CT School Resource Officer Found Dead By Suicide After Arrest, Police Say CT School Resource Officer Found Dead By Suicide After Arrest, Police Say
CT School Resource Officer Found Dead By Suicide After Arrest, Police Say Ryan Moan, a 33-year-old Connecticut school resource officer, was found dead by suicide around the time news broke that he'd been arrested on Friday, Dec. 6, Daily Voice has learned. The 33-year-old Coventry resident was found having suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle at the Hatch Hill Road boat launch in Vernon around 1:45 p.m., Vernon Police Chief Marc F. Petruzzi said.  Moan had been charged earlier in the day with risk of injury to a child, enticing a minor by computer, misrepresentation of age to entice a minor, and tampering with physical evidence, the police de…
Police ID Man Fighting For His Life After CT Transit Bus Crashed Into Him Police ID Man Fighting For His Life After CT Transit Bus Crashed Into Him
Police ID Man Fighting For His Life After CT Transit Bus Crashed Into Him Police have identified the 54-year-old Connecticut man fighting for his life after being struck by a CT Transit bus in Fairfield County on Thursday evening, Dec. 5.  David Sheridan, of Stamford, was struck on Glenbrook Road near East Main Street in Stamford just before 5 p.m. He sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash.  Original Report: Man In Critical Condition After Being Hit By CT Transit Bus Paramedics rushed him to Stamford Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. Sheridan remains in the intensive care unit in critical condition, according to the Stamford pol…
Man Critical After Being Struck By Bus In CT: Police Man Critical After Being Struck By Bus In CT: Police
Man Critical After Being Struck By Bus In CT: Police A 54-year-old Connecticut man remains in critical condition after being hit by a transit bus in Fairfield County, authorities said.  The crash happened around 4:55 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, on Glenbrook Road in Stamford, just before the intersection with East Main Street near downtown Stamford. Police say the pedestrian, a Stamford man, may have fallen from the sidewalk into the vehicle's path.   However, police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.  Paramedics rushed the man to Stamford Hospital. Police are withholding the man's name u…
Mom Charged For Leaving Toddler In Car Stolen By Accused Kidnapper In CT: Police Mom Charged For Leaving Toddler In Car Stolen By Accused Kidnapper In CT: Police
Mom Charged For Leaving Toddler In Car Stolen By Accused Kidnapper In CT: Police Two people are facing charges after a 3-year-old was left in an idling vehicle that was stolen from a Connecticut gas station parking lot this week, including the child's mother, police said. Hainef Ramon Baker, 28, of Norwich, allegedly stole a Volkswagon parked outside a Valero gas station in Willimantic on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, authorities said. Police later found the child unharmed and arrested Baker in Preston. He now faces multiple charges, including second-degree kidnapping, robbery by carjacking, and risk of injury to a minor. Police said Baker climbed into the idling ca…
CT Man's Death Ruled Homicide, Police Asking For Information CT Man's Death Ruled Homicide, Police Asking For Information
CT Man's Death Ruled Homicide, Police Asking For Information Police say a man found dead early Wednesday morning was killed, authorities announced.  Russell McKenzie, 57, was found dead in his Walnut Street apartment in New Haven around 1:15 a.m., police said. He had been fatally shot, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner said.  The woman who called 911 was found outside the home near East Street distraught and struggling to breathe. Paramedics took her to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment.  New Haven Police ask anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information about it to contact detectives at 203-946-6304.&…
Retaliation Fears Quelled After Teen Friends Gunned Down Days Apart In CT Retaliation Fears Quelled After Teen Friends Gunned Down Days Apart In CT
Retaliation Fears Quelled After Teen Friends Gunned Down Days Apart In CT Two high school students in New Haven, both close friends, were fatally shot in targeted attacks just days apart, leaving a city and school community grappling with grief. Police are asking the victims' friends not to seek justice on their own and to allow authorities to find those responsible for the killings. The first victim, 16-year-old Uzziah Shell, was gunned down near Goffe Street on a Friday afternoon, Nov. 29. Daily Jackson, 17, was fatally shot 10 days later on Shelton Avenue, just blocks away. Both teens died at Yale New Haven Hospital. “The shootings of both these men do not ap…
Litchfield Man Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Causing Crash: Police Litchfield Man Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Causing Crash: Police
Litchfield Man Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Causing Crash: Police Several people, including Connecticut residents, were apprehended for impaired driving over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the Hudson Valley, including several incidents involving crashes and dangerous driving behaviors, authorities announced. The arrests, which occurred in Putnam County between Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Dec. 4, were announced by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday. The first of the incidents happened on Nov. 26, when deputies were dispatched to a two-car crash on Route 311 in Patterson near McManus Road North.  According to the Sheriff's Offic…
Late-Night Bust: CT Bar Owner, 4 Others Arrested; 100 Liquor Bottles, Cash Seized, Police Say Late-Night Bust: CT Bar Owner, 4 Others Arrested; 100 Liquor Bottles, Cash Seized, Police Say
Late-Night Bust: CT Bar Owner, 4 Others Arrested; 100 Liquor Bottles, Cash Seized, Police Say Waterbury police arrested five people including a bar owner and seized more than 100 bottles of liquor and $704 in cash during an early morning investigation at a Waterbury bar, they said. Officers patrolling the area around East Main and Cherry Street at approximately 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, noticed loud music and illegally parked cars outside Prestige Bar and Restaurant on East Main Street, raising concerns that it was operating beyond permitted hours, according to a news release from the department, police said. Under Connecticut state law, bars must close by 1 a.m. Sunday thro…
Baseball Bat Attack At Litchfield Bar Leaves Goshen Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family Baseball Bat Attack At Litchfield Bar Leaves Goshen Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family
Baseball Bat Attack At Litchfield Bar Leaves Goshen Man With Traumatic Brain Injury: Family As Connecticut State Police attempt to unravel why two masked men burst into a Litchfield County restaurant and bar last month and attacked someone with a baseball bat, the victim's family is struggling to cope with a new reality.  Ian Kallgren, of Goshen, was enjoying a beer at Bohemian Pizza and Tacos on Bantam Road in Litchfield on Saturday, Nov. 23, when the masked man ran into the bar around 2:30 a.m. and savagely attacked him with baseball bats, ACCORDING TO? Connecticut State Police did not speculate on any motive but said troopers continue to investigate the beating. …
Man Strips Naked In CT Restaurant, Shocking Families, Prompting Arrest Man Strips Naked In CT Restaurant, Shocking Families, Prompting Arrest
Man Strips Naked In CT Restaurant, Shocking Families, Prompting Arrest A man must have felt overdressed when he sat down at a Connecticut restaurant because shortly after he walked in, he disrobed and strolled through the building completely naked in front of customers, including several children, authorities said.  Andrew Kinghorn, 42, of Ellington, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 29, and charged with second-degree breach of peace and two counts of risk of injury to a minor, Connecticut State Police reported. It happened at Papa T's, a restaurant on Merrow Road in Tolland. Employees told police that Kinghorn entered the restaurant fully clothed around 6 p.m…
Man Exposes Himself To Woman At Litchfield Shopping Center: Police Man Exposes Himself To Woman At Litchfield Shopping Center: Police
Man Exposes Himself To Woman At Litchfield Shopping Center: Police A 25-year-old Connecticut man with a history of police interactions was arrested for exposing himself to a woman at a Litchfield County business park, authorities said. Kasey Creighton, of Morris, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 22, and charged with second-degree breach of peace and public indecency, according to Connecticut State Police. A woman told police she was returning a shopping cart to the corral when a silver BMW passed by, and the driver was “exposing himself in a lewd manner,” police reported. Although officers canvassed the area, they could not locate the BMW or the suspect at th…
Masked Men Gun Down Victim In CT Parking Lot: Police Masked Men Gun Down Victim In CT Parking Lot: Police
Masked Men Gun Down Victim In CT Parking Lot: Police A Connecticut man was fatally shot earlier this week, prompting police to ask for the public’s help in solving the case. Christopher Santana, 25, was killed in a rear parking lot at 730 George Street in New Haven shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, authorities said. Officers arrived to find Santana lying on the ground as a bystander performed CPR. Paramedics rushed Santana to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said. Detectives determined that Santana had driven a friend to the parking lot when two masked men approached. One of the men abruptly shot Santana…