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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…
Man Moved Person From Wrecked Car In Wolcott Rather Than Take Him To Hospital; He Died: Cops
A Connecticut man is facing several felonies after police said he crashed his car, fatally wounding his passenger, and then moved the victim to a friend's car rather than get help earlier this year in New Haven County. The man would later die of his injuries.
Luis Sanchez-Sagbay, of Bristol in Hartford County, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, interfering with an officer, reckless driving, driving without insurance, operating a motor vehicle without a license, and improper use of a marker plate, Wolcott Police said.
The inciden…
Woman Who Fatally Hit Waterbury Cyclist Then Sped Away Arrested: Police
A woman who police say crashed into a bicyclist, causing him fatal injuries, and sped away in New Haven County has been arrested weeks later.
Gloria Sanchez, 32, of Waterbury, was charged Thursday with evading responsibility in a death, criminal misrepresentation, and failure to renew registration, authorities said.
Investigators said Sanchez crashed into 37-year-old Luis Caceras, of Waterbury, around 6 a.m. at the Cooke Street and Grove Street intersection and then drove away.
After an investigation, police arrested Sanchez earlier this week.
A judge ord…
CT Teen Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree
A 19-year-old Connecticut woman was killed over the weekend after she crashed into a tree in Hartford County, authorities announced.
Tolland County resident Makayla Theriaque, of Vernon, was identified as the victim in a Sunday evening, Aug. 25, crash in Manchester, police said.
Officers were called to 233 Buckland Hills Drive for reports of a car crashing into a tree, Manchester police said.
Paramedics rushed Theriaque, who was behind the wheel, to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.
Manchester police are investigating the crash. Authorities a…
Weston 20-Year-Old Accused Of Stealing Wallet From Westport YMCA, Using Credit Cards
A Fairfield County man was charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a wallet from a gym and using the credit cards inside.
Massimo Zhong, 20, of Weston, was arrested on Monday, July 8, for the June incident at the Westport/Weston YMCA.
According to Lt. Eric Woods of the Westport Police, officers started an investigation after the theft was reported, and they found that the credit cards were used in Norwalk shortly after being stolen.
The investigating officer reviewed surveillance footage and identified Zhong entering the YMCA, entering the locker room, and leaving. Woods said he…
CT Man, 60, Assaults Boy Multiple Times, Police Say
The 14-year-old victim of a now-arrested Connecticut man told authorities he was sexually assaulted an estimated 20 times.
Scott Predom, a Middlesex County man, was arrested on Tuesday, July 9 on charges of sexual assault and more following a Tolland County investigation, police announced.
Predom, a 60-year-old who hails from Middletown, is accused of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old boy, who was 13 at the time the assaults occurred.
According to his arrest warrant, the situation was brought to the attention of police when, in February 2024, a relative of the victim noticed inappro…
