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4 Caught With K9's Help After Crashing Stolen Vehicle On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say
Four teenagers face criminal charges after allegedly flipping a stolen vehicle on a busy roadway in Connecticut and leading police on a chase, authorities announced. The events leading up to the arrests began on Tuesday, July 30 around 3 a.m., when a stolen vehicle was reported to be traveling on Route 101 in Rhode Island and heading towards Windham County, according to Connecticut State Police. Soon, the vehicle entered the state and crashed in the area of 771 Hartford Pike (Route 101) in Killingly. Once state troopers arrived at the crash scene, they found an abandoned, damag…
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Man Nabbed In Connection With Death Of Woman Found On Redding Roadway
A 50-year-old man faces charges in connection with the death of a 26-year-old woman whose body was found in a wooded area of a roadway in Connecticut, police announced. Fairfield County resident Sergio Reyes-Cordero of Norwalk was extradited from Georgia to Connecticut on Thursday, Aug. 1, and charged in connection with the death of 26-year-old Bridgeport resident Leah Chapparo, Connecticut State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 2. Chapparo's body was found on Sunday, Feb. 18 on Glen Road (Route 53) in the Fairfield County town of Redding, according to police. …
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Attempted Home Invasion: Duo Armed With Hatchet, Knife Charged In CT
Two men are facing charges in connection with an armed, attempted home invasion in Connecticut. The Windham County incident happened in the Killingly borough of Danielson at around 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. Witnesses told Connecticut State Police that two men wearing ski masks attempted to break into a home on Dyer Street where several residents and guests were gathered. Several people in the home reported having heard loud banging sounds before someone opened the front door and saw a man in a ski mask charging toward them with an object in his hand. The resident closed the door, locked…
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CT Man Charged After Planning Nursing Home Attack, Plotting Assisted Suicide By Cop: Police
A 38-year-old Connecticut man faces charges after admitting to police that he had intended to commit suicide by cop and had considered shooting workers at a nursing home as part of a revenge plot, authorities announced. Windham County resident James Zigadlo of Ashford was arrested on Friday, July 19 on an arrest warrant issued in connection with an incident in June 2023, Connecticut State Police announced on Wednesday, July 31. According to the State Police, on June 12, 2023, just after 1 a.m., a trooper responded to Davis Place Rehabilitation on Westcott Road in Killingly after…
Police & Fire
CT Woman Nabbed For Manslaughter Year To Day After Double-Fatal Crash
A 23-year-old Connecticut woman has been charged with manslaughter and other charges in connection with a fatal crash that left two dead. The collision occurred in New London County on Tuesday, July 31, 2023, in Norwich. According to Connecticut State Police, Kristi Vincent of Lisbon turned herself in to police exactly a year after the crash on Wednesday, July 31. An arrest affidavit says Vincent was driving a 2017 Nissan Rogue on I-395 South with two children when the crash occurred. Vincent told police she did not see the construction zone as she was handing her child a bottle when she …
Police & Fire
11-Year-Old, Teen Crash Stolen Jeep In CT
An 11-year-old and a 16-year-old were charged with stealing a Jeep Compass in Connecticut and then fleeing after being spotted by State Police before crashing into another vehicle head-on. The incident began in Windham County on Tuesday, July 30, around 7 a.m. in Willimantic. According to Connecticut State Police, the Willimantic Police Department contacted them to advise that the stolen 2019 Jeep was last seen heading north on Route 32 in Tolland County near Mansfield. Troopers spotted the vehicle traveling northbound on Route 32 through Mansfield and into Willington. At that point, a tro…
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CT Babysitter Faces Multiple Charges After 2-Year-Old Run Over By Car
A Connecticut woman turned herself in to police after she allegedly ran over an unrestrained 2-year-old who opened a car door and was run over and seriously injured. Middlesex County resident Maria Santiago, age 55, of Clinton, turned herself in on Monday, July 29, on four counts of risk of injury to a minor and failure to apply a child restraint system for the Tuesday, May 14 incident. According to the Connecticut State Police, an investigation into Santiago began following the report of the minor child falling from her vehicle and being run over before being trapped under the re…
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Bomb Threats Received At 2 CT Businesses Within Hour Of Each Other
Bomb threats were received at two Connecticut businesses within an hour of each other. The incidents occurred in New Haven County on Monday, July 29, between 3:45 and 5 p.m. at Walmart and Stop & Shop in Naugatuck. According to Det. Shelby Johnson of the Naugatuck Police officers responded to the New Haven Road Walmart around 3:45 p.m. for a bomb threat received by phone by an employee. The caller said a bomb was located in the bathroom and was set to go off in two minutes. Police quickly evacuated the store and requested assistance from the State Police Bomb Squad, Johnson said. …
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Burglar Breaks Into CT Secretary Of State Building, Knocks Out Power, Police Say
A man is behind bars after allegedly breaking into a Connecticut state office building and knocking out power. The incident happened shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, July 28, in Hartford, at the Connecticut State Comptroller’s office on Capitol Avenue. The building also houses the Secretary of State’s office. According to State Police, troopers responding to an alarm found 43-year-old Pennsylvania resident Cristian Gonzales, of the borough of Shillington in Berks County, breaking into a high voltage electrical conduit area underneath the building. He damaged various utilities, causing power o…
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State Police Cruiser Struck In Westport, Man Charged With Failure To Move Over
A 47-year-old man was charged with failure to move over after slamming into the back of a Connecticut State Police cruiser. The incident occurred in Fairfield County in Westport on I-95 southbound around 3 a.m. Saturday, July 27, on I-95 near Exit 17. According to State Police, a State Police cruiser was stationary, positioned in the left travel lane, with its emergency lights activated when a 2015 Kia Sorrento driven by New York City resident Sonny Abdul-Hardy of the Bronx, failed to move over or stop and slammed into the back of the cruiser. State police said Trooper Ryszard Galej w…
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Employee Caught Stealing Cash From CT Restaurant While Daughter Waits In Car, Police Say
An employee was caught red-handed stealing cash from a Connecticut restaurant as her daughter waited in the car, police said. The Tolland County incident happened in the town of Mansfield, at a restaurant on Storrs Road, at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23. Connecticut State Police said 28-year-old Jennifer Spencer entered the business after hours, without the owner’s permission, and stole cash from the register. She was caught after the restaurant’s owner, already suspecting that someone was stealing from them, noticed that Spencer had gone into the business after hours on two nights in…
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Shoplifter's Accomplice Threatens Bystanders With Knife Outside CT Walmart, Police Say
A woman is accused of chasing and threatening bystanders with a knife during an attempted shoplifting at a Connecticut Walmart store. In Windham County, Contessa Vayo, age 34, of Brooklyn, was arrested on suspicion of threatening and related charges outside the Putnam Walmart on School Street on Friday afternoon, July 29. Connecticut State Police said it was around 2:30 p.m. when a man pushed a cart full of merchandise out of the store without paying, prompting a male bystander to begin chasing him through the parking lot. Witnesses told troopers that the man started loading the stolen it…
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