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Seven Officers Hospitalized After Chase Involving Wanted Fairfield County Woman
A Fairfield County woman wanted for a string of car robberies and other crimes was arrested after crashing into eight police vehicles, and injuring seven officers.
Hannah Casperson, age 25, of Brookfield, was arrested on Sunday, April 3, in Monroe.
The incident started in New Haven County in Waterbury around 8:45 a.m., Sunday police received information that Casperson, who was wanted for the robberies, and a host of other crimes was in the area in a white Hummer, said Lt. Ryan Bessette, of the Waterbury Police.
Officers attempted to make contact with Casperson who was in the driver’s …
One Killed In Wrong-Way I-84 Crash
A man died after he drove his car the wrong way and slammed into an oncoming car on a busy Connecticut roadway, state police said.
It happened on a stretch of I-84 in Hartford County at around 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, in Plainville.
Hartford County resident Walter Turner, age 43, of Berlin, died after his 2006 Ford Focus hit a 2021 Toyota Rav4 LE driven by New Haven County resident Vanessa Gonzalez, age 27, of Waterbury, which was traveling westbound head-on, according to Connecticut State Police.
Turner was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gonzalez was taken to New Britain Ho…
CT Man Sentenced For Wide-Ranging $1.3M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
A former licensed professional counselor was sentenced for operating a scheme to defraud the Connecticut Medicaid Program of more than $1.3 million.
Hartford County resident Cortney Dunlap, age 37, of Burlington, was sentenced on Friday, March 11, to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Dunlap was also ordered to pay restitution to Medicaid of $1,313,322, Boyle said.
He pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud on June 4, the US Attorney's Office reported.
From 201…
Skeletal Remains Found In Wooded Area In CT ID'd As 20-Year-Old Woman
Skeletal remains found in a wooded area in northern Connecticut have been identified as a 20-year-old woman, according to state police.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the remains found in Litchfield County in December as Brianna Beam, according to an announcement from Connecticut State Police on Thursday, Feb. 17.
Beam was known to have ties to the Waterbury, Thomaston, and Bristol areas, and the State of Rhode Island, police said.
Her remains were found on Sunday, Dec. 19, off Campville Road on the Harwinton/Northfield town line, State Police said.
The investiga…
