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6-Year-Old Missing After Falling Into Housatonic River At Boat Ramp
A 6-year-old boy who fell into the Housatonic River in Stratford remained missing late Wednesday after several hours of intense search efforts, authorities said.
The child had been walking near the Birdseye Boat Ramp around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, when he fell into the river, police said.
A United Illuminating employee who saw the boy fall jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue the child, but was unable to reach him.
The boy has not been seen since.
Police in Stratford, working in coordination with departments from Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Shelton, Trumbull, Guil…
4 CT Men Cling To Sinking Boat For Hour Before Dramatic NY Police Rescue In Long Island Sound
Four Connecticut men spent nearly an hour holding onto the hull of their overturned boat in the Long Island Sound before being rescued by Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers, authorities said.
The 20-foot center console power boat capsized near Stratford Shoal—the middle ground of the Sound— on Sunday, July 13, according to Suffolk County Police.
The men, who were not wearing life jackets, had launched from Stratford, CT, and were found clinging to the partially submerged vessel around 12:07 a.m., police said.
Marine Delta, operated by Officers Jack Hardy and John Falcone, responded to t…
CT Woman Accused Of Stealing From Vulnerable Adults At NY Facility: Nysp
A Connecticut woman has been arrested in the Hudson Valley for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from two mentally disabled women under her care, police announced.
Fairfield County resident Natalie Taylor, age 37, of Stratford, was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 24, by the New York State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Monroe, Orange County, and charged with multiple felonies, including grand larceny, identity theft, and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person, State Police announced on Tuesday, June 24.
The investigation began on Thursday, April 17, a…
Knife-Wielding Shoplifter Torches Tent, Threatens CVS Workers In CT, Police Say
A Connecticut man returned to a CVS store wielding a knife after shoplifting, then allegedly set fire to a tent at a homeless encampment during a second violent outburst, authorities said.
Officers responded to the CVS Pharmacy at 60 Middle St. in Bristol on Tuesday, June 17, around 2:10 p.m. for a report of a disturbance involving a knife, according to a press release from the Bristol Police Department.
Witnesses told officers that the suspect, later identified as Christopher Gomez, 33, of Stratford, had first stolen merchandise from the store. He then returned with a knife, threatened emp…
3 Bridgeport Council Members Among 5 Busted in Absentee Ballot Fraud Probe: State
Five people, including three Bridgeport City Council members and the vice chair of a local Democratic committee, have been arrested in connection with absentee ballot fraud during Bridgeport’s 2023 Democratic mayoral primary, Connecticut Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin announced.
Statewide Prosecution Bureau investigators arrested council members Alfredo Castillo, 53, Jazmarie Melendez, 26, and Maria Pereira, 57, along with longtime political operative Wanda Geter-Pataky, 68, all of Bridgeport, and Margaret Joyce, 45, of Stratford, authorities said Friday, Feb. 21.
The charges follow…
CT Mom, Former School Librarian Erica Alterio Dies Suddenly, 33: Her 'Presence Was Magnetic'
A beloved former teacher, librarian, and cancer survivor who was a devoted mother has died at 33, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. Now, friends are rallying to support her grieving family.
Erica Leigh Alterio, of Newtown, died on Jan. 14 after a brief illness. She would have turned 34 on Feb. 7.
A graduate of Central Connecticut State University and Fairfield University, Erica worked as a librarian at the Western Connecticut Academy of International Studies in Danbury, her obituary said. She also spent several years as a computer teacher at St. Mark School in Stratford.
Dozen…
CT Man Intentionally Crashed Into His Fiancee In Shopping Center Parking Lot: 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…
Man, 72, Sexually Assaulted Child: Police
Police in New Haven County arrested a 72-year-old Connecticut man following an extensive investigation, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 25.
Mark Keith Pasquariello, of Stratford in Fairfield County, is charged with two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree, risk of injury to a minor, and two counts of illegal sexual contact with a minor, North Haven Police said.
Investigators did not release much information on the investigation to protect the identity of the child.
However, they said Pasquariello shared "multiple inappropriate comments and physical contac…
More Than 100+ Cars Takeover Street For Second Time In Week
Police in Connecticut had to break up another illegal "takeover" of a road after more than 100 cars blocked traffic during the weekend, authorities said.
Police in Fairfield County were called to 200 East Main St. in Stratford just after midnight on Sunday, Sept. 29, to reports of a takeover, authorities said.
When police arrived, many of the cars and pedestrians that gathered to watch scattered, but police were able to nab four of the participants, Stratford Police said.
Police arrested Carlos Sanchez Hernandez, age 20, Mailin Perez, age 19, Rodney Gist, age 25, and Tyle…
2 CT Spa Workers Charged With Prostitution
Two women in their 60s have been charged with alleged prostitution after a search warrant was executed at a Fairfield County spa.
The warrants were served in Stratford at the Garden Spa, 1804 Barnum Ave., on Thursday, Aug. 29.
According to Stratford Police Captain Jerry Pinto, the department’s Narcotics, Vice, and Intelligence Unit recently investigated the spa's activities.
Arrested during the warrant search were Yushan Li, age 62, and Shun Yu Quan, age 61, addresses unknown, were both transported to headquarters and charged with prostitution, Pinot said.
Both women were relea…
