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CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police
CT Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself In Head While Playing With Gun: Police A 14-year-old Connecticut boy was hospitalized with critical injuries after he was found at home with an accidentally inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said.  The incident happened in Litchfield County on Saturday, Sept. 30 around 12:40 p.m., when Watertown Police responded to a residence in Oakville on Hadley Street, where a 14-year-old boy had been found bleeding from his head.  According to the department, the boy, who had been alone in the residence, had been discovered by his grandmother after she returned home, who quickly called 911 and reported that he had fallen…

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by Ben Crnic
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11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police 11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police
11-Year-Old Girl Hit By Car After Getting Dropped Off By School Bus In CT: Police New, updated report - New Update: No Charges Filed After 11-Year-Old Hit By Car In Watertown, Police Say An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized as the result of being struck by a vehicle a short time after she was dropped off by a school bus in Connecticut, police said.  The incident happened in Litchfield County on Tuesday, Sept. 5 around 3 p.m., when Watertown Police responded to the area of Buckingham Street and Cummings Avenue after receiving a report of a girl being hit by a car.  According to the department, arriving officers found that the girl had just been droppe…

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by Ben Crnic
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Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station
Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Police are reminding drivers to remove their car keys when at a gas pump after a Nissan Altima was stolen within a matter of seconds while the owner went inside the convenience store. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14 in Watertown. The driver of the Altima was parked at the gas pumps when they left the vehicle running with the keys inside while they went inside the store, said the Watertown Police. "The vehicle was stolen in approximately seven seconds," police said.  Police said suspects are waiting in parking lots for someone to leave t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect
Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect In the wake of a brutal attack by a home invasion suspect, a 15-year-old teen girl is recovering from her injuries with a little help from the community on a GoFundMe page. The girl was assaulted inside her home by a teen who had targeted her and viciously attacked her with a hatchet on Wednesday, March 17 in Litchfield County, said the Watertown Police. The attack was discovered around 4 p.m. in Watertown when officers responded to a single-family residence on Morris Town Line Highway for the report of a home invasion and that the suspect was armed with a hatchet and injured an occupant in…

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by Kathy Reakes