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Fugitive From Region Caught  After Well-Being Check In CT Commuter Lot Fugitive From Region Caught  After Well-Being Check In CT Commuter Lot
Fugitive From Region Caught After Well-Being Check In CT Commuter Lot A well-being check at a commuter lot in Connecticut led to the arrest of a woman wanted as a fugitive in Colorado. Troopers patrolling a commuter lot in Tolland County, along Route 44 in Bolton, around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, observed a vehicle with blankets covering the windows and a sunshade on the windshield.  Concerned for the occupant’s well-being, they made contact and spoke with a woman identified as Hartford County resident Cynthia Conant, age 26, of Newington, according to police. Conant, who told troopers she had been parked there since 8 p.m. Saturday, provided her C…
Semi-Pro Football Player Killed In Rollover Crash On I-91 Semi-Pro Football Player Killed In Rollover Crash On I-91
Semi-Pro Football Player Killed In Rollover Crash On I-91 A 22-year-old man who was a star running back for a Connecticut semi-pro football team was killed after crashing his car on I-91 in Hartford County, authorities said.  Davian Andrew Pallotto, of Prospect in New Haven County, died after he rolled his 2007 Cadillac CTS around 11:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, Connecticut State Police said.  Pallotto was driving north on I-91 when he veered across a lane of traffic onto a grassy median, where the car lost control near Exit 23 and began to tumble, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Pallotto played running …
Illegal Street Race That Took Over Road In Region Ends In Blown Tires, Handcuffs Illegal Street Race That Took Over Road In Region Ends In Blown Tires, Handcuffs
Illegal Street Race That Took Over Road In Region Ends In Blown Tires, Handcuffs Several drivers who tried to put on an illegal street race in Connecticut found out they weren't fast enough to get away from police and ended up furious when their cars were damaged in the attempt, officials said. Police in Hartford County were called to the Route 571 connector, Polish Legion Highway in Berlin very early Sunday, Sept. 1, Connecticut Police said.  Troopers found several vehicles trying to block off the road to hold an illegal underground street race there. Responders started to break up the revving racers before someone was hurt.  But some drivers refused to list…
Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree
Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree A 19-year-old Connecticut woman was killed over the weekend after she crashed into a tree in Hartford County, authorities announced. Tolland County resident Makayla Theriaque, of Vernon, was identified as the victim in a Sunday evening, Aug. 25, crash in Manchester, police said.  Officers were called to 233 Buckland Hills Drive for reports of a car crashing into a tree, Manchester police said.  Paramedics rushed Theriaque, who was behind the wheel, to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.  Manchester police are investigating the crash. Authorities a…
2 Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Region 2 Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Region
2 Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Region Editor's note: A headline on an earlier version of this story had an incorrect location. The incident occurred in East Hartford. A man and a woman were found dead inside a Connecticut home after police received a report of a possible gunshot victim. The incident occurred in Hartford County around 10:32 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 22, on Hilltop Farms Lane in East Hartford. According to East Hartford Police Officer Marc Caruso, when officers arrived, they located a man and a woman inside the home who had both sustained fatal gunshot wounds.   Police also located a firearm close to the …
Springfield Man Guilty Of Double Murder In CT Sentenced To Life In Prison Springfield Man Guilty Of Double Murder In CT Sentenced To Life In Prison
Springfield Man Guilty Of Double Murder In CT Sentenced To Life In Prison A 25-year-old Massachusetts man who fatally shot a man in front of his pregnant girlfriend and their friend in Connecticut, in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities said.  Gregory Crichlow, of Springfield, who was convicted in March of killing Gregory "Monte" Scott, Jr., age 24, and Jennifer Hicks, age 20, was sentenced on Thursday, June 27, the Connecticut Department of Justice said.  Police in Hartford County were called to the Buckland Hills commuter lot in the town of Manchester in the early morning of Aug. 2, 2020, to reports of a shooting. Investig…
Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison
Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Michelle Troconis, the girlfriend of the estranged husband of the murdered Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Farber Dulos, has been sentenced to years in prison. 'My Mother Was Everything To Me': Jennifer Dulos' Children Speak Out For First Time Stamford/Norwalk State Attorney Paul J. Ferencek announced Friday, May 31, that Troconnis, age 49, formerly of Hartford County in Farmington, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison, suspended after 14 ½ years served, for conspiring to murder Jennifer Farber Dulos in May 2019 and then covering up the crime. Troconis faced 50 years in pr…