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Fight At New Haven Restaurant Ends In Gunfire, With 2 Women Reportedly Shot: Police Fight At New Haven Restaurant Ends In Gunfire, With 2 Women Reportedly Shot: Police
Fight At New Haven Restaurant Ends In Gunfire, With 2 Women Reportedly Shot: Police Two women said they were wounded by gunfire during an argument that turned violent at a restaurant in Connecticut, authorities said.  Police in  New Haven responded to NOA by September in Bangkok, at 200 Crown Street, around 1 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31. Everyone in the bar had run outside before police arrived.  A 28-year-old New Haven woman told police that she had been shot in the incident. She had a small cut on her right leg, New Haven Police added.  Authorities took her to an area hospital for treatment.  A second woman claimed she's also been shot, but the b…

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by Josh Lanier
News
New Haven In Top 5 Most Expensive Cities In US While Another CT Locale Tops List New Haven In Top 5 Most Expensive Cities In US While Another CT Locale Tops List
New Haven In Top 5 Most Expensive Cities In US While Another CT Locale Tops List For anyone looking for an affordable place to live, there are two places in Connecticut they may want to avoid, according to a new study.  Hartford ranks as the most expensive city in the United States with New Haven finishing in fourth, according to U.S. News & World Report. Joining them on the list are Los Angeles at No. 2, Miami at 3, and New York City at 5.  Nearby Boston is 9 with two other Massachusetts cities — Springfield and Worcester — also in the top 25.  Researchers looked at the average price of goods like groceries and transportation, along with r…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
New Haven Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash In North Haven New Haven Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash In North Haven
New Haven Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash In North Haven A man was killed, and two others were seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash on a busy Connecticut roadway. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 28, on I-91 in North Haven. According to the Connecticut State Police, the crash occurred when a 41-year-old New Haven man, driving a 2006 Honda Civic on I-91 South, for an unknown reason, went into the median and struck a guardrail before crossing back into I-91 North and striking a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. State police said the impact of the crash caused a passenger in the Honda to be ejected onto the r…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Investigating 2 BB Gun Assaults At Yale In New Haven Police Investigating 2 BB Gun Assaults At Yale In New Haven
Police Investigating 2 BB Gun Assaults At Yale In New Haven Yale University Police are warning students and residents to be on the lookout for a dark-colored vehicle that fired a BB gun twice at members of the college community.  The incidents occurred in New Haven around 12:15 and 12:25 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, in the area of Crown and High Streets and Broadway and Elm Street. According to Yale's Chief of Police Anthony Campbell, in both incidents, members of the Yale community were walking in the area when projectiles were at them from possibly a dark-colored vehicle. No medical attention was requested. Campbell said the New Haven Polic…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
New Haven Bar Serves Special Offering Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When You Can Get Pizza New Haven Bar Serves Special Offering Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When You Can Get Pizza
New Haven Bar Serves Special Offering Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When You Can Get Pizza New Haven is known for its pizza, and a popular bar that offers its pies only one or two nights a week is getting rave reviews for its crust and sauce. Three Sons Pizza sells its pizza out of the Old Heidelberg at the Graduate Hotel in New Haven on Saturday nights and has added some Friday nights for August. Born during the pandemic, the owner and his three sons began making pizzas to keep busy. They developed a pie that was so good that they figured, why not try selling it? That's where the Old Heidelberg comes in: pizza lovers place their order with the bartender after 7 p.m., sit back w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suicidal CT Man Who Wanted Police To 'Kill Him,' Injures Officers During Arrest, Cops Say Suicidal CT Man Who Wanted Police To 'Kill Him,' Injures Officers During Arrest, Cops Say
Suicidal CT Man Who Wanted Police To 'Kill Him,' Injures Officers During Arrest, Cops Say A Connecticut man who was allegedly suicidal and wanted to be killed by police was taken into custody after fighting and injuring several officers. The incident occurred in New Haven County in Hamden on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Hamden Plaza. According to Lt. Raymond Quinn of the Hamden Police, the department received word that the East Haven Police were trying to locate and arrest Derrick Gilliam, age 29, of New Haven. East Haven police said that Gilliam, who was wanted on domestic violence charges, was suicidal and "wanted to be killed by police," Quinn said. East Haven Police had …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Man Accused Of Stealing Police Cruiser With Officer Inside CT Man Accused Of Stealing Police Cruiser With Officer Inside
CT Man Accused Of Stealing Police Cruiser With Officer Inside A Connecticut man well known to police is facing a host of charges after allegedly stealing a police cruiser with an officer inside and then crashing it. The incident occurred in New Haven around 10:45 p.m.,  Sunday, Aug. 4, at the New Haven Police substation on Congress Avenue. According to Officer Christian Bruckhart, two officers assigned to the Hill South district were parked at the substation on Congress Avenue. While one officer was inside the building, the second remained in the passenger side of the vehicle writing a report.  That's when a man well-known to officers in th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race
ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race A clip of former President Donald Trump saying Vice President Kamala Harris "turned black" to court the African American vote has gone viral, and it happened because of someone familiar to many in the region. ABC News' Rachel Scott, a 32-year-old former reporter for WTNH News 8 in New Haven, moderated a discussion with Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, July 31.  She opened the panel by pressing the former Republican president on his party's attacks on Harris as a "DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) hire." Harris is of mix…

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by Josh Lanier
News
$1.5M Con: Ex-Employee Admits Defrauding CT Insurance Company $1.5M Con: Ex-Employee Admits Defrauding CT Insurance Company
$1.5M Con: Ex-Employee Admits Defrauding CT Insurance Company A former employee from Pennsylvania admitted to defrauding a Connecticut insurance company to the tune of $1.5 million. James Keating, age 52, of Paoli, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in New Haven federal court on Tuesday, July 30. Prosecutors said Keating – who served as assistant vice president and a surety bond claims handler at Hartford County-based Allied World Insurance Company in Farmington – created a shell company to bill Allied World for unnecessary claims work that was never performed. Between 2017 and 2021, he also solicited and received kickbacks from Allied World…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
CT 19-Year-Old Charged With Shooting Man On City Street CT 19-Year-Old Charged With Shooting Man On City Street
CT 19-Year-Old Charged With Shooting Man On City Street A Connecticut 19-year-old was charged with assault for allegedly shooting another man on a city street last month.  Bridgeport resident Maurice Beverly was arrested on Thursday, July 11, for the Sunday, June 23 incident in which a 23-year-old New Haven resident was shot on a city street in New Haven. According to Officer Christian Bruckhart of the New Haven Police, officers responded to the area of Whalley Avenue and Sherman Avenue following a ShotSpotter activation but could not find a victim. They later located the victim at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was treated for his inju…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead In CT Stream Was Strangled, Police Say Man Found Dead In CT Stream Was Strangled, Police Say
Man Found Dead In CT Stream Was Strangled, Police Say The death of a Connecticut man who was found face down in a stream has been ruled a homicide by strangulation by the state Medical Examiner's Office. The New Haven man, identified as Miguel Rivera, age 62, was found in a stream around 7:10 a.m. on Friday, July 19, in a stream in the area of Hemingway Street. According to Officer Christian Bruckhart of the New Haven Police, the medical examiner conducted a preliminary examination of Rivera on scene, and no signs of trauma were located at the time. They took custody of the body and performed an autopsy. Upon completion of the examination, …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
59-Year-Old Man Killed In Single-Vehicle CT Crash 59-Year-Old Man Killed In Single-Vehicle CT Crash
59-Year-Old Man Killed In Single-Vehicle CT Crash A 59-year-old Connecticut man was killed after police say he lost control of his car. The incident occurred in New Haven at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Monday, July 15, on I-91 southbound in the area of Exit 2. According to Connecticut State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that Segundo Manuel Guaman, of Hamden, who was driving a Toyota Camry, veered towards the right across all other lanes for an unknown reason and entered the Exit 2 gore area.  The Toyota then continued through the gore area, striking the off-ramp sign support and the impact attenuator, state police…

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by Kathy Reakes