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Ex-Girlfriend Arrested After Man Found Shot Dead In Driver's Seat On Route 7 In Norwalk
Months after a 35-year-old man was found shot dead in the driver's seat of a car on Route 7 in Norwalk, his ex-girlfriend has been accused of helping to kill him, police said.
Liliana Mejia, age 24, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 4, and charged in connection to the death of 35-year-old John Gavilanes of Norwalk, state police announced.
Earlier Report: 35-Year-Old Found Dead In Driver's Seat Of Car On Route 7 In Norwalk
According to state police, Gavilanes was found dead on Saturday, Feb. 4 around 3:20 a.m., when troopers were notified of a motor vehicle wreck on&…
CT Moped Driver Killed In Crash, Police Say
A 35-year-old Connecticut man driving a moped was killed during a crash with a Nissan.
The crash took place in New Haven around 5:40 a.m., Sunday, July 31 on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard.
When officers responded to the scene, located between Adeline Street and Printers Lane, they found the driver of the moped, identified as Antonio Cruz-Oritz, of New Haven unresponsive, said Sgt. Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police.
American Medical Response transported Cruz-Ortiz to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries, Shumway said.
The operator of the Nissan remained on the scene. No…
Woman Charged After Crash Sends Five To Hospital, CT State Police Say
A New England woman is facing multiple charges for allegedly driving under the influence and causing a crash in Connecticut that injured five, including two children, state police announced.
On Halloween night last year in New London County, state police troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Pendleton Hill Road in the town of North Stonington that injured a 4, 5, 65, and a 78-year-old, as well as the driver, Mackenzie Balicki, age 26, of Westerly, Rhode Island.
According to police, the investigation determined that Balicki failed to stay in her lane, crossed over the double yellow li…
State Police Cruiser Struck In Fairfield County Crash
State police cruisers were struck in separate Christmas Eve Day crashes in Connecticut - one in Fairfield County and the other in Middlesex County.
Just after 6 a.m. Friday, Dec. 24, a Daibeliz Taveras, age 33, from Brooklyn, New York, traveling northbound on I-95 a half-mile south of the Exit 17 off-ramp in Norwalk lost control of her 2018 Dodge Journey and struck another vehicle, before drifting and colliding with the cruiser, state police said.
The state police trooper, the driver of the Journey, and six passengers in the Journey were hospitalized with what police say were minor injuries…
CT Duo Nabbed For Rash Of Thefts Of Tires, Rims, Police Say
Two Connecticut men have been nabbed for an alleged series of thefts of tires and rims from vehicles through the Hartford County area.
Most of the incidents involved a Toyota Highlander as the suspect vehicle. The last incident occurred In Windsor Locks in Hartford County, on Thursday, March 25, said the Windsor Locks Police.
On Tuesday, April 6, around 1:07 a.m. a Windsor Locks officer was on patrol in the Route 75 area, where most of the incidents have occurred.
The officer spotted a white Toyota Highlander, matching the suspect description, turning onto Route 75 from Spring Hill S…
