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DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police
DNA Links CT Inmate To Home Invasion More Than Five Years Ago: State Police An inmate being housed by the Connecticut Corrections Department has been linked to a home invasion more than five years ago, after DNA evidence linked him to the crime, authorities announced. Sonny Barber, 35, who is being held in the Bridgeport Correctional Center, has been charged with home invasion and second-degree assault in connection with the 2020 crime in Canterbury, according to court records and CT State Police. State troopers responded to a home in Canterbury in January 2020 after a resident reported being attacked by an intruder, CSP said Tuesday, Feb. 11. Troopers arrived to f…
Police Dog Helps Foil CT Home Invasion, Capture Suspects After High-Stakes Chase: Cops Police Dog Helps Foil CT Home Invasion, Capture Suspects After High-Stakes Chase: Cops
Police Dog Helps Foil CT Home Invasion, Capture Suspects After High-Stakes Chase: Cops A Connecticut home invasion led to a late-night beach chase, ending with a man and a juvenile in handcuffs thanks to a police dog named Rip, authorities said.  Milford police responded to a home on Milford Point Road around 2:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, after reports of an attempted car theft escalated into a home invasion. As officers arrived, they spotted a black BMW speeding away. Responding officers deployed stop sticks near Milford Point Road and Deerwood Avenue, forcing the car to stop. The driver fled on foot, authorities said. Back at the home, two suspects ran out the back door …
Masked Men Hold Knives To Teen Girl During Attempted CT Home Invasion Masked Men Hold Knives To Teen Girl During Attempted CT Home Invasion
Masked Men Hold Knives To Teen Girl During Attempted CT Home Invasion A 15-year-old Connecticut girl was held at knifepoint as two masked men attempted a home invasion, authorities said. The girl was sitting in a car parked outside a North Chestnut Street home in the Wauregan section of Plainfield around 4:15 a.m. on New Year's Day when the men approached her, police said. They threatened her before one of them entered the house's enclosed porch. That’s when someone inside noticed the intruders and confronted them, forcing them to run away, Plainfield police said. Officers, along with a Connecticut State Police K9 unit, searched the area, but the suspects el…
CT Man Calls 911 For Help, Ends Up In Jail Facing Nearly 20 Charges CT Man Calls 911 For Help, Ends Up In Jail Facing Nearly 20 Charges
CT Man Calls 911 For Help, Ends Up In Jail Facing Nearly 20 Charges A Connecticut man is facing nearly 20 charges after police uncovered a stockpile of firearms and ammunition following his 911 call to report a suspected home invasion, police said. Joseph Zotter, 60, of Wallingford, was arrested after officers responded to a report of a potential break-in at his George Washington Trail home just before noon on Thursday, Jan. 2, police said. Officers did not locate any burglars during their sweep of the home, but they discovered a cache of firearms, high-capacity magazines, and ammunition, authorities said. Zotter, the homeowner, is legally prohibited from p…
Man Who Choked CT Mom Next To Baby In Home Invasion Nabbed In NY: Police Man Who Choked CT Mom Next To Baby In Home Invasion Nabbed In NY: Police
Man Who Choked CT Mom Next To Baby In Home Invasion Nabbed In NY: Police A man accused of a violent home invasion in which he allegedly choked a woman in bed with her child has been arrested in New York, authorities announced. Christian Chavez-Sosa, 31, of Norwalk, was arrested Monday, Dec. 16, in Gloversville, New York. He was extradited to Norwalk Friday to face charges of home invasion, strangulation, three violations of a protective order, and burglary in the first degree, Fairfield County authorities said. A woman with a protective order against Chavez-Sosa called police on Oct. 30, reporting that he had broken into her home, smashed her belongings, and lat…
Murder-Suicide: Man Forces Way Into CT Home To Shoot Ex-Wife, Kill Himself, Police Say Murder-Suicide: Man Forces Way Into CT Home To Shoot Ex-Wife, Kill Himself, Police Say
Murder-Suicide: Man Forces Way Into CT Home To Shoot Ex-Wife, Kill Himself, Police Say Police believe that a 47-year-old Connecticut man forced his way into a New Haven County home on Thursday morning, Sept. 12, and fatally shot his ex-wife before he turned the gun on himself. New Haven resident Miguelina Lebron, age 45, of Ansonia, was found shot repeatedly at her home on Westfield Avenue, Ansonia police said. Nearby lay the body of her ex-husband Yanis Tavarez, of Bridgeport, with a gunshot wound to the head.  Police were called to the home around 5 a.m. after receiving a 911 call. When they arrived they found the bodies.  An initial investigation shows that…
Attempted Home Invasion: Duo Armed With Hatchet, Knife Charged In CT Attempted Home Invasion: Duo Armed With Hatchet, Knife Charged In CT
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…