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Fatal Stabbing Outside Waterbury Café Leaves One Dead, Another Injured Fatal Stabbing Outside Waterbury Café Leaves One Dead, Another Injured
Fatal Stabbing Outside Waterbury Café Leaves One Dead, Another Injured A violent altercation outside a popular Connecticut café left one man dead and another injured this weekend, police said.  Officers with the Waterbury Police Department responded to reports of an assault involving a weapon near Café 457 on West Main Street in Waterbury at about 2 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. When they arrived, they found a 22-year-old man suffering from non-life-threatening injuries, police said. During the investigation, officers learned that a 27-year-old man with stab wounds had been dropped off at Saint Mary’s Hospital. He died shortly after 6 a.m., according to police.…

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by Josh Lanier
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Ex-Waterbury Official Sentenced For Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen With Severe Brain Injury Ex-Waterbury Official Sentenced For Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen With Severe Brain Injury
Ex-Waterbury Official Sentenced For Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen With Severe Brain Injury A former Connecticut zoning official has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading no contest to a drunken hit-and-run crash that left a teenager with severe brain damage, authorities said. John Egan, 59, the former chair of Waterbury’s zoning commission, received a 10-year sentence on Tuesday, Jan. 7, with all but two years suspended, authorities said. Egan struck Brian Calle, then 17, as he rode his scooter home from work just after midnight on May 26, 2023, at the intersection of Highland Avenue and West Main Street. Egan allegedly fled the scene, leaving Calle critically inju…

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by Josh Lanier
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Waterbury Man Critical After CT Man Critical After Shooting In New Haven County, Suspect Nabbed Waterbury Man Critical After CT Man Critical After Shooting In New Haven County, Suspect Nabbed
Waterbury Man Critical After CT Man Critical After Shooting In New Haven County, Suspect Nabbed A 24-year-old Connecticut man is in critical condition after being shot by another man outside of a club following a fight. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 1:10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 2, on West Main Street outside the Stanley Billar Club in Waterbury.  According to Waterbury Police Lt. Ryan Bessette, officers responded to the area after getting word of shots fired and then additional reports from Saint Mary’s Hospital Emergency Room that a gunshot victim had been dropped off.  Officers identified the victim as a 24-year-old male from Waterbury. Bessette said tha…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man In Critical Condition After New Haven County Night Club Fight Erupts Into Gunshots Man In Critical Condition After New Haven County Night Club Fight Erupts Into Gunshots
Man In Critical Condition After New Haven County Night Club Fight Erupts Into Gunshots A Connecticut man remains in critical condition after he was shot following an argument that began in a nightclub and bled into the streets, authorities said.  Officers in Waterbury were called to the area of West Main Street and Park Place around 1:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2 after 911 calls that said someone had been shot.  New Haven County man Edwin Henriquez-Vasquez, age 30, of Waterbury, faces multiple felony charges, many gun-related, following the shooting. The suspected shooter had run away before police arrived, and the victim — a 24-year-old Waterbury man — had been dr…

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by Josh Lanier