandmother after she returned home, who quickly called 911 and reported that he had fallen…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Update: No Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old Hit By Car In CT, Police Say New Update: No Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old Hit By Car In CT, Police Say
New Update: No Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old Hit By Car In CT, Police Say Authorities have released more details about an incident involving an 11-year-old girl being hit by a vehicle right after she was dropped off by a school bus in Connecticut.  The incident happened in Litchfield County on Tuesday, Sept. 5 around 3 p.m., when an 11-year-old girl was hit by a white Chevrolet Trax SUV traveling south while trying to cross Buckingham Street in Watertown at an area without a crosswalk near Cummings Avenue, according to Watertown Police.  Earlier Report - 11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In Watertown: Police…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police 11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police
11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police New, updated report - New Update: No Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old Hit By Car In Watertown, Police Say An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized as the result of being struck by a vehicle a short time after she was dropped off by a school bus in Connecticut, police said.  The incident happened in Litchfield County on Tuesday, Sept. 5 around 3 p.m., when Watertown Police responded to the area of Buckingham Street and Cummings Avenue after receiving a report of a girl being hit by a car.  According to the department, arriving officers found that the girl had just been droppe…

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by Ben Crnic
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Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station
Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Police are reminding drivers to remove their car keys when at a gas pump after a Nissan Altima was stolen within a matter of seconds while the owner went inside the convenience store. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14 in Watertown. The driver of the Altima was parked at the gas pumps when they left the vehicle running with the keys inside while they went inside the store, said the Watertown Police. "The vehicle was stolen in approximately seven seconds," police said.  Police said suspects are waiting in parking lots for someone to leave t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect
Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect In the wake of a brutal attack by a home invasion suspect, a 15-year-old teen girl is recovering from her injuries with a little help from the community on a GoFundMe page. The girl was assaulted inside her home by a teen who had targeted her and viciously attacked her with a hatchet on Wednesday, March 17 in Litchfield County, said the Watertown Police. The attack was discovered around 4 p.m. in Watertown when officers responded to a single-family residence on Morris Town Line Highway for the report of a home invasion and that the suspect was armed with a hatchet and injured an occupant in…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Robbery Of Elderly Fairfield County Woman At Mall Arrest Made In Robbery Of Elderly Fairfield County Woman At Mall
Arrest Made In Robbery Of Elderly Fairfield County Woman At Mall Police detectives charged a 25-year-old man for robbing an elderly woman at the Westfield Trumbull Mall in August and stealing her car.  Jordan Savage, of Waterbury, was apprehended when he was stopped by Watertown Police on Friday, Nov. 1, and arrested without incident after they learned of the active warrant for his arrest out of Trumbull, said Trumbull Police Lt. Brian Weir. Savage was wanted in connection with the August robbery of the 82-year-old Fairfield County woman who was walking into the Westfield Trumbull Mall when she was pushed to the ground by a …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Investigating After Woman Found Dead With Car Missing Police Investigating After Woman Found Dead With Car Missing
Police Investigating After Woman Found Dead With Car Missing Police are asking the public for help after finding an elderly resident dead inside her home and her vehicle missing in Watertown. Maryann Kibbe-Stanisz, 70, of Oakville, was found around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday after Watertown Officers responded to her home for a well-being check after family members reported not hearing from her, said Detective Mark Conway with the Watertown Police. Officers arrived and saw a woman down inside the house, and after forcing entry, they found Kibbe-Stanisz on the ground dead, and added that she may have been assaulted, and had injuries to her head…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Naugatuck Man, 60, Charged With Stalking 18-Year-Old Naugatuck Man, 60, Charged With Stalking 18-Year-Old
Naugatuck Man, 60, Charged With Stalking 18-Year-Old A man arrested for following women in the past was nabbed by police for allegedly stalking an 18-year-old after she left a gas station. Gerald Dalessio, 60, of Naugatuck, was arrested Thursday on charges of breach of peace in and stalking, for an incident that took place on July 11, in which an 18-year-old woman made a complaint of a Dalessio following her, Watertown Police said. The victim reported that while pumping gas at Shell on Straits Turnpike, Dalessio, who was unknown to her, pulled in to the gas station, stopped in front of her vehicle and gestured for her to come over to him. The…

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by Kathy Reakes