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Female Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle In Connecticut Female Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle In Connecticut
Female Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle In Connecticut An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on a Connecticut roadway and died at the hospital from her injuries. Officers in Hartford County responded to the Berlin Turnpike southbound in Wethersfield near Pawtucket Avenue at about 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, after receiving multiple reports about the crash, the Wethersfield Police Department reported. The pedestrian was found lying in the road suffering from serious injuries and was taken to Hartford Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, police said. Police did not release her age or identity. Pre…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Student Assaulted, Property Stolen At Bus Stop In Connecticut Student Assaulted, Property Stolen At Bus Stop In Connecticut
Student Assaulted, Property Stolen At Bus Stop In Connecticut An investigation is underway after a student was assaulted at a bus stop in Connecticut. Authorities in Hartford County received a report that a boy was assaulted at a bus stop on Maple Street in Wethersfield at about 7 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, the Wethersfield Police Department reported. Police determined that the boy was physically assaulted by an occupant of a passing vehicle, and his property was stolen. No weapons were used during the incident, and the boy suffered minor injuries, authorities said.  He was not hospitalized, police said. The vehicle left the scene before polic…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From CT Big Y Parking Lot Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From CT Big Y Parking Lot
Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From CT Big Y Parking Lot A Connecticut man and a teen have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping, carjacking, and brutal beating of a woman from a supermarket parking lot last year. On Tuesday, March 1, state police arrested Kenneth Gordon, age 20, of Hartford, and a 16-year-old boy following a five-month investigation into the events which took place at the Big Y parking lot in Marlborough on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2021. At the time of the crime, police said the 64-year-old woman was getting into her car with groceries when she was approached by two masked men who demanded money.  When she resisted, the two, a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Female Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop, Police Say Female Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop, Police Say
Female Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery Inside CT Stop & Shop, Police Say Police are asking the public for help identifying a woman suspected in a bank robbery inside a Connecticut Stop & Shop. The robbery took. place around 6 p.m., on Friday, July 30, in Hartford County at the supermarket in Wethersfield. A white female got out of a primer-colored Ford Mustang, with front passenger-side damage, and walked into the People’s United Bank inside the Stop & Shop. The woman demanded money from the bank teller and was given an undisclosed amount, said Wethersfield PD Detective Kevin Foster. Know her? Police are asking for help identifying an alleged bank…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Causes Road Closure, CT State Police Say Suspect Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Causes Road Closure, CT State Police Say
Suspect Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Causes Road Closure, CT State Police Say An officer-involved shooting that led to the closure of a busy area roadway is underway investigation. At approximately 6 p.m. on, Saturday, April 20, two Wethersfield officers attempted a motor vehicle stop of the suspect’s vehicle on Route 99 (Silas Deane Highway), state police said.  After a collision between the suspect's vehicle and a Wethersfield Police cruiser, one officer exited his vehicle and the suspect’s vehicle drove towards that officer, who then discharged his firearm, said police. The male suspect was injured and transported to Hartford Hospital, according to police. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police: Man Going 90 MPH On I-84 Was Under Influence, Driving Recklessly Police: Man Going 90 MPH On I-84 Was Under Influence, Driving Recklessly
Police: Man Going 90 MPH On I-84 Was Under Influence, Driving Recklessly Two suspects with warrants out for their arrest attempted to dupe Connecticut State Police troopers with family members' names after being busted with heroin and crack-cocaine during a speeding stop on I-84. Troopers conducting speed enforcement on I-84 in Willington conducted a traffic stop near exit 70 over the weekend, when a vehicle was spotted driving 90 mph in a 65 mph zone. During the subsequent stop, troopers said “the driver and passenger both appeared nervous and that neither of them owned of the vehicle or had any form of identification.” Police said that the male driver and a fe…

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by Zak Failla