Explosives Tips Expose Granby Man’s Gun Trafficking, Lead To Guilty Plea: Feds Explosives Tips Expose Granby Man’s Gun Trafficking, Lead To Guilty Plea: Feds
Explosives Tips Expose Granby Man’s Gun Trafficking, Lead To Guilty Plea: Feds A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to federal gun charges after investigators found dozens of firearms and suspected explosive materials inside his home. Kyle Chambers, 31, of Granby, became the subject of several FBI tips on Dec. 30, 2024, after agents received tips that he kept explosives at his Salmon Brook Road home and intended to detonate them on New Year’s Eve, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said.  Authorities arrested Chambers on state charges the next day. During a court-approved search, investigators found firearms, ghost guns and devices used to convert g…
Woman Says She Found Drugs Inside Child's Happy Meal Toy At CT McDonald's Woman Says She Found Drugs Inside Child's Happy Meal Toy At CT McDonald's
Woman Says She Found Drugs Inside Child's Happy Meal Toy At CT McDonald's A woman claims she found drugs inside a child’s Happy Meal toy at a Connecticut McDonald’s. Brittany Fitzpatrick said in a Facebook post that she had taken her daughter and her niece to the restaurant at 611 South Main Street in Middletown. Fitzpatrick said her niece found the "rocks" inside a "Stranger Things" promotional toy inside a Happy Meal.  “She opened it and said there was something wrong with her toy, someone put 'rocks' in it,” Fitzpatrick said. “I took it from her to look and immediately noticed it was weed.” Fitzpatrick contacted police. The Middletown Police Department told …
District IDs CT Sixth Grader Killed in School Bus Crash District IDs CT Sixth Grader Killed in School Bus Crash
District IDs CT Sixth Grader Killed in School Bus Crash A Connecticut sixth grader died after being struck by a school bus before school Wednesday, officials said. Torren O’Grady, 11, a sixth grader at North Stonington Elementary School, died in the Sept. 2 crash on Old Colony Road in North Stonington. Connecticut State Police troopers responded to the area of Kingwood Drive and Meadow Park at about 8:27 a.m. following reports of a crash with serious injuries. Authorities have released few details about the crash, but NBC Connecticut reporters at the scene said investigators were examining a bicycle lying in the street.  Students on t…
CT Man Took 'Upskirt' Photo Of Shopper At NJ TJ Maxx: Police CT Man Took 'Upskirt' Photo Of Shopper At NJ TJ Maxx: Police
CT Man Took 'Upskirt' Photo Of Shopper At NJ TJ Maxx: Police A Connecticut man accused of taking an "upskirt" photo of a woman shopping at a Bergen County TJ Maxx was arrested in New York and extradited to New Jersey, authorities said. Edgewater patrol officers responded to the TJ Maxx at 477 River Road at approximately 6:31 p.m. Friday, July 10, on a report of a suspicious person taking pictures, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Officers determined a man had taken an "upskirt" photograph of a woman who was shopping inside the store, Martin said. Detective Hansen identified the man as Daniel Tivet, 45, of Colchester, CT, during the investigation, ac…
Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing With DHS Secretary Aboard Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing With DHS Secretary Aboard
Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing With DHS Secretary Aboard The pilots who safely brought a disabled Coast Guard jet back to the ground in Virginia had never done it before. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Coast Guard pilots told him after Wednesday, Sept. 2's emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that it was their first time landing on a single engine. “The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine,” Mullin said in a post on X. “No panic, just straight professionalism.” The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, jus…
CT Man, 21, Dies After Fall Hiking Near Montana's Highest Peak: 'Passed Doing What He Loved' CT Man, 21, Dies After Fall Hiking Near Montana's Highest Peak: 'Passed Doing What He Loved'
CT Man, 21, Dies After Fall Hiking Near Montana's Highest Peak: 'Passed Doing What He Loved' A 21-year-old Connecticut adventurer who died after an apparent fall near Montana’s tallest mountain was a passionate explorer and gamer who felt happiest outdoors or traveling the world, according to his family.  Jackson Gregory Slimak, 21, of Southington, died Aug. 24 in the wilderness near the 12,800-foot-tall Granite Peak in Montana's Beartooth Mountain range. Search crews from Wyoming and Montana found his body on Thursday, Aug. 27, after searching for nearly three days, Cowboy State Daily reported.  Authorities believe his death was the result of an accidental fall and …
NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave
NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave Erin Piacenti was on her first day back following maternity leave when she was fatally stabbed in Times Square on Monday, Aug. 31. Piacenti, a Chester, NJ resident, had welcomed her daughter Madison five months ago, according to a GoFundMe set up to support her daughter and husband, Frank. "Becoming a mother was Erin's lifelong ambition, and Madison gave her the greatest possible joy," Shray Gupta, who organized the fundraiser said. "Erin's life was defined not by the circumstances of her death, but instead by the way she lived. Erin was deeply devoted to her family and friends, except…
Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry
Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry New details have emerged about the death of Tim Curry, the magnetic British performer who turned eccentric characters into enduring pop-culture icons. Curry’s primary cause of death was coronary artery disease, according to public health documents obtained exclusively by People and reported Wednesday, Sept. 2. The documents listed Curry’s history of stroke and kidney cancer as contributing conditions. No surgeries were performed for any of those ailments, People reported. Curry died Tuesday, Aug. 25, at his home in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 80. The actor and sing…
CT Crash Kills Father Of Infant Son With Baby Girl On The Way: 'Our Hearts Are Broken' CT Crash Kills Father Of Infant Son With Baby Girl On The Way: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'
CT Crash Kills Father Of Infant Son With Baby Girl On The Way: 'Our Hearts Are Broken' A Connecticut community is in mourning after a young father of an 11-month-old boy, who had a daughter on the way, was killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend.  Jordan Thomas Jr. was killed shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, after he was involved in a crash with a vehicle on the Silas Deane Highway in Rocky Hill, near the Exit 24 ramps for Interstate 91, police said. He died at the scene.  His loved ones created a GoFundMe to help provide for his fiancée and partner of six years, Nataliya, their infant son, and unborn daughter, who is due in December.&n…
Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms
Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms The mother of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper First Class Michael E. Pahira Jr. has sued the Massachusetts truck driver accused of causing the fiery Interstate 81 crash that killed him, as well as the Alabama trucking company and Texas freight broker behind the load. Patricia Pahira filed the federal wrongful-death and survival lawsuit Wednesday, Sept. 2, individually and as administrator of her son’s estate. The complaint names driver Michael Bon, Augustin Freight Services LLC, and SNK Logistics LLC as defendants. Pahira, 44, was conducting a commercial vehicle safety inspection on I-81 …
Knife Breaks During Attack On CT Capitol Police Officer; Woman Tries To Steal Cruiser: Cops Knife Breaks During Attack On CT Capitol Police Officer; Woman Tries To Steal Cruiser: Cops
Knife Breaks During Attack On CT Capitol Police Officer; Woman Tries To Steal Cruiser: Cops A woman tried to stab a Connecticut State Capitol Police officer through the driver’s-side window of his cruiser before the knife broke, authorities said. The attack happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday at Armory Road and Michael J. Fallon Way in Hartford. The officer was conducting a high-visibility patrol when the woman walked up to his cruiser and tried to stab him through the window. She continued striking it until the knife broke, police said. The officer was not injured. The woman then fled on foot, police said. Officers raced after her and tried to de-escalate the encounter. During he…
Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff
Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff The Virginia parents of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes allegedly directed searchers away from a nearby body of water after their severely nonverbal autistic daughter disappeared, according to arrest warrants filed following her death. John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, of Bristol, VA, were arrested in Carter County, TN, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, and each charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk/willfully abandoning a child, the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office said. Saylor's body was found Monday morning, Aug. 31, in the waters near Hagley Landing following an inte…