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ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Merritt Parkway Crash That Killed 4 ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Merritt Parkway Crash That Killed 4
ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Merritt Parkway Crash That Killed 4 A 21-year-old Fairfield University student has been identified as the wrong-way driver involved in a Connecticut crash that killed three people, as well as himself.  Related: IDs Released In Wrong-Way Merritt Parkway Crash With 4 Fatalities In Stratford Massachusetts resident Alexander Dennis, age 21, of the town of Wayland in Middlesex County, was positively identified on Tuesday, May 14, by the state Medical Examiner's Office as the driver of a 2016 Honda CRV the wrong way on the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) in Fairfield County around 1:45 a.m., Thursday, May 9, in Stratford. S…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash
National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash The only survivor of a helicopter crash that killed three people has been identified as a National Guard soldier from New York. The incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Friday, March 8 while the UH-72 Lakota chopper was flying over the US-Mexico border near Rio Grande City, Texas, according to the Joint Task Force North. Capital Region native Jacob Pratt, of Rensselaer, suffered critical injuries and remains hospitalized. More than $102,000 has been raised from a total of over 1,100 separate donations in a GoFundMe fundraiser launched by the New York State Counc…

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by Joe Lombardi
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19-Year-Old NY Man Charged In Fatal Shootings Of Mom, Stepdad 19-Year-Old NY Man Charged In Fatal Shootings Of Mom, Stepdad
19-Year-Old NY Man Charged In Fatal Shootings Of Mom, Stepdad A 19-year-old man is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting his mother and stepfather to death inside their home in upstate New York. Nicholas Fiebka, of Schenectady, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 22, on two counts of second-degree murder, shortly after police discovered the bodies of 60-year-old William Horwedel and 60-year-old Alesia Wadsworth. Earlier report: Husband, Wife Found Shot To Death In NY Home, Report Says Troopers had been called to their Princetown home, located on Reynolds Road, at around noon Tuesday for a welfare check after one of the victims failed to show up at wor…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On I-95 Crash Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On I-95 Crash
Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Head-On I-95 Crash One person was killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash overnight on I-95. It happened around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17 in Fairfield County. A 2006 Dodge Ram was traveling in the center lane of three lanes on southbound I-95 just north of Exit 7 in Stamford., according to Connecticut State Police. A 2019 Toyota RAV4 was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes when it collided with the Ram in the center lane, according to state police. New Haven County resident Cynthia E. Teran, age 39, of Waterbury, the operator of the RAV4, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
CT State Trooper Dies After Being Swept Away By Floodwaters During Height Of Storm CT State Trooper Dies After Being Swept Away By Floodwaters During Height Of Storm
CT State Trooper Dies After Being Swept Away By Floodwaters During Height Of Storm A Connecticut State Police sergeant who was hospitalized after his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters during Storm Ida has died. The well-respected veteran trooper lost his life early Thursday morning, Sept. 2 as sweeping floodwaters in Litchfield County from the Pomperaug River flooded a road in Woodbury. Hours after Troop L last heard from him, Sergeant Brian Mohl was found by search and rescue teams in the waters of the river, swollen by the torrential rains of Ida. Earlier report: CT State Trooper Swept Away By Flood Waters Found Alive After Massive Search “It is with dee…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival
Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Four residents of the Hudson Valley and two from Fairfield County were among 68 people charged during a four-day New York State Police detail that focused on the illegal distribution of controlled substances at the Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, New York, east of Albany. The detail was held from Thursday, June 6 to Monday, June 10 by members of Troop G and Troop K uniform and BCI, along with the Troop G Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team. State Police seized quantities of cocaine, doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ketamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA, and …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
State Trooper Dies Of 9/11 Related Illness State Trooper Dies Of 9/11 Related Illness
State Trooper Dies Of 9/11 Related Illness A New York State Police trooper has passed away from an illness he suffered while aiding in search and recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attack. New York State Police Superintendent George Beach II announced the death of Trooper Michael Anson on Tuesday, stating that he passed away from an illness stemming from his assignment at the World Trade Center site following the attack. Anson was 56 years old at the time of his death on Tuesday. He entered the state police on Sept. 22, 1986, and served the state for 31 years. He spent his entire career working in Troop G, which…

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by Zak Failla