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Driver Arrested After 6-Year-Old Left On Norwalk Housing Authority Van
A 47-year-old Norwalk Housing Authority bus driver was charged with child endangerment after locking a 6-year-old on a bus for the night. The incident occurred in Norwalk on Wednesday, May 15. According to Sgt. Ryan Evarts of the Norwalk Police, on May 15, patrol officers responded to a call where a 6-year-old child did not return home from after-school activities sponsored by the Norwalk Housing Authority. Officers located the child asleep in the Housing Authority passenger van parked in their lot, Evarts said. Evarts said the Special Victims Unit conducted a follow…
Police & Fire
I-84 Crash: Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk With Child In CT
A woman from Massachusetts has been arrested after she allegedly drove drunk and crashed on a Connecticut interstate with her 1-year-old child in the car. The Hartford County crash happened on Saturday, April 13 in the town of Southington, according to Connecticut State Police. Just before 7:30 p.m. that day, 36-year-old Elizabeth Silva was reportedly driving drunk, heading west on I-84 near exit 28 when police said she rear-ended another vehicle, which then spun and crashed into a third car. The three people in the first car Silva hit — a 20-year-old woman, a 64-year-old man, and a 58-…
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Man Drives Drunk With Daughter In Passenger Seat In Wilton, Police Say
A father was arrested after police said he drove drunk down a Connecticut road with his young daughter in the passenger seat, police said. The Fairfield County incident occurred in Wilton on Friday, March 29. At approximately 1:30 a.m. that morning, 45-year-old Eduard Abukhovich was speeding, driving his gray 2022 Volvo XC90 north on Route 7 (Danbury Road) when he was pulled over. Abukhovich, who is from the town of Redding, reportedly admitted to police that he had consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel. According to Wilton Police, Abukhovich’s juvenile daughter was sitting…
Police & Fire
Police ID Man Who Stole Car With Baby Inside In Western Mass
Police have identified the man who sparked a statewide Amber Alert when he stole a vehicle in Western Massachusetts, on Friday morning, March 29, that had a 3-year-old baby inside. Vadim Vorobyov, age 52, of Springfield, is charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and fugitive from justice in Connecticut and is also expected to be charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and motor vehicle larceny in Massachusetts, State Police said. Vorobyov stole the running car when he came across it outside of a home on Exchange Street in Chicopee around 8:40 a.m., police said. T…
Police & Fire
School Bus Driver Busted Drunk With Children Aboard Mass Bus: Police
A 51-year-old school bus driver faces charges after she was caught bringing children to school while under the influence of alcohol in Worcester County, police said. Jane Welch, age 51, was arrested on Thursday, March 14, following an incident in Westborough, according to Westborough Police. On Thursday morning, police received reports regarding Welch's behavior while driving children to school. In response, officers made contact with Welch in the area of 135 East Main St. and conducted an investigation. Soon after stopping her, police arrested Welch and charged her w…
Police & Fire
Home Invasion: CT Man Accused Of Traveling 150 Miles Before Assault, Burglary At NY Residence
A Connecticut man has been accused of violating an order of protection after traveling around 150 miles to commit a home invasion in upstate New York. Just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, New York State Police in Saratoga County responded to a home in the town of Wilton for the report of an assault with a knife. The investigation determined New Haven County resident Thomas A. Rivera, age 50, of Naugatuck, reportedly traveled to the location unexpectedly and uninvited. "He allegedly entered the house without permission and assaulted the victim with a knife, causing serious but n…
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Woman Charged In Death Of Her 4-Week-Old Granddaughter In Bridgeport
A woman is behind bars after being charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-week-old granddaughter in Fairfield County. Eleanor Herman, age 61, of Bridgeport, was charged on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, death. According to Capt. Kevin Gilleran of the Bridgeport Police, officers were called to a Bronx Avenue home for a child not breathing. The baby was transported to the hospital by her uncle before police arrived, Gilleran said. Medical staff pronounced the baby dead, he added. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the manner of death was homicide …
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Greenwich Man Nabbed For Endangering Child When Overdose Occurs, Police Say
A Fairfield County man has been charged with alleged risk of injury to a child after an overdose occurred close to the youngster. Harris Grannick, age 45, of Greenwich, was charged on Tuesday, Dec. 2 in Greenwich for an incident that occurred in December 2023. According to Lt. Patrick Smyth of the Greenwich Police, Grannick was charged with risk of injury to a child and reckless endangerment after an overdose took place in an apartment with a child nearby. Police did not say if the overdose victim survived. He was released on a $50,000 bond.
Police & Fire
Latest Update: Woman Caused Daughter's Death By Bringing Her Into CT River, Police Say
A 24-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly intentionally drowning her 2-year-old child in the Connecticut River following several crashes, police announced. Middlesex County resident Devoni Miller of Cromwell was arrested by Connecticut State Police on Thursday, Dec. 21 in connection with the death of her daughter, Deroyal Miller, in September 2023, authorities announced. State Police took Miller into custody shortly after she was arrested by Cromwell Police in connection to a crash that occurred just before the child's death. Earlier Repo…
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'Horrific Living Conditions': 3 Kids Removed From Western Mass Home Deemed 'Uninhabitable'
Three children were taken from a Hampden County apartment last week after investigators searched it on a drugs warrant and found the living conditions "horrific," Holyoke police said. A task force of several area agencies raided the home at 149 Essex Street to search for drugs, but what they found was much worse. Three children were living in squalor without basic necessities, Holyoke police said. Officers who entered the home said they "were exposed to horrific living conditions," police said in a social media post. Police contacted the Board of Health, who deemed the home unin…
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CT Man Attempts To Expose Child's Genital Area At Birthday Party, Police Say
A Connecticut man is behind bars on bond after allegedly attempting to expose a 9-year-old's genital area at a children's birthday party. The incident took place in Hartford County on Saturday, Sept. 30 in South Windsor. According to Sgt. Mark Cleverdon of the South Windsor Police, Scott Oliver, age 35, of Bloomfield, was charged after he allegedly made physical contact near the waist area of the child while trying to force the clothing down to expose the juvenile's genital area. Oliver had been removed from the party by other adults and was later located at his residence in Bloo…
Police & Fire
CT Woman Shot In Head, Convicted Felon Charged
A Connecticut woman was found shot in the head outside of a home with an infant nearby. The incident took place in New Haven County around 7:50 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 3 on Raymond Street in Woodbridge. According to Woodbridge Police Chief Frank Cappielo, officers responded to the home on a report of a shooting. When they arrived, Cappielo said they found a woman who had been shot in the head and her infant who was uninjured, outside. Both were removed from the property and the woman was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Cappielo said. Cappielo …
Police & Fire
Student Kidnapping Attempt: Bridgeport Man Charged In 2 Cases, Police Say
A man has been charged with attempting to lure two Fairfield County students to his car, and in one case, grabbed a student and attempted to drag her to his vehicle. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 11 a.m., Thursday, April 27 at Central High School. According to Captain Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police, Officer Dani Soto was dispatched to Central High School to check on the welfare of an 18-year-old female student. The student lost cell phone contact with a friend as she was leaving the school campus and walking toward North Avenue. Officer Soto confirmed with sc…
Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed For Shelton Walmart Robbery, Attacking Employees, Cops Say
A 21-year-old Bridgeport woman was nabbed for a string of crimes that started with a robbery at the Shelton Walmart. According to Det. Richard Bango, of the Shelton Police, the arrest of Keyarra Burnett-Johnson stems from an incident that occurred at Walmart located at 465 Bridgeport Ave in Shelton on Wednesday, March 22. The incident started when Shelton Police officers responded to the store for a reported fight. Once on the scene, they learned that Burnett-Johnson, accompanied by two juveniles, attempted to leave the store with a shopping cart full of merchandise without&…
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NY Father's Ex-Girlfriend Convicted For Murder Of 8-Year-Old Forced To Stay In Freezing Garage
The former girlfriend of the father of an 8-year-old boy who died after being forced to live in the garage of a New York home amid freezing temperatures has been convicted of murder after a jury trial. On Friday afternoon, March 10, a jury found Long Island resident Angela Pollina, age 45, of Center Moriches, guilty of second-degree murder and other related charges, for her role in the death of Thomas Valva, who died of hypothermia in 2020 after Thomas and his 10-year-old brother Anthony were forced to sleep in an unheated car garage in below-freezing temperatures. For months…
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Man Nabbed In Stolen Car With Girl, 13, At Fairfield County Mall, Police Say
A Connecticut man is behind bars after allegedly being caught in a stolen vehicle at a Fairfield County mall with a 13-year-old girl he just met. The incident took place in Trumbull around 5:30 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 9 at the Westfield Trumbull Mall. Trumbull Police located the vehicle, which was reported stolen to the New Haven Police Department on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the mall parking lot where the vehicle was recovered and the occupants apprehended, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police. A Trumbull officer located 18-year-old Malikhi Isiah Odums, of New Haven, sitti…
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CT Woman Killed With Axe By Ex-Boyfriend, Police Say
A Connecticut woman was allegedly killed by an ex-boyfriend she had an order of protection and restraining order against after being attacked with an axe. New Haven County resident Julie Minogue, age 40, of Milford, was found by police around 9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 received a 911 call from her 17-year-old son. According to Milford Police, the son told dispatchers that his other was being assaulted by a man inside their home at 76 Salem Walk. The first arriving officers cleared the residence and discovered that the suspect had fled prior to their arrival, police said. Minogue&n…
Police & Fire
41-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Leaving Infant On Hood Of Stranger's Parked Car
A Connecticut man was charged after investigators reported that he abandoned a two-pound infant on the hood of a parked vehicle earlier this year. Jorge Grados, age 41, was arrested at his Hartford home on Monday, Nov. 21, for the incident that happened in Tolland County in March, Connecticut State Police said. At about 2:20 p.m. on March 23, an individual reported to troopers that an infant had been wrapped in a towel and left on the hood of her parked vehicle in Mansfield, police said. Witnesses performed lifesaving measures, and the baby was taken to an area hospital for tre…
Police & Fire
Man Drove Drunk With Two Kids In Vehicle On Busy Northern Westchester Roadway, Police Say
A man from the region has been arrested for alleged aggravated DWI after his two children got out of the vehicle on a busy roadway because they were afraid of crashing, police say. The incident took place in Northern Westchester County in Yorktown on Saturday, July 23 on Route 6. Fairfield County resident Christopher Mangan, age 47, of Stamford, was arrested and charged after police received a welfare check request after she received a call from them, said the Yorktown Police. The children, a 14-year-old girl, and an 11-year-old boy called their mother saying they were scared because their…
Police & Fire
Road Rage: Massachusetts Man Menaces Driver, Family With Gun On NY Roadway, Police Say
A New England man is facing multiple felony charges following a road-rage incident in New York, police said. At about 3:20 p.m. July, 10, New York State Police troopers were dispatched to Interstate 684 in Putnam County, in the town of Southeast, for a report of a man menacing another motorist with a firearm. Troopers located the suspect’s vehicle northbound near mile marker 27. An investigation determined the man, identified as Justin D. Blundell, age 23, of Lexington, Massachusetts, got into the incident with another operator and menaced the victim, who had children in the ve…
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CT Man Wanted For Shooting 2-Year-Old Boy Turns Himself In To Police
A man wanted for allegedly shooting a 2-year-old Connecticut boy while showing off his gun has turned himself in to police. New Haven County resident Kharis Samuels, age 20, of Waterbury, surrendered on Monday, June 27. Samuels fled on Tuesday, June 21, after shooting the boy while showing a gun to others in the Waterbury home, said Lt. Ryan Bessette, of the Waterbury Police. 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 st…
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Woman Admits To Hitting, Choking, Smothering CT Child, Arrest Warrant Says
A Connecticut woman has been charged with allegedly slapping, smothering, and choking her 16-month-old son. The arrest took place in New London County in East Lyme, at 7 a.m. Tuesday, June 7. Katie Ann Nichols, age 36, was charged with negligent cruelty to persons, risk of injury to a child, and reckless endangerment, following an investigation, said Chief Michael Finkelstein, of the East Lyme Police. According to Nichols's arrest warrant, an investigation by the Department of Children & Families was initiated after her therapist reported that her client had admitted to hitt…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Reckless Driving With 3-Year-Old In Vehicle In Western Mass
A man out on bail who authorities suspected had a gun was arrested after fleeing from police with a 3-year-old in the vehicle in Western Massachusetts. The incident took place in Hampden County in Springfield around 8 p.m. on Friday, May 27. Jesus Oquendo, age 23, of Springfield, was arrested after members of the Springfield police received information that he was in possession of a handgun while out on bail, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police. The officers located Oquendo driving a car on Alderman Street and attempted to conduct a traffic stop due to the fact that Oquen…
Police & Fire
Child Injured During Fight Between Two Fairfield County Women At Day Care, Police Say
Two Fairfield County women are facing reckless endangerment charges after police said they got into a fight at a Connecticut day care, causing a child to suffer a minor injury. The incident happened in New Haven County on Wednesday, April 27, at the Once Upon a Time Development Center, located at 326 West Main St. in Milford, according to the Milford Police Department. Police said 18-year-old Juneil Senior and 21-year-old Samantha Castillo, both of Bridgeport, got into a physical altercation while a child was present, and the child was struck in the head during the…
Police & Fire
Road Rage: Suspect With Child In Car Allegedly Fired Shots In Western Mass
A Western Massachusetts man was arrested for an alleged road-rage incident in which he shot at another vehicle with a small child in his car. The incident took place in Springfield around 12:30 p.m., Sunday, April 3. An investigation revealed two vehicles were involved in a road-rage incident and a minor collision occurred in the 300 block of State St., in Springfield, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police. The driver of one car, later identified as Juan Franco, age 40, of Springfield, is alleged to have shot at the second vehicle with two occupants inside. The car w…
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School Bus Driver In Fairfield County Faces DUI Charge After Crash
A Fairfield County school bus driver has been charged with putting 26 middle school students at risk when he crashed into a FedEx van. Harold Bollings, age 64, of Stratford, was arrested on Tuesday, March 1, on a warrant for the incident which took place on Wednesday, Jan. 12 in Stratford. The crash took place in the area of 3241 Main St., said Captain Frank Eannotti, of the Stratford Police. At the time of the crash, Bolling was driving a school bus with 26 students aboard, said Eannotti. During the crash, the school bus struck a FedEx truck and came to rest on a property on Main St…
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New Details Emerge After Missing Child Found In Dark, Wet Enclosure In Hudson Valley
New details have emerged as the mother and father accused of abducting their daughter and hiding her in a hovel-like room under a staircase at an area home are set to appear in court. Ulster County residents Kimberly Cooper, age 33, and Kirk Shultis Jr., age 32, of Saugerties, were arrested Monday, Feb. 14, after police found Paislee Shultis, age 6, being held in a dark, wet room underneath a staircase in a Saugerties home. The couple abducted the then 4-year-old from her legal guardian from Cayuga Heights, near Ithaca, in Tompkins County, New York, in 2019, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph…
Police & Fire
CT Woman Arrested After 4-Year-Old Eats THC Edibles, Police Say
A Connecticut woman has been charged with a risk of injury to a child after her young son ate several THC edibles he found in an open trash can. Hartford County resident Jenna Sullivan, age 36, of South Windsor, was arrested on Saturday, Feb. 12, on an active warrant for the incident which took place in January. According to Sergeant Mark N. Cleverdon, of the New Windsor Police, Sullivan's 4-year-old son ate several THC edibles and had to be transported to the hospital for treatment. The child was released shortly thereafter with no significant injuries, Cleverdon said. Sulliva…
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Father Arrested In Case Of New England Girl Who's Been Missing For Two Years
Police in New England have arrested the father of a missing 7-year-old girl who has not been seen in two years. Manchester Police Chief Allen D. Aldenberg announced on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that Adam Montgomery, age 31, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 4. Montgomery’s arrest was in connection with a warrant related to a 2019 incident in which he allegedly assaulted the missing child, Harmony Montgomery, Aldenberg said. Earlier Story: Police Learn Missing New England Girl Hasn't Been Seen In Two Years Montgomery was charged with: Assault Interference with cus…
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Hockey Coach Charged With Assaulting Player At Area Ice Arena, Police Say
A youth hockey coach has been arrested after allegedly hitting a 10-year-old player with a hockey stick, injuring him. Marvin A. Minkler, age 53, a Connecticut resident, was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 31, in New York and charged with assault and endangering a child, said the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. According to the criminal complaint outlining his arrest, the incident took place on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at the Brewster Ice Arena located at 63 Fields Lane in the town of Southeast. During the incident, Minkler allegedly "did knowingly strike a minor in the area of the head, neck, shoulder …
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CT State Police Investigating Fatal Shooting Of 14-Year-Old
Police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in Connecticut. The Waterbury Police Department received a report at about 3:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 25, that the boy was brought to Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury with a gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to Connecticut State Police. He was taken to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Harford with fatal injuries, State Police said. The boy was identified as Will Vasquez, of Hamden. The Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crimes Unit is investigatin…
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