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3 Police Officers Attacked In Separate CT Incidents 3 Police Officers Attacked In Separate CT Incidents
3 Police Officers Attacked In Separate CT Incidents Three Connecticut officers were attacked over the weekend in two separate incidents. The attacks occurred on Saturday, June 29, in New Haven County in West Haven and New London County in Norwich.  In West Haven, one officer was injured when Imran Ahmed, age 54, of West Haven, allegedly deliberately crashed his vehicle into an occupied police cruiser that was helping another officer who Ahmed had been trying to run off the roadway. The event began around 2 p.m. when a West Haven Police officer was driving in the area of Meloy Road and Route 1. Ahmed pulled up alongside him and attempte…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police
Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police Drunk, high, and armed to the teeth. That's how Massachusetts State Police described a Connecticut woman they arrested Thursday, Oct. 19, after she crashed her car into another vehicle in Hampden County while intoxicated.  Catherine Hansen, 45, of Enfield, Connecticut, faces a slew of charges after police said they found a pistol and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in her wrecked car in Agawam, authorities said.  Hansen is accused of speeding when she crashed into a car just before 1 p.m. at the Agawam Rotary on Route 57, State police said. Several people in the car she hit were injured. …

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by Josh Lanier
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CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say
CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say A Connecticut woman has been charged with assault on a police officer after threatening to beat up a state transit bus driver. New Haven County resident Alaja Dixon, age 21, of New Haven, was arrested on Sunday, June 4 in Milford. According to Milford Police, officers were dispatched to 1588 Boston Post Road for a disturbance on a CT Transit bus.  The bus driver told officers that Dixon came onto the bus and immediately became disruptive and threatened to beat up the driver, police said. Police said when officers approached Dixon, she became belligerent and refused to leave…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Know Them? Police Want Help Identifying Those Involved In CT Beach Brawl Know Them? Police Want Help Identifying Those Involved In CT Beach Brawl
Know Them? Police Want Help Identifying Those Involved In CT Beach Brawl Police are asking the public for help identifying a group of beachgoers involved in a brawl at a Connecticut beach.  The brawl took place in New Haven County around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 30 in Milford at Walnut Beach. When Milford Police responded to a report of numerous fights among a crowd as large as 500 people they were "quickly overwhelmed by the large, unruly crowd," the Milford Police said. Several officers were assaulted and two were knocked to the ground and had their body cameras stolen from their uniforms, police said. The department is looking to pursue criminal charge…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Large CT Beach Brawl Leads To Officers Being Assaulted, Police Say Large CT Beach Brawl Leads To Officers Being Assaulted, Police Say
Large CT Beach Brawl Leads To Officers Being Assaulted, Police Say Police had to shut down a public beach after extremely large crowds of some 500 people became unruly and numerous fights broke out in which officers were allegedly attacked in Connecticut. The incident took place in New Haven County in Milford at Walnut Beach around 6:30 p.m. When Milford Police arrived at the beach and attempted to address the problems, they became quickly overwhelmed by the large, unruly crowd and were assaulted, said the Milford Police Department. Two of our officers’ body cameras were pulled from the officers’ uniforms as they were knocked to the ground, police said. …

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by Kathy Reakes