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Months After 20-Year-Old College Student's Fatal Lake Hayward Canoe Accident, Friend Charged
A 20-year-old Connecticut native who died after a canoe capsized was the kind of person coaches called "the kind of player every younger athlete looked up to, the kind of teammate who made the dugout lighter, and the kind of person you never forget." Months later, the friend who was with him on the water has been charged with boating under the influence, police said.
Dominick Joseph Tocci, a Woodstock college student, died after the canoe overturned on Lake Hayward in East Haddam on March 21, police said. Michael Collins, 20, of Mineola, New York, was charged with boating under the inf…
CT Man Accused Of Violently Sexually Assaulting Late Fiancée's Best Friend After Funeral
State police have arrested a Connecticut man accused of sexually assaulting his late fiancée's best friend after she traveled to Connecticut for the woman's funeral.
Roberto Gonzalez, 64, of Killingly, was arrested Thursday, July 9, following a two-year investigation into the alleged 2022 attack, Connecticut State Police announced Friday. He is charged with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree unlawful restraint, and third-degree assault. Police said he was released on a $125,000 bond.
According to investigators, the woman had flown from Florida to attend her best friend's funeral. She…
Yale Student Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman On Manhattan Subway: Nypd
A Yale University student is facing serious charges after police said a woman was sexually abused aboard a Manhattan subway train, leading to his arrest weeks later.
Ari Shtein, 18, of Washington, D.C., is accused of sexually abusing a 30-year-old woman aboard a northbound R train around 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, near West 28th Street and Broadway, according to the New York City Police Department.
He was arrested Wednesday morning, July 8, and charged with aggravated sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He was released without bail, police said.
The 30-year-o…
Accused CT Dealer Caught With Cocaine, Oxycodone, Scale On I-84 In NY: Sheriff
An alleged dealer from Connecticut was pulled over on Interstate 84 in Putnam County, NY, leading authorities to discover marijuana, cocaine, oxycodone, and packaging materials in his car, police said.
Danbury resident Frederick Douglass Wolfolk, 33, was arrested following a traffic stop in Southeast, NY, on Tuesday, July 7, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, July 9.
The arrest happened at around 1:05 a.m. on Tuesday, when sheriff's deputies were conducting traffic enforcement on Interstate 84 westbound in the area. Deputies said they stopped a vehicle after obse…
