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Newington CT Prison Guard Choked Wife, Kidnapped Kids In 7-Hour Police Standoff: Cops Newington CT Prison Guard Choked Wife, Kidnapped Kids In 7-Hour Police Standoff: Cops
Newington CT Prison Guard Choked Wife, Kidnapped Kids In 7-Hour Police Standoff: Cops A Connecticut correction officer is in custody after police say he choked his wife and took two children from a home in Newington. John Lacen-Romero, 36, was identified by officers as the suspect when they responded to a 911 call around 12:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, Newington police said. During the altercation, Lacen-Romero is accused of threatening to harm himself, his wife, and the two children inside the home. Officers said the woman was trying to escape from Lacen-Romero and had loaded the two children — ages 8 and 11 — into her car. That's when police said Lacen-Romero attacked he…
Authorities ID Inmate Who Died Following Medical Emergency At MacDougall-Walker Prison Authorities ID Inmate Who Died Following Medical Emergency At MacDougall-Walker Prison
Authorities ID Inmate Who Died Following Medical Emergency At MacDougall-Walker Prison Officials have identified an inmate who died after a medical emergency inside his cell at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. Lehman Blackmon, 48, suffered the medical event Wednesday, Aug. 20, and was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, corrections officials said Thursday. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine Blackmon’s cause of death. Blackmon had a lengthy criminal history and was serving two sentences at the time of his death: a 14-month sentence for conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny i…
State Investigating Inmate's Death At MacDougall-Walker Prison State Investigating Inmate's Death At MacDougall-Walker Prison
State Investigating Inmate's Death At MacDougall-Walker Prison State authorities are investigating after an inmate at a Connecticut prison died.  According to the state Department of Corrections, employees at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution removed the man from his cell around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, and took him to an area hospital, where he later died.  Officials did not release the person's name or speculate on what happened before he was taken out of the cell.  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. 
I 'Tried To Kill Him, That's All There Is': Police Release Details In Suffield Inmate's Death I 'Tried To Kill Him, That's All There Is': Police Release Details In Suffield Inmate's Death
I 'Tried To Kill Him, That's All There Is': Police Release Details In Suffield Inmate's Death An inmate at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Connecticut admitted to state investigators that he intentionally strangled his cellmate because he felt he was being manipulated, according to authorities. Kyle McKinnon, 31, has been charged with murder and first-degree strangulation in the Dec. 12, 2024, killing of his 26-year-old cellmate, Kenneth Montaner-Buscampell, the Office of Inspector General said in a report.  Witnesses reported that McKinnon entered the prison cafeteria carrying Montaner-Buscampell's body “like a baby” before dropping it onto a table. Staff perform…
'I Strangled Him': Suttfield Inmate Murdered Cellmate, Laid Body On Table, Police Said 'I Strangled Him': Suttfield Inmate Murdered Cellmate, Laid Body On Table, Police Said
'I Strangled Him': Suttfield Inmate Murdered Cellmate, Laid Body On Table, Police Said Kyle McKinnon started his morning on Dec. 12, 2024, like hundreds of others at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution — with one major exception: He murdered his cellmate, police said. The 31-year-old New London man climbed down from his top bunk, used the restroom, and washed his hands, but a nagging fact in the back of his mind made him change up his routine. That's when he turned to his cellmate, Kenneth Montaner Buscampeil — a 26-year-old serving a fourth-degree sexual assault conviction — wrapped his hands around the man's throat and choked him to death, a state police inv…
Man Nabbed For Fleeing Police, Possession Of Handgun In Fairfield County, Police Say Man Nabbed For Fleeing Police, Possession Of Handgun In Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Fleeing Police, Possession Of Handgun In Fairfield County, Police Say Police in Fairfield County nabbed a man wanted for fleeing from officers and possession of a handgun. Jaequann Gilbert, age 30, of East Hartford, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 21, by Norwalk Police for an incident that took place in May, said Sgt. Sofia Gulino, of the Norwalk Police. According to Gulino, in May, Norwalk officers attempted to stop a speeding vehicle in the area of Main Avenue.  The vehicle took off at a high rate of speed attempting to elude the officer, and after a short distance the vehicle lost control and ended up driving onto a property on Ward Street, Gulino…
Serious Assault Under Investigation At Connecticut Correctional Facility Serious Assault Under Investigation At Connecticut Correctional Facility
Serious Assault Under Investigation At Connecticut Correctional Facility 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…
COVID-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic COVID-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic
Covid-19: Number Of Arrests In CT At Historic Low During Pandemic With most confined to their Connecticut homes during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, crime is hitting historic lows statewide. In April, there were 2,734 arrests in Connecticut, down 46 percent from the month before (5,041), according to the state’s Office of Policy and Management’s (OPM) Criminal Justice Public Policy and Planning Division. In the month of March, when the pandemic first struck, there were 5,041 people arrested, which itself represented a historic low. Court arraignments also fell from 1,741 to 671 (61 percent) from March to April. From May 1, 2019 to May 1 this…
Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case
Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, will remain behind bars on a $6 million bond after a judge ruled the amount "appropriate."  Dulos, who has been charged with felony murder, murder,  and kidnapping, will likely have the funds to bail out within a day, his attorney Norm Pattis said on the Stamford Superior Courthouse steps following his client's arraignment on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Related story: Attorney Arrested At Gunpoint In Missing Mom Case Allegedly Dug Makeshift Grave Pattis argued to have the bail reduced to …
Sex Offender Serving Life Sentence For Killing Two Teen Girls Dies In State Prison Sex Offender Serving Life Sentence For Killing Two Teen Girls Dies In State Prison
Sex Offender Serving Life Sentence For Killing Two Teen Girls Dies In State Prison A man serving a life sentence for the brutal murders of two teenagers in the 1980s died Wednesday in prison. Pedro Miranda, 61, died in the hospice unit at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, said state Department of Corrections Spokesman Andrius Banevicius. Miranda was charged with the murders of Mayra Cruz, 13, and 17-year-old Carmen Lopez following an Innocence Project investigation in 2008 and DNA evidence matched evidence found at the crime scenes. Cruz went missing in Hartford in 1987 when she did not come home from school. Her body was found a month later in a wo…