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Woman In Region Violently Carjacked With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say Woman In Region Violently Carjacked With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say
Woman In Region Violently Carjacked With Gun To Her Head By 3 Men, Police Say A Connecticut woman on her way to the post office was violently carjacked when the suspect's bumped her car from behind.  The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 p.m., Thursday, July 13, in Windsor Locks. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack of the Windsor Locks Police, the victim was on her way to the post office in her 2020 Infinity QX80 at the intersection of Route 75 and Schoephoester Road when she was bumped from behind by possibly a blue Acura sedan. The victim got out to inspect the damage and a Black man got out of the Acura, and she told him she was calling the police…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Construction Company Owner, Employee From Region Charged In Trench Collapse Construction Company Owner, Employee From Region Charged In Trench Collapse
Construction Company Owner, Employee From Region Charged In Trench Collapse 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…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man From Region Faces Child Porn Charge Man From Region Faces Child Porn Charge
Man From Region Faces Child Porn Charge A convicted sex offender from Connecticut who was serving probation was allegedly busted with more than 10,000 images of child porn and voyeurism on cell phones he was not allowed to possess. Hartford County resident Gregory Butts, age 52, of Suffield, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 31 following a months-long investigation by the Connecticut State Police. Butts was sentenced in June 2016 to prison, and following jail time for having sexual contact with a minor victim, he was also sentenced to 15 years of probation, state police said. While on probation, Butts was not allowed to possess any c…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Serious Assault Under Investigation At Prison In Region Serious Assault Under Investigation At Prison In Region
Serious Assault Under Investigation At Prison In Region An investigation is underway after an inmate suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a Connecticut correctional facility. Troopers responded to a report of an inmate assaulting another inmate in Hartford County at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, according to a report from Connecticut State Police. Police said investigators determined that 30-year-old Levarr Frasier stabbed a 66-year-old inmate multiple times in the head, back and neck using a "homemade edged weapon." The victim was taken to a hospital in Hartford an…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Massachusetts Woman Wins $100,000 In Connecticut Lottery Massachusetts Woman Wins $100,000 In Connecticut Lottery
Massachusetts Woman Wins $100,000 In Connecticut Lottery A lucky area resident cashed in a winning $100,000 lotto ticket that was sold at a Connecticut liquor store. On Friday, Aug. 27, Middlesex County, Massachusetts resident Dolores Ortiz Morgan, of Waltham, won $100,000 playing "CASH5" on a ticket sold at the Dworken Wine & Liquor store in Bridgeport.  According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is validated through a Lottery Retailer's terminal, the remaining number of unclaimed prizes for that prize level is automatically updated reflecting one less prize. Until the individual or group presents their winning ticket for …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Search For Hampden County Stolen Vehicle Suspect Police Search For Hampden County Stolen Vehicle Suspect
Police Search For Hampden County Stolen Vehicle Suspect Police investigators in Western Massachusetts are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a wanted suspect who may have been involved in the theft of vehicles that were later recovered. The Agawam Police Department in Hampden County released video of a suspect who may have stolen a vehicle and was caught on camera attempting to open other parked vehicle doors in the area. According to police, the vehicle was stolen in Agawam in the early hours of Saturday, July 24, and later recovered in Suffield, Connecticut in Hartford County. A second stolen vehicle out of Suffield …

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by Zak Failla