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Couple Attacked With Bats In Daring Daylight CT Carjacking: Feds Couple Attacked With Bats In Daring Daylight CT Carjacking: Feds
Couple Attacked With Bats In Daring Daylight CT Carjacking: Feds A Connecticut couple said they were attacked with a baseball bat, tied up with duct tape, and kidnapped by six men who carjacked them in broad daylight, authorities said.  Police in Danbury in Fairfield County on Sunday, Aug. 25, were called to Clapboard Ridge Road, near the intersection of East Gate Road, where witnesses said a group of people were beating up a man and were shoving him and a woman into a white van, the US Attorney General for Connecticut said.  The alleged attackers sped away when police arrived before crashing about a mile from the start of the chase. Four men j…
Street Racers May Have Caused I-84 Multi-Car Crash, Police Say Street Racers May Have Caused I-84 Multi-Car Crash, Police Say
Street Racers May Have Caused I-84 Multi-Car Crash, Police Say Connecticut State Police report a multi-vehicle crash on I-84 was likely caused by street racers. The crash occurred around 10 p.m., Monday, July 1, on I-84 between Exits 68 and 69 in Tolland. According to State Police, responding troopers located an extensive debris field and one vehicle that had rolled during the crash. State Police said troopers investigating the crash believe the crash was caused by several vehicles "driving recklessly" and also "slow rolling the highway" before racing each other. The vehicles included a 2010 Honda Civic LX, a 2007 Honda Accord, and a 2012 Nissan Alti…
Honda Recalling 750K+ Vehicles Nationwide Due To Faulty Air Bag Concerns Honda Recalling 750K+ Vehicles Nationwide Due To Faulty Air Bag Concerns
Honda Recalling 750K+ Vehicles Nationwide Due To Faulty Air Bag Concerns More than three-quarters of a million Honda and Acura vehicles are being recalled due to potentially faulty air bags that could cause them to deploy unexpectedly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that the motor vehicle giant is recalling upwards of 750,000 cars, SUVs, minivans, and pick-up trucks due to the malfunctioning air bags, which could pose a safety hazard, the agency says. Recalled models include Honda Civic, Accord, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot, Passport, Ridgeline vehicles, as well as the Acura MDX, RDX and TLX that were produc…
Tragedy: 2 Young Children From Fairfield County ID'd After Horrific Fatal Crash Tragedy: 2 Young Children From Fairfield County ID'd After Horrific Fatal Crash
Tragedy: 2 Young Children From Fairfield County ID'd After Horrific Fatal Crash Two children ages 3 and 6 were killed and several people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle Connecticut crash. The crash took place in western New Haven County around 3:30 p.m. Sunday,  Feb. 4 in Beacon Falls in the northbound lanes of Route 8. According To Connecticut State Police, a Honda Civic, with two adults and two children, and a Ford F-600 with one adult were traveling in the left lane of two on Route 8 when the Ford ran into the back of the Civic. Following impact, both vehicles came to an uncontrolled stop between the left shoulder and left lane against a conc…
Bullets Fly During Wild Shoot-Out At CT 7-Eleven, 1 Injured Bullets Fly During Wild Shoot-Out At CT 7-Eleven, 1 Injured
Bullets Fly During Wild Shoot-Out At CT 7-Eleven, 1 Injured Two rival groups shot at each other inside and outside a Connecticut 7-Eleven, sending employees and customers scrambling for safety. The incident occurred in New Haven around 1:55 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 3, at the 7-Eleven at 400 Foxon Blvd. When police arrived, they found a chaotic scene and one person injured from shattered glass, but miraculously no one was shot, said Capt. Rose Dell of the New Haven Police.  According to eyewitnesses, a BMW was seen parked in the lot, followed by a gray Honda Civic, Dell said. Several passengers from the Honda Civic entered the store, dre…
Man Charged In Crash That Kills 22-Year-Old Hanging Out Of Sunroof In Bridgeport Man Charged In Crash That Kills 22-Year-Old Hanging Out Of Sunroof In Bridgeport
Man Charged In Crash That Kills 22-Year-Old Hanging Out Of Sunroof In Bridgeport A 22-year-old Connecticut man has died following a crash while he was hanging out of the sunroof while standing in the backseat of the car. Windham County resident Miguel Angel Rodriguez, of Willimantic, died on Sunday, June 25, hours after the crash in New Haven County on Derby Avenue in Orange. According to the Orange Police, an investigation found that a white 1995 Honda Civic being driven by Fairfield County resident Jeremie Rodriguez, age 19, of Bridgeport was traveling eastbound on Derby Avenue when he disregarded the traffic control signal and collided with a silver 2021 Do…
Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say
Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say A Connecticut man is being held on a $2 million bond after calling police to say he just shot and killed a woman. The incident took place in New Haven around 1:15 a.m., Sunday, April 23 on Saltonstall Avenue. According to Capt. Rose Dell of the New Haven Police, the dispatch center received a call from Leon Guerrero, age 30, of New Haven, who said he just shot someone on Saltonstall Avenue. Officers quickly responded and located Guerrero with his hands raised, Dell said. Guerrero told officers he had placed his gun in his vehicle. He was then detained while office…
Double Fatal Crash: 24-Year-Old Man, 22-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victims  In Waterbury Double Fatal Crash: 24-Year-Old Man, 22-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victims  In Waterbury
Double Fatal Crash: 24-Year-Old Man, 22-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victims In Waterbury A Connecticut man and woman were killed after the driver lost control of his 2008 Honda Civic, authorities said. The crash took place in New Haven County around 11:10 p.m., Sunday, March 5 in Waterbury at Long Hill Road and Transit Street.  A preliminary investigation determined that the car's driver, identified as a 24-year-old Waterbury man, lost control of the vehicle in the area of Long Hill Road at Transit Street, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. The car then collided with two unoccupied parked vehicles and a house located at 165 Long Hill Road causi…
Armed Carjacker Makes Off With Honda Civic In New Haven, Police Say Armed Carjacker Makes Off With Honda Civic In New Haven, Police Say
Armed Carjacker Makes Off With Honda Civic In New Haven, Police Say A New Haven man was carjacked at gunpoint seconds after he pulled into his driveway. The incident took place in New Haven around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22 on Blathcley Avenue. The victim told officers he had pulled into his driveway when he was confronted by a masked man holding a gun. The man racked the slide and told him to get out, said Capt. Rose Dell of the New Haven Police. The robber then jumped into the victim’s 2011 4-door, white Honda Civic and took off, police said.  The armed man is described as being a light-skinned Black man in his early teens to 20…
58-Year-Old Killed In Chain-Reaction I-84 Crash 58-Year-Old Killed In Chain-Reaction I-84 Crash
58-Year-Old Killed In Chain-Reaction I-84 Crash A 58-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a seven-vehicle chain-reaction crash on I-84. The crash took place in Hartford County around 5 a.m., on I-84 in West Hartford near Exit 44. According to the Connecticut State Police, Gary Michael Carter, of Enfield, was killed when his 2017 Volvo TT hit the back of a Connecticut transit bus stopped in traffic in the right center lane of four on I-84. State police said "for an unknown reason" Carter did not stop in time before colliding with the bus, which did not have any passengers.  After hitting the bus, the Volvo then collided with the …
Woman Accused Of Striking, Dragging CT Trooper With Car While Fleeing Police Woman Accused Of Striking, Dragging CT Trooper With Car While Fleeing Police
Woman Accused Of Striking, Dragging CT Trooper With Car While Fleeing Police A 26-year-old woman was charged after police said she struck a Connecticut State Police trooper and a patrol vehicle with her car while fleeing from police.  Troopers in Tolland County responded to a report of a disturbance at a home on Cindy Road in Ellington at about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, according to Connecticut State Police. Police said Veronica Allen, of New Britain, had allegedly smashed windows of several vehicles in the driveway using a tire iron. Authorities said Allen didn't comply with orders from troopers and fled the scene in a Honda Civic. While she was driving …
CT Woman Killed After Car Crashes Into Utility Pole CT Woman Killed After Car Crashes Into Utility Pole
CT Woman Killed After Car Crashes Into Utility Pole A Connecticut woman was killed after hitting a utility pole when her car veered across a roadway, according to police. The crash took place in New Haven County in Milford, around 10:20 a.m., on Saturday, July 2 in the area of Meadows End Road and Lucille Drive.  The collision involved a 2002 Honda Civic driven by Emily Wood, age 84, of Milford, said the Milford Police.  Wood was driving west on Meadows End Road when the Civic veered across the road and struck a utility pole in the area of Lucille Drive, police said.  Wood was transported to Bridgeport Ho…
Know Her? Woman Accused Of Shoplifting From Business In Western Mass Know Her? Woman Accused Of Shoplifting From Business In Western Mass
Know Her? Woman Accused Of Shoplifting From Business In Western Mass If you recognize this woman, authorities in Hampden County want to hear from you. She was caught on camera allegedly shoplifting from a business on Memorial Avenue in West Springfield, according to police. The theft occurred at around 12:30 p.m on Sunday, May 22. When a store employee confronted the woman, she resisted giving back the stolen merchandise and left, police said. She reportedly took off in a black Honda Civic. Anyone with information is asked to contact West Springfield Police at 413-263-3210 extension 229.  Anonymous tips can also be sent via text with the word SOLV…
19-Year-Old CT Woman Killed In Crash While Driving Home From Work, Police Say 19-Year-Old CT Woman Killed In Crash While Driving Home From Work, Police Say
19-Year-Old CT Woman Killed In Crash While Driving Home From Work, Police Say A 19-year-old Connecticut woman died after crashing her car into a tree while driving home from work. Police received multiple reports of a rollover crash in New Haven County in the area of 154 Research Parkway in Meriden at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, March 19. Authorities found the driver, identified as Yanilis Santiago, of Middletown, trapped in her 2005 Honda Civic, which had come to a rest on its roof after striking the tree, according to the Meriden Police Department. Police said Santiago had finished working a shift in Wallingford and was driving north at a high rate of spe…
Fairfield County Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say Fairfield County Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say
Fairfield County Woman Hit, Dragged 200 Feet By Hit-Run Driver, Police Say A Fairfield County woman was killed after she was hit and dragged by a car for nearly 200 feet before the vehicle fled the scene. Kemesha Robert Johnson, age 40, died around 3 a.m. Sunday, March 13, in Bridgeport near the intersection of Boston Avenue and Remington Street, authorities said. A witness on the scene told officers a woman driving a 2007 Black Volvo XC90 was stopped at a red light on Barnum Avenue when it was rear-ended by a silver or gray Honda Civic, said Scott Appleby, Bridgeport's director of emergency management. The Honda then backed up and hit a parked car and passed t…
ID Released For HS Football Player Killed In Fairfield County Crash ID Released For HS Football Player Killed In Fairfield County Crash
ID Released For HS Football Player Killed In Fairfield County Crash A high school football player in Fairfield County has been identified as the teen who was killed during a single-vehicle crash over the weekend. Jordan Martinez, age 17, of Stamford, was killed around 11:30 p.m., Saturday, according to the Office of the State Medical Examiner. His death has been classified as accidental, and that he died from blunt force trauma to the torso and other areas of the body, the Medical Examiner's Office said. An initial investigation by Greenwich Police determined Martinez was driving a 2009 Honda Civic westbound on East Putnam Ave when it left t…
24-Year-Old Riding On Top Of Car Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Woman, Police Say 24-Year-Old Riding On Top Of Car Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Woman, Police Say
24-Year-Old Riding On Top Of Car Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Woman, Police Say A 24-year-old man riding on top of a Honda Civic was killed when he fell off the roof causing the vehicle to crash in Connecticut, authorities said. The crash took place around 12:20 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31 near an I-95 off-ramp in New Haven County.  The man fell off the roof and into the roadway in Milford causing a 29-year-old Fairfield County driver to crash. According to Milford Police, Karissa Denigris, of Stratford, was driving north on Old Gate Lane with passenger Cody Henry, of Summerfield, Florida, riding on top of the vehicle.  Henry fell from the vehicle in t…
CT Teen Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle Following Crash, State Police Say CT Teen Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle Following Crash, State Police Say
CT Teen Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle Following Crash, State Police Say A teen was apprehended by Connecticut State Police after allegedly stealing a vehicle from an I-95 rest area and then crashing. The incident unfolded in New Haven County a little after 4 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23, when state police were notified of a Range Rover with stolen plates driving erratically on I-95 in Madison. Troopers responded to the area of the I-95 Madison rest area where the Range Rover was last seen. Moments later, the vehicle was spotted on I-95 and while attempting to catch up to the Range Rover, the trooper was passed by a Honda Civic that had just been stolen from the rest …