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Hundreds Take Part In Funeral For Wethersfield Firefighter Killed Battling Blaze Hundreds Take Part In Funeral For Wethersfield Firefighter Killed Battling Blaze
Hundreds Take Part In Funeral For Wethersfield Firefighter Killed Battling Blaze Mourners lined the roads leading to the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford on Monday, Oct. 28, to pay their respects to Robert "Sharkey" Sharkevich Sr. His casket was carried by a fire engine that was preceded by a cadre of police vehicles. His casket, draped in an American flag, was carried to its final resting place by his family and the firefighters who served alongside him.  Sharkevich Sr., age 66, was a lifelong firefighter. He served with the Hartford Fire Department for 25 years and the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years.  Related Re…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Wethersfield Firefighter Killed In ATV Crash ID'd: 'Words Can't Express Magnitude Of This Loss' Wethersfield Firefighter Killed In ATV Crash ID'd: 'Words Can't Express Magnitude Of This Loss'
Wethersfield Firefighter Killed In ATV Crash ID'd: 'Words Can't Express Magnitude Of This Loss' A Connecticut firefighter who was killed when the ATV he was on rolled over while battling a blaze has been identified as a grandfather and former member of the Hartford Fire Department.  Robert "Sharky" Sharkevich Sr., age 66, was working as a member of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Oct. 22, fighting a brush fire that had spread to more than 90 acres on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin, Meriden Police said.  Sharkevich and three other firefighters were in Meriden on the southern edge of the blaze, riding a firefighting ATV that flipped around 5:30 p.m.…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed After Woman Driving SUV Killed In Hit-Run CT Crash With Minivan Suspect Nabbed After Woman Driving SUV Killed In Hit-Run CT Crash With Minivan
Suspect Nabbed After Woman Driving SUV Killed In Hit-Run CT Crash With Minivan A Connecticut man allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 23-year-old woman has been captured by police and charged with negligent homicide. The incident occurred in Hartford around 6:10 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 11, at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Adelaide Street. Sgt. Chris Mastroianni of the Hartford Police said Middlesex County resident Tonyque Davis, of the town of Portland, was driving a Jeep SUV when she was hit by a Toyota minivan that fled the scene. Davis was found unresponsive in the overturned Jeep and was extricated by the Hartford Fire Depar…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Man Found In Car With Stab Wound Dies CT Man Found In Car With Stab Wound Dies
Windsor Man Dies From Stab Wound In Hartford A 41-year-old Connecticut man found stabbed in a vehicle has died from his injuries. Hartford County resident Jason Williamson of Windsor was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the area of 40 Plainfield Street in Hartford, suffering from a stab wound, said Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police. Boisvert said Hartford firefighters applied attempted life-saving measures until the arrival of EMS. Williamson was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he was pronounced dead.  Police say the stabbing happened between Keney Park and Plainfield Street. The Hartford P…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Suspicious Death Of CT 38-Year-Old As Homicide Police Investigating Suspicious Death Of CT 38-Year-Old As Homicide
Police Investigating Suspicious Death Of CT 38-Year-Old As Homicide Police are investigating as a homicide the suspicious death of a man found by concerned citizens in Connecticut. The man, identified as Antonio Tosado-Lopez, age 38, of Hartford, was found around 2 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the rear parking lot of 700 Park St., said Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police. According to Boisvert, officers responded to the area after concerned citizens informed the Hartford Fire Department about an unconscious man on Park Street. When officers arrived, Hartford Fire was providing medical attention to Tosado-Lopez until EMS arrived on the scene. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Shooting Leaves One Woman Dead, Another Critically Injured CT Shooting Leaves One Woman Dead, Another Critically Injured
CT Shooting Leaves One Woman Dead, Another Critically Injured A shooting in Connecticut has left one woman dead and another in critical condition inside an apartment. The women were discovered around 2:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 7 in Hartford, when the Hartford Fire Department and EMS responded to an apartment at 16 Evergreen Ave., on a report of a person needing medical attention.  According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police Department, upon arrival, they found two women in bed, one with multiple gunshots wounds and another identified as Allison McCoy, age 21, of Hartford, who was pronounced dead at the scene. McCoy had also be…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home
Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home Two Connecticut families have been displaced after a minor drove a stolen car into their multi-family home. The incident took place around 10:43 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 31 when Hartford Police responded to a home at 288 Flatbush Ave., on a report that a vehicle struck the home, said  Lt. Aaron Boisvert When police arrived on the scene, a minor driving the stolen car was “quickly located," Boisvert said. Hartford fire department officials deemed the house “unsafe” and both families of the residence were displaced, he added. The minor driving the car was transported to a hospital with minor…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire
Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire A Hartford family has been displaced following a fire that destroyed their Westland Street home Saturday, July 25, The fire was reported at about 9:30 p.m. About 20 minutes later, Hartford Fire called out for mutual assistance to a two-family home at 235 Westland St. Only one of the two units was occupied, fire officials said. No injuries were reported in the incident, the Hartford Fire Department said. The home is uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

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by Kristin Palpini