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Woman Fatally Shot Near CT Amtrak Station Woman Fatally Shot Near CT Amtrak Station
Woman Fatally Shot Near CT Amtrak Station An investigation is underway after a woman was shot and killed during a dispute near a Connecticut Amtrak station. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 10:10 p.m. on Monday, July 22, in the area of 161 State St., in Meriden. According to Lt. Darrin McKay of the Meriden Police, officers responded to a report of shots fired and quickly located an unidentified woman who had been shot. Medical personnel responded; however, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, McKay said. "An initial investigation has determined that the persons who were disputing, including the fe…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect In Stamford Near-Fatal Bus Stabbing Nabbed Suspect In Stamford Near-Fatal Bus Stabbing Nabbed
Suspect In Stamford Near-Fatal Bus Stabbing Nabbed A suspect has been charged in the alleged near-fatal stabbing of a man at a Fairfield County bus stop. Olajuwon Raheem Clarke, age 29, homeless, was taken into custody in Brooklyn for the Monday, Nov. 20 stabbing of a Stamford man on a CT Transit bus, said Capt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police. Witnesses reported that the CT Transit bus stopped at the bus stop and a man got on the bus and engaged the victim in an argument. The argument turned physical, and the suspect pulled out an unknown object from his coat pocket and stabbed the victim in the chest, Scanlon said. The …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Woman Brutally Attacked On Transit Bus, Police Seeking Suspect CT Woman Brutally Attacked On Transit Bus, Police Seeking Suspect
CT Woman Brutally Attacked On Transit Bus, Police Seeking Suspect Police in Connecticut are seeking the public's assistance to identify a man who allegedly brutally attacked a woman waiting on a transit bus. The incident took place in Hartford County on Thursday, May 18, at the North Main Street bus stop in Bristol. According to Lt. Geoffrey Lund of the Bristol Police, the woman was violently attacked while waiting on a CT Transit bus. This unprovoked assault occurred while the driver was temporarily out of the bus The victim and suspect were alone, Lund said. The attack occurred at the North Main Street Bristol bus stop in front of M…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say A man from out of state has been charged after police said he attempted to enter an elementary school in Fairfield County. Just after 1 p.m. on Friday, May 27, school administrators in Stamford from Davenport Elementary School on Newfield Avenue noticed a suspicious man on the school campus, and immediately initiated a lockdown, according to Captain Diedrich Hohn, Commander of Special Investigations for the Stamford PD. Stamford Police Units arrived within three minutes, and detained the man identified as Jamar Mikel Edwards, age 31. School administrators relayed that they o…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Woman Struck, Killed By CT Transit Bus Woman Struck, Killed By CT Transit Bus
Woman Struck, Killed By CT Transit Bus A Connecticut woman was hit and killed by a bus. The crash took place around 6:45 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 21, in New Haven. New Haven Police responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian being struck by a CT Transit bus, on Chapel Street, between Orange Street and Church Street. According to Officer Scott Shumway, responding officers located the victim, a 40-year-old New Haven woman, who was later pronounced dead on the scene. The bus remained on-scene and the New Haven Police Crash Team is investigating. Police ask that any witnesses who have not yet spoken with the police cont…

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by Kathy Reakes