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WATCH: CT Firefighters Save Bird Hooked, Tangled In Fishing Line In Dramatic Rescue WATCH: CT Firefighters Save Bird Hooked, Tangled In Fishing Line In Dramatic Rescue
Watch: CT Firefighters Save Bird Hooked, Tangled In Fishing Line In Dramatic Rescue Firefighters are famous for saving cats stuck in trees, but sometimes they rescue birds from ponds. A bird trapped by fishing line and pinned by a fish hook was saved after Fairfield firefighters and animal control officers carried out a difficult water rescue. The rescue happened Thursday morning, July 16, after the Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received a call from a resident reporting a bird in distress. Firefighters assigned to Rescue 1 teamed up with Fairfield animal control officers and used water rescue equipment to reach the bird. When they got to it, they found fis…

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Witnesses Unable To Save Pilot After Plane Crashes Into Massachusetts State Forest Pond Witnesses Unable To Save Pilot After Plane Crashes Into Massachusetts State Forest Pond
Witnesses Unable To Save Pilot After Plane Crashes Into Massachusetts State Forest Pond A pilot was killed after a small plane crashed into Curlew Pond in Myles Standish State Forest, prompting a rescue effort by first responders and nearby good Samaritans. Authorities have identified the pilot as 81-year-old Richard Carrara of Kingston.  The crash happened around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, July 16, when Plymouth Police received a report of a plane down in Curlew Pond in the Plymouth state forest. The vessel was overturned in the water, with the pilot trapped inside just off the shoreline.  Plymouth police, firefighters, and several good Samaritans rushed into th…

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Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In Reservoir Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In Reservoir
Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In Reservoir Authorities have identified a 68-year-old woman who drowned at a Connecticut home earlier this week. Mary Tracy Shepley was found at a home on Triangle Drive in East Haddam around 9:30 p.m on Wednesday, July 15, Connecticut State Police said.  Initial reports said her family found her in the nearby Moodus Reservoir after the family dog returned home alone and wet.  Paramedics rushed her to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.  Police have not released any other information. The incident remains under investigation. 

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Bike Night Turns Violent At CT Bar: Man Shot And Critically Wounded, 8 Arrested Bike Night Turns Violent At CT Bar: Man Shot And Critically Wounded, 8 Arrested
Bike Night Turns Violent At CT Bar: Man Shot And Critically Wounded, 8 Arrested What began as a packed motorcycle event at a popular Connecticut bar ended in gunfire, a violent assault, and eight arrests, according to police. The shooting happened Wednesday evening during Southington's Cadillac Ranch's weekly Bike Night event, which draws motorcycle enthusiasts and members of several motorcycle clubs. Police were called to the 45 Jude Lane bar around 7 p.m. for a reported shooting. Officers arrived to find a 25-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso in what police described as a "very congested crowd." He was taken to a hospital and remains in critic…

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Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say
Mass Man Accused In $9K Wilton Business Theft Spree Extradited, Police Say A Massachusetts man has been extradited to Connecticut after police said he was tied to a series of thefts and trespassing incidents at a Wilton business that lost thousands of dollars in equipment and materials. George Bimbo, 37, was arrested Tuesday, July 4, after Wilton detectives traveled to the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction in Massachusetts to take custody of him on an extraditable warrant, according to Wilton police. Bimbo is charged with two counts of third-degree larceny and two counts of third-degree criminal trespass. The investigation centered on multiple incidents at F…

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CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting
CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting A Connecticut man will spend more than four decades in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting at a Terryville gas station, authorities announced.  Charles Whitfield Jr., 43, of Plymouth, was sentenced Tuesday, July 14, to 42 years in prison after a New Britain Superior Court judge found him responsible for the 2023 murder of Phillip Harris. A Superior Court jury in New Britain found Whitfield guilty of murder on May 4, 2026. The case centered on the killing of Harris, 42, of New Britain, at the Gulf Gas Station on Main Street in the Terryville section of Plymouth. Police said Harris was s…

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CT Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children CT Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children
CT Man Facing 185 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Children A Connecticut jury took just two hours to convict a 39-year-old **Bridgeport** man of sexually assaulting two children **ages** 10 and 12, state prosecutors said. Daniel Giron-Moran, of Bridgeport, was found guilty on Monday, July 13, in Bridgeport Superior Court of multiple felony charges tied to the sexual assault of two children, ages 10 and 12, according to Bridgeport Judicial District State's Attorney Joseph T. Corradino. The convictions include two counts of first-degree sexual assault, three counts of third-degree sexual assault, five counts of risk of injury to a minor involving sex…

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85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange 85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange
85-Cent Pancakes Mark Chip’s 60th Anniversary In Fairfield, Orange Chip’s Family Restaurant will celebrate six decades in business by rolling pancake and coffee prices back to 1966 levels at its Fairfield and Orange locations. From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, dine-in guests can order three original buttermilk pancakes for 85 cents and coffee for 15 cents. The promotion is limited to one order per guest. According to a press release from Chip’s, the anniversary celebration will run from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 321 Boston Post Road in Orange and 525 Tunxis Hill Cut Off in Fairfield. The event is free and open to the public. Chip's is celebrating 6…

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Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say
Single Mom Shot 3 Times While Shielding Children At Massachusetts World Cup Party, Friends Say A Massachusetts single mother is facing months without income after she was shot three times while trying to protect her children during a community celebration. But the Brockton community she calls home will not let her face this alone.  Ninamarie Mendes was shot three times last month after a Cabo Verde World Cup watch party, according to two GoFundMe fundraisers created to support her and her family. The fundraisers say Mendes and her two children joined an impromptu street celebration after the watch party. As people danced with their community, gunfire erupted. Mendes was hit thre…

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Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes
Quick-Thinking Man Saves Teen Brother From Drowning In CT Lake; Rescue Boat Capsizes An 18-year-old Connecticut man is alive thanks to his fast-acting brother.  The teenager nearly drowned Tuesday afternoon, July 14, in Lake Zoar in Oxford. Connecticut State Police and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation officers responded to the end of Jackson Cove Road for a report of a possible drowning. The 18-year-old jumped from cliffs in Kettletown State Park into Lake Zoar, but struggled to keep his head above water before slipping beneath the surface, according to DEEP. The man's brother pulled him to shore and began CP…

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Missing Wolcott Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA Missing Wolcott Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA
Missing Wolcott Man Believed Found Dead In CT River In Western Massachusetts: DA Police believe they have recovered the body of a 36-year-old Connecticut man from the Connecticut River in Massachusetts on Tuesday, July 15, after he disappeared last week. Jonathan Maxwell, of Wolcott, Connecticut, was reported missing after he was last seen in the area known as "The Meadows" in Northampton, Massachusetts, around 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. A bystander found the body near Shepherds Island and Middle Meadow Road around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has…

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Orange Police Sergeant Arrested After Allegedly Shoving Hartford Cop At Yard Goats Game: Report Orange Police Sergeant Arrested After Allegedly Shoving Hartford Cop At Yard Goats Game: Report
Orange Police Sergeant Arrested After Allegedly Shoving Hartford Cop At Yard Goats Game: Report A Connecticut officer found himself on the other side of the handcuffs after police said he was arrested following a disturbance at a Hartford Yard Goats game that ended with him allegedly shoving another officer. Orange Police Sgt. Frank Koshes was arrested Saturday, July 11, near the Main Street and Pleasant Street entrance to Dunkin' Park in Hartford, according to a Hartford police arrest log. Hartford authorities have not publicly detailed the circumstances surrounding the arrest. Koshes was attending the Yard Goats game with 40-year-old John Hatfield when Hartford police responded to …

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