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Ski-Masked West Haven Car Thief Leads I-95 Pursuit After Crash Of Stolen BMW: Cops Ski-Masked West Haven Car Thief Leads I-95 Pursuit After Crash Of Stolen BMW: Cops
Ski-Masked West Haven Car Thief Leads I-95 Pursuit After Crash Of Stolen BMW: Cops Two people are in custody and three are believed to be at large after a stolen BMW X6 crashed and an associated, stolen Audi S5 was ditched on I-95 before a police pursuit early Tuesday, Feb. 11, police said. At approximately 7:14 a.m., Connecticut State Police from Troop G-Bridgeport responded to a motor vehicle accident on I-95 northbound near Exit 16. As officers were en route, reports indicated that several occupants had fled the scene on foot, police said. The suspects were described as young males dressed in all black with ski masks. Officers from the Norwalk and Westport Police Depa…
Police Dog Tracks Down New Haven Trio Involved In Hit-Run Crash In Stolen Vehicle: Cops Police Dog Tracks Down New Haven Trio Involved In Hit-Run Crash In Stolen Vehicle: Cops
Police Dog Tracks Down New Haven Trio Involved In Hit-Run Crash In Stolen Vehicle: Cops A Connecticut police dog is getting some extra treats this week after helping officers track down three people involved in a hit-and-run crash in a stolen vehicle, authorities said. Damien Cepeda and Christian Mon Paibo, both 18 and from New Haven, along with a juvenile, were arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including larceny of a motor vehicle and interfering with police, authorities said. The hit-and-run crash was reported Tuesday, Feb. 4, along Barnes Highway in Bristol. The stolen car was wrecked in the crash, and all three occupants fled on foot. Police tracked their footpri…
Stolen Car Chase Ends In Multiple-Car Crash On I-91 In CT; 2 Troopers' Cruisers Rammed: Cops Stolen Car Chase Ends In Multiple-Car Crash On I-91 In CT; 2 Troopers' Cruisers Rammed: Cops
Stolen Car Chase Ends In Multiple-Car Crash On I-91 In CT; 2 Troopers' Cruisers Rammed: Cops A wild high-speed chase that started in Massachusetts ended in mayhem on I-91 in Connecticut when a stolen car smashed into nine vehicles before state troopers and a police K-9 took down the suspect. Rolando Garcia, 43, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was arrested and faces multiple charges, including reckless endangerment, larceny of a motor vehicle, and resisting arrest, Connecticut State Police said. The chaos began around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, when Massachusetts State Police alerted Connecticut authorities that a stolen green 1999 Toyota Corolla had crossed the state line after flee…
Teen Critically Injured After Crashing Stolen Car In New Haven; 2nd Suspect On Run: Report Teen Critically Injured After Crashing Stolen Car In New Haven; 2nd Suspect On Run: Report
Teen Critically Injured After Crashing Stolen Car In New Haven; 2nd Suspect On Run: Report A 15-year-old Connecticut boy is fighting for his life after crashing a stolen car into a telephone pole early Thursday morning, Jan. 2, authorities said.  The crash happened around 3 a.m. on Quinnipiac Avenue near Hemingway Street in New Haven, according to an NBC Connecticut report.  Officers arrived to find a Hyundai Elantra down an embankment with severe damage. Emergency crews pulled the teen from the wreckage and rushed him to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he remains in critical condition, the report said.  Police say the car's ignition was tampered with, and the…
Suspected Carjacker Found Hiding At Unlikely Place — Police Headquarters: Officers Suspected Carjacker Found Hiding At Unlikely Place — Police Headquarters: Officers
Suspected Carjacker Found Hiding At Unlikely Place — Police Headquarters: Officers A man who led Connecticut authorities on a high-speed chase in a stolen car was easily captured hours later when he showed up at a police station to bail out his alleged accomplice, officials said.  Elijah Holloman, age 21, and Dominique Adrian Reid, age 26, both of Bridgeport, face several felonies following a chase on Thursday, Oct. 3, Fairfield Police said.  Their troubles began around 9:30 a.m. when they crashed a stolen Mazda into a Wilton Police car, authorities said. They sped away from the scene on the Merritt Parkway, sparking a high-speed chase.  Bridgeport Police …
Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed In Fairfield County After Fleeing Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed In Fairfield County After Fleeing
Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed In Fairfield County After Fleeing Three teens have been charged after allegedly fleeing from police in a stolen car, crashing, and then running away in an attempt to escape. The three were nabbed in Trumbull on Friday, Jan. 17 On Friday, Jan. 13, after an officer noticed a Kia Optima in the parking lot of the Westfield Trumbull Mall that had been reported stolen out of New York City. As the officer proceeded to follow the Kia, the car exited the mall and drove through nearby residential streets in an attempt to lose the officer, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police. The car began accelerating at a high rate of …
Man Nabbed In Fairfield County In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide Man Nabbed In Fairfield County In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide
Man Nabbed In Fairfield County In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide A Connecticut man was nabbed in a stolen car linked to a homicide following a chase through Fairfield County. The incident began in Bridgeport around 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4 when members of the Fairfield County Regional Auto Theft Task Force, spotted the car and began to follow it without lights and sirens from a distance onto I-95 northbound.  Scott Appleby, Bridgeport's director of emergency management, said when the car reached the Milford area the driver turned off all exterior lights in an attempt to elude any following vehicles and began to accelerate in speed and reckless…
Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway
Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway Two Connecticut teens were nabbed in connection to a stolen car and shots fired incident. The Hartford County incident took place in Southington around 1:15 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23. According to Southington Police Lt. Keith Egan, the department received a call for a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lots of Garden Path Florist, located at 1239 Shuttle Meadow Road. The vehicle was identified, prior to police arrival, as being stolen from Bristol, Egan said. Surveillance footage, recorded in the area, showed three teens exiting the vehicle and provided a description of the ma…
Three Suspects Who Robbed CT Man In Broad Daylight On Run, Police Say Three Suspects Who Robbed CT Man In Broad Daylight On Run, Police Say
Three Suspects Who Robbed CT Man In Broad Daylight On Run, Police Say Police are searching for three suspects who allegedly robbed a man while he was sitting in his vehicle in Connecticut. The incident took place around 11:10 a.m., Thursday, July 15, in Ansonia in the area of Wakelee Avenue and Pork Hollow Road, Lieutenant Patrick Lynch said.  According to Lynch, the three men approached the victim after he parked on Pork Hollow Road, two were armed with handguns, and the suspects stole personal items from the victim.  The suspects left the scene in a 2020 white Hyundai Genesis, which was stolen out of Waterbury, and previously been used in a purse…
CT Teen Charged For Fatal Shooting Of 3-Year-Old CT Teen Charged For Fatal Shooting Of 3-Year-Old
CT Teen Charged For Fatal Shooting Of 3-Year-Old A Connecticut teen has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a 3-year-old boy during a drive-by shooting. Jaziah Smith, age 19, of Hartford, was arrested on Monday, April 19, for the killing which took place around Saturday afternoon, April 10 in Hartford, said Lt. Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department. The 3-year-old boy, identified as Randell Jones, was shot around 2:25 p.m. while riding in a vehicle near 182 Nelson St., with his mother, his 4- and 5-year-old siblings, and another man when a shooter in another vehicle began firing bullets at the family’s car…
Person Of Interest In Yale Grad Student Death Considered 'Armed And Dangerous' Person Of Interest In Yale Grad Student Death Considered 'Armed And Dangerous'
Person Of Interest In Yale Grad Student Death Considered 'Armed And Dangerous' Police have identified a person of interest in the shooting death of a Yale University grad student. Kevin Jiang, age 26, was shot to death on Lawrence Street between Nicoll and Nash streets in New Haven on Saturday, Feb. 6, said New Haven Police. Police Chief Otoniel Reyes said Wednesday the department searching for Qinxuan Pan, age 29, in connection with Jiang’s death. During a press conference, the chief said they believe Pan was in the area at the time of the killing and consider him a person of interest, although he is not officially a suspect at this time. “We are not prepared to id…
Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home
Juvenile Crashes Car Into Multi-Family CT Home Two Connecticut families have been displaced after a minor drove a stolen car into their multi-family home. The incident took place around 10:43 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 31 when Hartford Police responded to a home at 288 Flatbush Ave., on a report that a vehicle struck the home, said  Lt. Aaron Boisvert When police arrived on the scene, a minor driving the stolen car was “quickly located," Boisvert said. Hartford fire department officials deemed the house “unsafe” and both families of the residence were displaced, he added. The minor driving the car was transported to a hospital with minor…
Family Temporarily Homeless After Stolen Car Crashes Into House Family Temporarily Homeless After Stolen Car Crashes Into House
Family Temporarily Homeless After Stolen Car Crashes Into House A family is temporarily without a home after a man crashed an allegedly stolen car into the side of their house on Thursday, Oct. 8. Sometime during the night or early morning, a red Nissan hatchback slammed into the side of a Meriden Avenue home in Southington. Southington Police said the vehicle involved in the crash had been stolen from Waterbury. The car slammed into the house as it was traveling northbound on Meriden Avenue, police said. It hit a guardrail near Lewis Farm, crossed the southbound lane, left the road and shoulder, and collided with the house at 446 Meriden Ave., police …