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CT Trio In Stolen Car Found With Drugs, Weapon In NJ Stop: Cops CT Trio In Stolen Car Found With Drugs, Weapon In NJ Stop: Cops
CT Trio In Stolen Car Found With Drugs, Weapon In NJ Stop: Cops Three people from Connecticut were arrested after police stopped a stolen vehicle during a traffic enforcement detail on Interstate Route 287 and found drugs and a weapon in New Jersey, authorities said. Bloomingdale Police Sgt. Sami Zeidan and Patrolman Zach Borell were conducting directed traffic enforcement on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, when an Automated License Plate Reader alerted officers that a Honda Civic traveling through the area had been reported stolen out of Connecticut, police said. Officers maintained visual surveillance of the vehicle and coordinated a motor vehicle stop with as…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Violent Armed Robbery At CT Motel Leaves Clerk Injured; Police Seek Public's Help Violent Armed Robbery At CT Motel Leaves Clerk Injured; Police Seek Public's Help
Violent Armed Robbery At CT Motel Leaves Clerk Injured; Police Seek Public's Help A violent weekend robbery at a Connecticut Motel 6 left a clerk injured and shaken. Authorities are urgently seeking the public's help in identifying two armed men involved in the crime. Police were called to the 1341 Silas Deane Highway motel in Wethersfield around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, July 27.  The clerk told police that two masked men burst into the motel with a gun, leaped over the counter, assaulted them, and robbed them at gunpoint of their phone, watch, and cash, before running away, Wethersfield police relayed.  They assaulted the clerk during the robbery, but the victim…

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by Josh Lanier
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Burglars Hit Brad Pitt’s Mansion Just Before His New F1 The Movie Premieres Burglars Hit Brad Pitt’s Mansion Just Before His New F1 The Movie Premieres
Burglars Hit Brad Pitt’s Mansion Just Before His New F1 The Movie Premieres While Brad Pitt was on the red carpet, burglars were inside his home. Police are investigating a break-in at the actor’s Los Angeles mansion after three suspects reportedly scaled a front fence and smashed through a window late Wednesday night, June 25, according to a report by NBC News. Pitt, age 61, was not home at the time. He was promoting F1 The Movie, the new racing thriller in which he stars as fictional driver Sonny Hayes. The Apple Original Films production hits theaters and IMAX on Friday, June 27. In the past week, Pitt has been on hand for star-studded premieres for the film in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Wanted Man's Smelly Escape Plan Flushed After Routine Traffic Stop Lands Him In Cuffs Wanted Man's Smelly Escape Plan Flushed After Routine Traffic Stop Lands Him In Cuffs
Wanted Man's Smelly Escape Plan Flushed After Routine Traffic Stop Lands Him In Cuffs A wanted Connecticut man who police say previously escaped officers by crawling through a sewage pipe has been arrested, authorities said.  Jaylenn Baez, 29, was arrested early Sunday morning, April 13, in Wethersfield. When authorities realized he had an outstanding warrant, they handed him over to Connecticut State Police, officials said.  The warrant stems from a police chase on Feb. 25 in Vernon after police spotted him driving with the license plate from a different vehicle on his car, authorities said.  Baez refused to stop and pushed his Infiniti as hard as it would g…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Fake Cop In Stolen CT Fire Department Truck Arrested In Massachusetts After Chase Fake Cop In Stolen CT Fire Department Truck Arrested In Massachusetts After Chase
Fake Cop In Stolen CT Fire Department Truck Arrested In Massachusetts After Chase A man posing as a police officer and pulling over drivers in a stolen Connecticut fire department pickup truck got an up-close look at real law enforcement when he was arrested this weekend, authorities said.  Kristian Avery, 46, of Windsor, Connecticut, was arrested just before 5 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, and is facing multiple charges following a chase on I-91, Massachusetts State Police said. Police received a call around 3:30 a.m. that someone had broken into the Windsor Fire Department, destroyed a television, stolen tools, started a small fire, and driven away in one of the depa…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint In CT, Fleeing Across State Lines: Police Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint In CT, Fleeing Across State Lines: Police
Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint In CT, Fleeing Across State Lines: Police A 28-year-old man was apprehended on an interstate in the Hudson Valley after stealing a package containing an Apple Watch from a victim at knifepoint in Connecticut, authorities said. The robbery happened in Litchfield County on Monday, Sept. 30, when the suspect followed a victim home in New Milford after they picked up a FedEx package containing an Apple Watch at their parent's residence, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said on Friday, Oct. 4.  The suspect, identified as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania resident Dalin Gonzalez-Marte, then stole the package at knifepoint while trying to…

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by Ben Crnic
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Suspect Nabbed In NY After Knifepoint CT Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt Suspect Nabbed In NY After Knifepoint CT Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt
Suspect Nabbed In NY After Knifepoint CT Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt From a FedEx delivery to a high-stakes chase, a cross-state manhunt ended in the dramatic arrest in New York of a suspect from Pennsylvania who allegedly fled from a knifepoint robbery in Connecticut.  The Putnam County Sheriff's Office just released details on the chain of events that began Monday, Sept. 30, at approximately 3:45 p.m. when it received a description of a vehicle and suspect that had just been involved in the Litchfield County incident in the town of New Milford. The robbery occurred when the suspect followed a victim home after the person retrieved a FedEx package…

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by Joe Lombardi