Baseball Bat Attack At CT Bar Leaves Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family Baseball Bat Attack At CT Bar Leaves Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family
Baseball Bat Attack At CT Bar Leaves Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family As Connecticut State Police attempt to unravel why two masked men burst into a Litchfield County restaurant and bar last month and attacked someone with a baseball bat, the victim's family is struggling to cope with a new reality.  Ian Kallgren, of Goshen, was enjoying a beer at Bohemian Pizza and Tacos on Bantam Road in Litchfield on Saturday, Nov. 23, when the masked man ran into the bar around 2:30 a.m. and savagely attacked him with baseball bats, ACCORDING TO? Connecticut State Police did not speculate on any motive but said troopers continue to investigate the beating. …
Milford Man Intentionally Crashed Into His Fiancee At CT Shopping Center: Reports Milford Man Intentionally Crashed Into His Fiancee At CT Shopping Center: Reports
Milford Man Intentionally Crashed Into His Fiancee At CT Shopping Center: Reports A 34-year-old Connecticut man is accused of intentionally driving into his fiancee in a shopping center parking lot earlier this week and leaving her in critical condition, reports said.  Anthony Assad, of Milford, is charged with first-degree assault, evading responsibility, and reckless driving, NBC Connecticut reported.  Police said Assad sped up as he drove toward the woman in the 150 Barnum Ave. shopping center in Stratford Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, before he crashed into the woman, throwing her onto the Honda's windshield, per the CT Post.  Video shows Assad getti…
CT Prison Guard Charged With Assaulting Elderly Inmate CT Prison Guard Charged With Assaulting Elderly Inmate
CT Prison Guard Charged With Assaulting Elderly Inmate A Connecticut prison guard turned himself over to police earlier this week after authorities accused him of assaulting an elderly inmate earlier this year, police said.  Todd Blevons, 42, of Uncasville, was charged with assault in the third degree on an elderly person, Connecticut State Police said on Thursday, Nov. 21. Police began investigating Blevons after an inmate at Corrigan Correctional Center in Montville accused him of using excessive force in April, authorities said.  A police report obtained by WTNH said Blevons threw the 66-year-old inmate to the ground, jumped …
CT Man Nabbed For Robbing NY Burger King Over Rejected Coupon: Police CT Man Nabbed For Robbing NY Burger King Over Rejected Coupon: Police
CT Man Nabbed For Robbing NY Burger King Over Rejected Coupon: Police A 29-year-old man has been charged with allegedly robbing a Burger King restaurant in the region after his coupon was rejected. The incident occurred in Ulster County at the Burger King on Route 9W in Highland on Sunday, July 21. Related: Man Robs Hudson Valley Burger King After Coupon Is Rejected, Police Say According to the town of Lloyd Polie Chief James Janson, Byron Bournes, age 29, of Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 13, on a warrant. He was charged with: Two counts of second-degree robbery Two counts of third-degree robbery Assault Two counts of crimi…
Wealthy CT Financier Killed In Ireland; Son Charged With Fatal Attack: Reports Wealthy CT Financier Killed In Ireland; Son Charged With Fatal Attack: Reports
Wealthy CT Financier Killed In Ireland; Son Charged With Fatal Attack: Reports A Connecticut financier was killed at an Ireland hotel after he flew from the United States to care for his mentally ill son. Now his son is charged with the assault that killed him, the BBC reported. New York City resident Henry McGowan, age 30, of Brooklyn, is accused of killing his father, 66-year-old John McGowan, of New Canaan, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the outlet said.  The New York Times reported that Henry flew to Ireland earlier this week to stay at Ballyfin Demesne, a hotel in County Laois. Henry suffers from bipolar disorder, and when John learned his son had left the count…
Ex-Staffer At CT Group Home Attacked Autistic Patient, Broke Their Nose: Police Ex-Staffer At CT Group Home Attacked Autistic Patient, Broke Their Nose: Police
Ex-Staffer At CT Group Home Attacked Autistic Patient, Broke Their Nose: Police Police in Connecticut are investigating a former group home employee who is accused of attacking an autistic patient so violently that the non-verbal woman needed to be hospitalized, authorities said.  Kendra A. Demudd, 28, of Hartford, was arrested and charged with assault on a person with an intellectual disability, reckless endangerment, and cruelty to persons, Wethersfield Police said. She was being held on a $50,000 bond.  Demudd, a former employee at HARC, a group home on Eastern Drive in Wethersfield, is accused of repeatedly assaulting the 28-year-old resident in the early…
Woman Seen Speeding With Man On Car Hood In Wallingford, Leaving Him After He Fell Off: Police Woman Seen Speeding With Man On Car Hood In Wallingford, Leaving Him After He Fell Off: Police
Woman Seen Speeding With Man On Car Hood In Wallingford, Leaving Him After He Fell Off: Police A 24-year-old Connecticut woman was caught on surveillance cameras speeding with a man holding onto her hood before he fell off, and she sped away, authorities said.  Alexis Marie Rivera, of Wallingford in New Haven County, is charged with first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, and reckless driving, police said.  The alleged incident happened on Oct. 8 after a 911 call reported a man lying on the pavement behind a bar, bleeding from his head, Wallingford Police said. Authorities did not release his name.  Paramedics took him to a local hospital, but t…
Man Busted In Tree Branch Attack That Sent 1 To Hospital: Police Man Busted In Tree Branch Attack That Sent 1 To Hospital: Police
Man Busted In Tree Branch Attack That Sent 1 To Hospital: Police A 56-year-old Connecticut man attacked someone with a tree branch, sending them to the hospital in Fairfield County, authorities said.  Oscar Espejo-Gonzalez, of Bridgeport, was charged with second-degree breach of peace, illegal alteration of a firearm, illegally carrying a gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, first-degree threatening, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment in the first-degree, authorities said.  The alleged victim told police that Espejo-Gonzalez had attacked him with a tree branch on Maplewood Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 19, leaving a …
Man Who Hit Woman With His Car To Play Out Rape Fantasy Admits To Attempted Murder: DA Man Who Hit Woman With His Car To Play Out Rape Fantasy Admits To Attempted Murder: DA
Man Who Hit Woman With His Car To Play Out Rape Fantasy Admits To Attempted Murder: DA A Connecticut man who intentionally crashed his car into a woman and attempted to drown her as part of a rape and kidnapping fantasy admitted this week to multiple felonies related to the attack, authorities announced.  Mynor Romeo Alvarado-Canahui, age 35, of Norwalk, will spend 25 years in prison and register as a sex offender when he's released as part of his plea deal, the State's Attorney said.  Prosecutors told the court that Alvarado-Canahui intentionally crashed his car into a 20-year-old woman as she walked along a remote back country road in New Canaan aro…
Police Release Body Cam Video Of Knife Attack On Officer Police Release Body Cam Video Of Knife Attack On Officer
Police Release Body Cam Video Of Knife Attack On Officer Update: Connecticut State Police released body-worn video from Woodbury Police Officer Tim Wright that shows what led up to the attack that left him with a slash across his throat.  The video begins as Tyler Wilmot approaches Wright's car during a routine traffic stop and threatens to fight the officer.  Click here to watch the video. Viewer discretion is advised.  Original: A Connecticut police officer was in a hospital Thursday night, Oct. 3, recovering from a stab wound to his neck after a traffic stop over a license plate ended in bloodshed, authorities said.&n…
6-Year-Old Dies After Baseball Bat Attack: Police 6-Year-Old Dies After Baseball Bat Attack: Police
6-Year-Old Dies After Baseball Bat Attack: Police A 6-year-old boy who was beaten into critical condition along with his 4-year-old sibling and mother has died, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 2.  The attack happened at a Fairfield County apartment in the 2400 block of Main St. in Bridgeport on Wednesday, Sept. 25, authorities said. Officers were called to the home around 10 a.m. to reports of a vicious assault.  The two children and their 33-year-old mother were critically injured in the beating, police said, but they were later released from the hospital. Bridgeport Police announced on social media that the oldest boy …
John Gotti Jr's Wife, Daughter Dodge Assault Charges After HS Basketball Brawl In NY John Gotti Jr's Wife, Daughter Dodge Assault Charges After HS Basketball Brawl In NY
John Gotti Jr's Wife, Daughter Dodge Assault Charges After HS Basketball Brawl In NY John Gotti Jr.’s wife and daughter will avoid criminal charges in connection with a fight at a youth basketball game on Long Island. A Nassau County judge cited “procedural grounds” for dismissing the misdemeanor assault charges against Kimberly Gotti, age 55, and Gianna Gotti, age 23, on Tuesday, Oct. 1. “We await the judge’s written decision and will review our options,” a spokesperson for the DA’s office told Daily Voice. The fight broke out in the Oyster Bay village of Lattingtown, during a basketball game at Locust Valley High School against visiting Oyster Bay High School, on Thursd…