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Search Intensifies For CT Man Wanted For Shooting 2-Year-Old Search Intensifies For CT Man Wanted For Shooting 2-Year-Old
Search Intensifies For CT Man Wanted For Shooting 2-Year-Old As a 2-year-old boy continues to improve after being shot in the torso, police are intensifying their search for alleged suspect. The child was shot in New Haven County in Waterbury on Tuesday, June 21 at 99 Pinecrest Drive. Police identified the shooter as 20-year-old Kharis Samuels, of Waterbury, said the Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department. On Thursday, June 23, Bessette says there have been no sightings of Samuels, but "thankfully the child continues to improve." The shooting took place when Samuels was showing a gun to other people in the home when it discharged, str…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police ID Man Wanted In Shooting Of 2-Year-Old CT Boy Police ID Man Wanted In Shooting Of 2-Year-Old CT Boy
Police ID Man Wanted In Shooting Of 2-Year-Old CT Boy Police have identified a man wanted in connection with the shooting of a 2-year-old Connecticut boy. The child was shot in the torso in New Haven County in Waterbury on Tuesday, June 21 at 99 Pinecrest Drive. Police identified the shooter as 20-year-old Kharis Samuels, of Waterbury, said the Waterbury Police Department. The family did not call 911 and instead brought the toddler to Waterbury Hospital around 1:35 p.m. The hospital notified police, and the child was then flown to Connecticut Children's hospital, where he is listed in critical, but stable condition, police said. According to…

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by Kathy Reakes
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2-Year-Old CT Boy Shot, Police Say 2-Year-Old CT Boy Shot, Police Say
2-Year-Old CT Boy Shot, Police Say A 2-year-old Connecticut boy has been shot and airlifted to a hospital. The incident took place in New Haven County in Waterbury around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 21. Waterbury officers responded to Waterbury Hospital after being notified by hospital staff that a juvenile gunshot victim had been brought into the emergency room, said Lt. Ryan Bessette. Officers identified the victim as a 2-year-old boy with a sustained gunshot wound, Bessette said. "At this time, the victim is considered to be in stable condition and is being transported by Life Star helicopter to CT Chil…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Ask For Help Identifying Vehicle Of Interest In Fatal CT Crash Police Ask For Help Identifying Vehicle Of Interest In Fatal CT Crash
Police Ask For Help Identifying Vehicle Of Interest In Fatal CT Crash Police in Connecticut have asked the public for help identifying a vehicle of interest in a fatal crash. Authorities in New Haven County are seeking information about a Honda CRV that is considered to be a vehicle of interest in a motorcycle crash that happened at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, in Waterbury. The Waterbury Police Department said the crash happened at South Main Street and Market Square. Authorities asked anyone with information about the vehicle to contact the WPD Crash Reconstruction Unit at 203-346-3975.

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by Nicole Valinote
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Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust
Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust Two convicted felons are facing new charges after being busted during a search and seizure in Connecticut, police announced. In New Haven County, police officers in Waterbury assigned to the department’s Vice and Intelligence Division executed a search warrant at a William Street apartment following an investigation into drug sales in the region. At the apartment, investigators located suspect Quentin Boone, age 28, who was with a second man, Litchfield County resident Douglas Elliott, age 34, of Torrington, both of whom are convicted felons with prior narcotic felony-related convictions wh…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Suspects Busted For Trespassing, Illegal Handgun In CT, Police Say Two Suspects Busted For Trespassing, Illegal Handgun In CT, Police Say
Two Suspects Busted For Trespassing, Illegal Handgun In CT, Police Say Two men who were trespassing on a New Haven County property are facing a host of charges after being busted by police on patrol with an illegally modified handgun, authorities announced. In Waterbury, members of the police department’s Crime Prevention Unit were on patrol in the area of Washington Street and South Street due to recent complaints of quality of life concerns in the area. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 13, police said that the officers spotted a group of people who were “displaying suspicious behaviors” while congregating outside a Washington Street business that had…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin
CT Man Sentenced For Distributing Heroin A Connecticut man will spend more than two years in prison after being sentenced for distributing heroin, federal officials announced. New Haven County resident Adam Mines, age 38, of Naugatuck, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty in December 2021 to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin. US Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery said that according to court documents and statements made in court, in May 2020, the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began an investigation into a drug trafficking o…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Charged After 'Substantial Amount' Of Fentanyl Seized At CT Home, Police Say Man Charged After 'Substantial Amount' Of Fentanyl Seized At CT Home, Police Say
Man Charged After 'Substantial Amount' Of Fentanyl Seized At CT Home, Police Say A 26-year-old man was charged after police reported a "substantial amount" of fentanyl that was packaged for sale was seized at his Connecticut home. Stanley Foote Jr., of Waterbury, was arrested at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, according to Connecticut State Police. Over the course of an investigation by the Statewide Narcotics Task Force and the Waterbury Police Department in April, authorities discovered the drugs in Foote's residence, police reported.  Police said Foote was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and held on a $250,000 cash/su…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man, Age 32, Killed In CT Shooting, Police Say Man, Age 32, Killed In CT Shooting, Police Say
Man, Age 32, Killed In CT Shooting, Police Say Police in Connecticut are investigating the shooting death of a 32-year-old man killed early on Mother's Day. The murder took place in New Haven County around 1:30 a.m., Sunday, May 8  in Waterbury in the area of 173 Willow St. When officers arrived to check out a complaint of shots fired, they found the man who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, said Lt. Ryan Bessette, of the Waterbury Police. The victim was transported by ambulance to Waterbury Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by hospital staff shortly after 2 a.m., Bessette said. D…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Involved In Multi-State Drug/Gun Trafficking Sentenced CT Man Involved In Multi-State Drug/Gun Trafficking Sentenced
CT Man Involved In Multi-State Drug/Gun Trafficking Sentenced A 37-year-old man who was involved in trafficking firearms and narcotics between Connecticut and Maine has been sentenced. Lonnie Joyner, of Waterbury, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 4, to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. Joyner pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of firearms by a felon on June 4, 2021, Boyle said.  The Drug Enforcement Administration started investigating Joyner and other Connecticut residents in 2016, as they were found to be driving to M…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Connecticut Man Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl Connecticut Man Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl
Connecticut Man Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl A 33-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced for distributing fentanyl. Marbin Jimenez, of Waterbury, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 4, to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2021, Boyle reported. Investigators determined that a Waterbury-based drug trafficking organization, run by Nestor Sosa-Ortiz, received large amounts of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in New York and Connecticut, and would distribute the narcotics in New Haven Co…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT State Police Announce Firearms Seizure After Ghost Guns Trafficking Investigation CT State Police Announce Firearms Seizure After Ghost Guns Trafficking Investigation
CT State Police Announce Firearms Seizure After Ghost Guns Trafficking Investigation Connecticut State Police reported that a significant number of firearms were seized following a long-term investigation into illegal "ghost guns" trafficking. Search warrants were executed in New Haven County, in Shelton, Waterbury, and Wolcott, on Monday, March 21, as part of the investigation of the trafficking in the greater Waterbury area, according to Connecticut State Police. Police said authorities located illegally sold and possessed AR-15 variant rifles and handguns, high-capacity magazines, and ammunition. Authorities also seized narcotics and other contraband during the search …

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by Nicole Valinote