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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…
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…
CT Man Sexually Assaults, Robs Woman, 65, On Walking Trail, Police Say
A Connecticut man is in custody after allegedly throwing a 65-year-old woman down on a hiking trail sexually assaulting her and taking her purse and cell phone before the victim was able to fight him off.
The incident took place in Hartford County in Manchester on Wednesday, Oct. 4 on the hiking trail near Charter Oak Park.
According to Lt. Ryan Shea of the Manchester Police, the woman was walking on the trail when the man, identified as Daquan Clark-Blue, age 30, of Manchester, came up behind her and threw her to the ground.
"The suspect groped the victim, physically assaulted her, a…
CT Construction Company Owner, Employee Charged In Trench Collapse Death
The owner of a Connecticut construction company and an equipment operator has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a worker who was buried in a collapsed trench.
The incident took place in Tolland County on Friday, July 22, 2022, at a construction site in Vernon that killed Hartford County resident, Dennis Slater, age 56, of East Windsor.
Hartford County resident Dennis Botticello, age 67, of Suffield, and Tolland County resident Glen Locke, age 65, of Somers, were charged on Friday, March 3 in connection with a fatal trench collapse, said Lt. Robert Marr…
CT Teacher Saves Disabled Man From Burning Van
A Connecticut teacher saved the life of a disabled man by pulling him from a van engulfed in flames.
The incident took place in Hartford County on I-384 in Manchester on Thursday, Feb. 23, said Manchester Fire Rescue/EMS on Facebook.
Heather Sica Leonard, a middle school teacher at Illing Middle School in Manchester, happened to be driving down the ramp at the same time the driver of the van, who uses a wheelchair, smelled smoke and found that his dashboard was on fire, fire officials said.
Suddenly finding himself in a burning van, John, last name not provided, stopped on the side of the …
CT Man, 23, Found Shot To Death Hanging Halfway Out Of Car, Police Say
A 23-year-old Connecticut man was found shot to death hanging half out of a vehicle.
The incident took place in Hartford around 1:50 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21, in the area of Canton Street at Donald Street.
According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, officers responded to the area for a report of an unresponsive man.
Upon arrival, officers found Jose Rodriguez, age 23, of Manchester, partially inside a vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, Boisvert said.
He was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
Hartford Police Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisi…
Pair Of CT Women Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program
Two Connecticut women have been arrested and charged, in unrelated incidents, with stealing a combined $26,616 from a program financed by the state Department of Social Services.
Hartford County residents Amy Figueroa, age 30, and Tarina Martin, age 32, both of Manchester, were arrested by inspectors from the Chief State's Attorney's Office on separate warrants charging both women with larceny.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Figueroa received $21,691 in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that she was not entitled to receive from December 2017 to F…
