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Repeat DUI Driver 'Pawed Like A Cat' After Being Woken Up By CT State Trooper On I-95: Police Repeat DUI Driver 'Pawed Like A Cat' After Being Woken Up By CT State Trooper On I-95: Police
Repeat DUI Driver 'Pawed Like A Cat' After Being Woken Up By CT State Trooper On I-95: Police A 24-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence after a Connecticut State trooper found him asleep in his car on the shoulder of I-95, authorities said. At approximately 3:18 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, a Troop E-Montville Trooper stopped to check on what appeared to be a disabled vehicle in the northbound lanes near Exit 91, Connecticut State Police said. Instead, they found Christian Gonzalez, of East Haven, asleep behind the wheel with the driver’s side window rolled down, police said. When the Trooper illuminated the vehicle with a flashlight, Gonzalez reportedly wok…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
CT Man Found Blacked Out on I-95 Ramp With BAC 4 Times Legal Limit in Second OUI: Police CT Man Found Blacked Out on I-95 Ramp With BAC 4 Times Legal Limit in Second OUI: Police
CT Man Found Blacked Out on I-95 Ramp With BAC 4 Times Legal Limit in Second OUI: Police A Connecticut man is facing multiple charges after being found passed out behind the wheel of an SUV, blocking an off-ramp on I-95 in Groton and causing significant traffic delays, according to state police. Avi Patel, 25, of Waterford, is charged with illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs (second offense) and improper parking following the incident on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, Connecticut State Police said. Troopers were called to the northbound off-ramp at Exit 88 just after 7 p.m. for reports of a gray Hyundai Santa Fe stopped in the middle of the …

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by Josh Lanier
News
Kidnapper Calls Victim From CT Prison Asking Her To Rescind Protective Order, Police Say Kidnapper Calls Victim From CT Prison Asking Her To Rescind Protective Order, Police Say
Kidnapper Calls Victim From CT Prison Asking Her To Rescind Protective Order, Police Say A convicted kidnapper is accused of contacting his victim from a Connecticut prison in violation of a court order. Thomas Ibbison, age 37, was arraigned in New London Superior Court on Wednesday, Aug. 7, on charges he violated a standing criminal protective order. Connecticut State Police said Ibbison, who is serving a six-year sentence at the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire after pleaded guilty to kidnapping and witness tampering, called the victim on multiple occasions in April 2024. The woman contacted police in June 2024 saying Ibbison had called her on two consecutive da…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Leads Police On Chase On I-95, Resists Arrest In Waterford Drunk Driver Leads Police On Chase On I-95, Resists Arrest In Waterford
Drunk Driver Leads Police On Chase On I-95, Resists Arrest In Waterford Despite numerous attempts to escape arrest, an alleged drunk driver was brought into custody by police in Waterford.  The incident began on Tuesday, Feb. 14 around 9:40 p.m., when state police learned of a car driving erratically on Interstate 95 over the Gold Star Bridge in New London.  Troopers then caught up with the vehicle, a 2008 Saturn Aura Xe, in Waterford near Exit 82. Here, they allegedly saw the car drift between the right and left fog lanes.  Soon after this, police tried to pull the car over, but the vehicle ignored the lights and sirens and led troopers on…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Police Release New Details After Suspect Who Allegedly Drove At Troopers Nabbed In CT Police Release New Details After Suspect Who Allegedly Drove At Troopers Nabbed In CT
Police Release New Details After Suspect Who Allegedly Drove At Troopers Nabbed In CT The 36-year-old man who took law enforcement on a multi-state chase after striking two police cruisers is facing a host of charges in Connecticut, state police announced. Dartmouth, Massachusetts resident Ian Grant, who was wanted on a felony warrant, attempted to flee police in Massachusetts on the morning of Wednesday, April 13, before ultimately crashing in Connecticut and being apprehended in New London County by police in North Stonington. Original story - Suspect Who Drove At Troopers Nabbed In North Stonington, Police Say During the chase, which began around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday,…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man In Pickup Truck Points Handgun At Woman On I-95, CT State Police Say Man In Pickup Truck Points Handgun At Woman On I-95, CT State Police Say
Man In Pickup Truck Points Handgun At Woman On I-95, CT State Police Say A gun-wielding man is facing charges in Connecticut after allegedly pointing a handgun at a woman while driving on I-95, State Police announced. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22, State Police troopers received a report from a driver traveling south on I-95 in New London County in the Town of Old Lyme stating that she had been threatened by the driver of a tan Ram 1500 pickup truck with Maine license plates. According to police, the woman said that while the pick-up truck driver, later identified as Old Lyme resident Noah Jones, age 55, was passing her in the left lane near exit 66, h…

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by Zak Failla