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4 Caught With K9's Help After Crashing Stolen Vehicle On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say 4 Caught With K9's Help After Crashing Stolen Vehicle On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say
4 Caught With K9's Help After Crashing Stolen Vehicle On Busy CT Roadway, Police Say Four teenagers face criminal charges after allegedly flipping a stolen vehicle on a busy roadway in Connecticut and leading police on a chase, authorities announced.  The events leading up to the arrests began on Tuesday, July 30 around 3 a.m., when a stolen vehicle was reported to be traveling on Route 101 in Rhode Island and heading towards Windham County, according to Connecticut State Police. Soon, the vehicle entered the state and crashed in the area of 771 Hartford Pike (Route 101) in Killingly.  Once state troopers arrived at the crash scene, they found an abandoned, damag…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Apartment, Threatening Residents: Police Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Apartment, Threatening Residents: Police
Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Apartment, Threatening Residents: Police Two men were slapped with a heap of criminal charges after invading a Connecticut apartment and threatening those inside with a knife, police announced. The arrests stemmed from an incident in Middlesex County on Tuesday, April 9 just after 7:45 p.m., when a disturbance at a residence on Main Street in Essex was reported to authorities, according to Connecticut State Police. Arriving troopers soon met with two victims inside their apartment who told them they were not injured. The victims then added that two men known to them had broken into the apartment while holding a knife. However, one…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Wanted Man Attacked Troopers During Probe Of Suspicious Calls To Bradley Airport Wanted Man Attacked Troopers During Probe Of Suspicious Calls To Bradley Airport
Wanted Man Attacked Troopers During Probe Of Suspicious Calls To Bradley Airport A 31-year-old man who had multiple warrants for his arrest attacked Connecticut State Troopers on Monday, June 19, authorities said.  Hartford County resident Martel O. Davis, of Windsor, was charged with assaulting public safety officer, interfering with police, and failure to comply with fingerprint requirements, state police said. He was being held on a $150,000 bond.  Police did not describe the nature of the calls to Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, but investigators said they traced them back to Davis, who already had two open warrants for his arrest.  Troopers arrive…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
4 Teens Steal 2 Cars, Try Breaking Into More In Trumbull Hotel Parking Lot: Police 4 Teens Steal 2 Cars, Try Breaking Into More In Trumbull Hotel Parking Lot: Police
4 Teens Steal 2 Cars, Try Breaking Into More In Trumbull Hotel Parking Lot: Police Four teenagers, including one who was listed as a missing person, face criminal charges after allegedly stealing two cars and attempting to break into more in Fairfield County, police said.  The incident began on Wednesday, May 3 around 6:30 p.m., when officers in Trumbull were told that four suspects were pulling on car door handles in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel located at 180 Hawley Ln., according to Trumbull Police.  An officer who responded to the scene then saw the four boys, who then left the area and walked through the parking lot. When the officer told them to s…

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by Ben Crnic
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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…

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by Kathy Reakes