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CT 20-Year-Old Charged With Murder Of Man Found Lying In Driveway
A 20-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with the murder of another man found dead in a driveway.
Sahvone Valentine, of Hartford, was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 12, for his involvement in the homicide of Abdul-Jalil Humphrey on Friday, July 14, in New Haven County on Hodge Avenue in Ansonia.
The arrest of Valentine was the result of a multi-agency investigation where a second suspect, Jada Artis, age 17 of Ansonia, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 3, said Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police.
On the afternoon of July 14, police found Humphrey, of Ansonia, suffering from multip…
Connecticut Native Norman Lear, Iconic Sitcom Producer, Dies
Legendary television producer Norman Lear died after a lifetime of laughter surrounded by family on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to his obituary.
He was 101 years old.
Lear, known for creating such iconic situation comedies as "All In the Family," and "Maude," was born in Connecticut in 1922 in New Haven, the eldest child of Jeanette and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman.
He grew up in a Jewish household. When Lear was 9 years old and living in Massachusetts with his family in Chelsea in Suffolk County, his father went to prison…
4 CT Residents Charged With Stealing $19K From Public Assistance Programs
Four Connecticut residents were recently arrested and charged, in unrelated incidents, with allegedly stealing a combined $19,111 from programs financed by the Connecticut Department of Social Services.
The four included were arrested on separate warrants from the office of the state Chief State Attorney's Office and included:
Livia Brown, age 35, of East Hartford, Hartford County
Jetaun Green, age 41, of Bridgeport
Lexxiani Lopez, age 23, of Hartford
Carmelo Davila, age 34, of New Haven
All four were charged with larceny and Davila, Green, and Lopez also were charged with one count of fal…
Missing CT Man, 58, Found Safe
This story has been updated.
A missing Connecticut man has been located safe, according to the Hartford Police Department.
Howard Francis, of Hartford, had been reported missing on Tuesday, Oct. 10 after he failed to show up for a medical procedure, officials said.
Lt. Aaron Bosivert, of the Hartford Police, said Francis was found on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and was unharmed.
Original story:
Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help locating a 58-year-old man who suffers from dementia.
Howard Francis of Hartford was reported missing by a family member on Tuesday, Oct. …
