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12-Year-Old Shot For Throwing Snowballs At Car In Hartford: Report 12-Year-Old Shot For Throwing Snowballs At Car In Hartford: Report
12-Year-Old Shot For Throwing Snowballs At Car In Hartford: Report A 12-year-old boy had to be hospitalized this week after someone shot him for throwing a snowball at their car, NBC Connecticut reported.  The incident happened Wednesday night, Jan. 22, in the Capitol Avenue and Park Terrace area of Hartford around 7:15 p.m.  Police were called to the area and found the boy with gunshot wounds, the report continued. The 12-year-old and an 11-year-old had been throwing snowballs at cars when one circled the block after getting hit, chased the children, and fired at the older child, authorities said.  Paramedics took the kid to Conn…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Know Him? CT State Police Searching For Man Who Stole Pickup Truck Know Him? CT State Police Searching For Man Who Stole Pickup Truck
Know Him? CT State Police Searching For Man Who Stole Pickup Truck Police in Connecticut are searching for a man who allegedly stole a pickup truck from a parking lot. The incident took place in Hartford around 4 p.m. on Monday, July 24 at the Hartford Armory located on Broad Street. Connecticut State Police investigators said security camera footage in the area showed a man entering a blue, 2012 four-door Ford F-150, displaying the registration plate “DOGTAG," and driving it out of the parking area onto Capitol Avenue.  Another view of the wanted man.Connecticut State Police The man is described as being between 30 to 40 years old, with short dark ha…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
24-Year-Old CT Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash 24-Year-Old CT Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash
24-Year-Old CT Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash A 24-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early this morning.  The crash took place in Hartford around 2:40 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 in the area of Capitol Avenue at Laurel Street. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police, patrol officers responded to the area for a report of a serious crash involving two vehicles.  Upon arrival, officers found a 2009 Nissan Rogue just east of the intersection in the middle of the roadway. They also found a gray 2020 Ford Fusion on the south curb of Capitol Avenue just east of the intersection wit…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol
Suspect Nabbed For Opening Fire Outside CT State Capitol Police arrested a man on charges he fired gunshots into Connecticut's Capitol building in Hartford over Memorial Day weekend. Hartford County resident Floyd Gollnick, age 74, of Southington, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 24, for Capitol shooting, although he already was being held on charges from similar incidents in the area on the night of Sunday, May 30, said the Connecticut State Police. State Police said Gollnick fired numerous shots from the driver's seat of his truck parked on Capitol Avenue.  There were no injures and the bullet holes were not discovered until Tuesday, June 1 by a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman, 33, Standing In Middle Of 1-84 Hit, Killed, CT State Police Say Woman, 33, Standing In Middle Of 1-84 Hit, Killed, CT State Police Say
Woman, 33, Standing In Middle Of 1-84 Hit, Killed, CT State Police Say Click here for an updated story: CT Woman Killed On I-84 Penned Chilling Final Facebook Post Connecticut State Police are asking the public for help after a woman was hit and killed while standing in the middle of I-84. The crash took place around midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 3, near Exit 48B, the Capitol Avenue exit in Hartford, state police said. According to police, Hartford County resident, Mellisa Doyle, age 33, of Manchester, was standing in the eastbound traffic lane when a 2009 Ford Focus SE struck her. Doyle was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, state po…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison
Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison A Maple Avenue drug dealer has been sentenced to 6 years in federal prison on drug and firearm charges. Francisco “Gordo” Leon, 41, of Hartford was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 19, to 72 months in prison and three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. Police began investigating in June 2019 when they got a tip 777 Maple Ave. was a drug house. After making a controlled purchase of narcotics, police obtained a court-authorized search of Leon’s apartment. In Leon’s apartment on July 9, 2019, police found 9,700 bags of heroin and a loaded handgun, the At…

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
Coming To Hartford: Restaurants, Pet Shop, Manufacturer, And Daycares Among New Businesses Coming To Hartford: Restaurants, Pet Shop, Manufacturer, And Daycares Among New Businesses
Coming To Hartford: Restaurants, Pet Shop, Manufacturer, And Daycares Among New Businesses More than 150 new companies filed to do business in Hartford in July, according to the most recent state data. The companies include over a dozen restaurants and food merchants, a jewelry store, a pet shop, a machine manufacturer, and several daycares. Here is a sample of businesses that registered to get to work in Hartford: RESTAURANTS AND FOOD 200 Franklin Inc, Full-service restaurants, 200 Franklin Ave. Fogata Mexican Restaurant, Full-service restaurants, 580 Farmington Ave. Hartford Poke Co, Limited-service restaurants, 1400 Park St. Hollywood LLC, Snack and nonalcoholic beverag…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Second Brother Arrested For Hartford Parkville Neighborhood Murder Second Brother Arrested For Hartford Parkville Neighborhood Murder
Second Brother Arrested For Hartford Parkville Neighborhood Murder Police made a second arrest connected to a murder in Hartford's Parkville neighborhood earlier this month. Edwin Franqui, 24, was arrested July 23 at 9:36 a.m. on High Street and charged with two counts of murder, first-degree assault, carrying a pistol without a permit, and the use of a firearm in a crime, police said. His 29-year-old brother has the same first and last name as Franqui. The older brother was arrested on the day of the crime. The Franquis are suspects in the Monday, July 6, killing of Junny Lara-Velazquez, 19, of West Hartford, police said. On that day, Lara-Velazquez was …

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by Kristin Palpini