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ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Stratford Crash That Killed 4 ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Stratford Crash That Killed 4
ID Released For 21-Year-Old Driver In Stratford 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…
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…
Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull
Fatal Crash: 34-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Route 8 In Trumbull A 34-year-old man was killed in a crash when the Jeep he was driving collided with a Toyota Supra that was merging onto a roadway in Fairfield County. The crash took place in Trumbull on Route 8 around 8:25 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6 in the southbound lanes near Exit 8, said the Connecticut State Police.  Killed in the crash was Norwalk resident Daniel Demichael, who was driving a 2004 Jeep Wrangler, state police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Demichael was traveling in the right lane on Route 8 South when the Toyota was merging onto Route 8 South via the …
55-Year-Old Man Standing Outside Tractor-Trailer Struck, Killed In I-95 CT Crash 55-Year-Old Man Standing Outside Tractor-Trailer Struck, Killed In I-95 CT Crash
55-Year-Old Man Standing Outside Tractor-Trailer Struck, Killed In I-95 CT Crash A 55-year-old man standing outside of his tractor-trailer on I-95 was struck and killed by a passing Volvo in Connecticut. New Jersey resident Alexis Vincente, of Union City, was struck in New Haven around 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 5 on I-95. When the crash occurred, Vincente was stopped in the gore area of the I-95 South, near the Exit 46 off-ramp in the City of New Haven. The Volvo was traveling on I-95 South, in the deceleration lane adjacent to the Exit 46 off-ramp, said Connecticut State Police. For an unknown reason, Vincente was outside of the truck at which time the Volvo struc…
20-Year-Old NJ Driver Clocked At 120 MPH In CT: State Police 20-Year-Old NJ Driver Clocked At 120 MPH In CT: State Police
20-Year-Old NJ Driver Clocked At 120 MPH In CT: State Police A 20-year-old New Jersey man was clocked at 120 miles per hour on a Connecticut roadway, police said. Ethan Steier, of Warren (Somerset County), was in a green BMW when police spotted him near Exit 2 on Route 8 south, around 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 26 in Bridgeport, CT, state police said. The area has a posted speed limit of 55 mph, state police said. When troopers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Steier accelerated and entered onto I-95 southbound, eluding troopers, police said. Minutes later, another trooper spotted the BMW exiting I-95 southbound at Exit 18 in Westport and tried t…
Norwalk Man Nabbed Recording Video While Driving Classic Car 133 MPH, Police Say Norwalk Man Nabbed Recording Video While Driving Classic Car 133 MPH, Police Say
Norwalk Man Nabbed Recording Video While Driving Classic Car 133 MPH, Police Say A man has been arrested after allegedly filming an 18-second video while driving his classic Chevy Nova at 133 miles per hour in Fairfield County. The incident began on Tuesday, March 28, when the state police became aware of videos posted to Instagram and Facebook showing the driver of an unknown Chevrolet traveling at speeds of approximately 133 mph in a 55 mph zone on Route 7 in Norwalk.  The video was roughly 18 seconds long and showed a vehicle with a Chevrolet emblem on the steering wheel accelerating from 56 mph to 133 mph, based on the vehicle’s visible speedometer, state polic…
Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95 Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95
Fatal Crash: 37-Year-Old Woman ID'd As Victim After Car Crashes Into Median On I-95 Police are seeking any possible witnesses after a woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. It happened just before 7 p.m. Friday, March 31 on the northbound side near Exit 50 on the Quinnipiac Bridge in New Haven.  Connecticut State Police say an Acura TL struck a concrete barrier along the right shoulder before traveling across all lanes of travel and then slamming into the concrete center median barrier and coming to a final resting position.  Responding troopers discovered the operator and sole occupant, Grac…
Trooper Let Girlfriend Access State Computer System To Reveal Informant, CT State Police Say Trooper Let Girlfriend Access State Computer System To Reveal Informant, CT State Police Say
Trooper Let Girlfriend Access State Computer System To Reveal Informant, CT State Police Say A Connecticut State Police trooper has been accused of accessing a state computer system and revealing information to his girlfriend that identified an informant who helped arrest the father of her child.  The investigation leading to the trooper's arrest began on Monday, Jan. 9, when Connecticut State Police learned that Trooper Mitchell Paz, age 29, had allegedly allowed a third party to access a state police reporting system that contained sensitive information, according to state police.  Upon further investigation into the matter, authorities determined that Paz had accessed LEAS, a s…
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…
Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Serious I-95 Crash In Fairfield County Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Serious I-95 Crash In Fairfield County
Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Serious I-95 Crash In Fairfield County Connecticut State Police are investigating a crash on I-95 in Fairfield County in which a driver was ejected. The crash took place around 7:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 30 in Fairfield, state police said. According to state police, a Volvo box truck was traveling in the right lane of three on I-95 northbound when it was struck from behind by an Acura MDX. The driver of the Acura was ejected from the vehicle and transported to Bridgeport Hospital with serious injuries, state police said. The person's identity has not yet been released. The driver of the box truck was not injured. This case rem…
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. …
Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Fairfield County Crash Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Fairfield County Crash
Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Fairfield County Crash A woman was killed in a chain-reaction crash in Fairfield County. It happened just before 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 on Route 8 in Bridgeport. Toyota Corolla was traveling in the left lane southbound on Route 8 southbound as three other vehicles, a KIA Cadenza, Nissan Altima, and Toyota Camry, were traveling in the right lane near Exit 3, said Connecticut State Police. The Camry hit the Nissan Altima, causing the vehicles to rotate and the  Camry to strike the passenger side of the KIA, pushing it into the metal-beam guardrail, said police. The Altima then struck the back of the Coro…
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…
Man Busted For Operating Drug Factory In Fairfield County, State Police Say Man Busted For Operating Drug Factory In Fairfield County, State Police Say
Man Busted For Operating Drug Factory In Fairfield County, State Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested by the state drug task force for allegedly selling drugs from his home. Dashon Johnson, age 41, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 18, on a warrant following an investigation into drug sales in the area, said the Connecticut State Police. Johnson, who is a convicted felon, was allegedly selling drugs from his home on Lenox Avenue in Bridgeport, state police said. During the search, detectives found the cash, a firearm, an amount of crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin, and drug packaging materials.  Johnson was taken into custody without …
CT State Police Patrolling Bridgeport Streets Following Three Fatal Shootings CT State Police Patrolling Bridgeport Streets Following Three Fatal Shootings
CT State Police Patrolling Bridgeport Streets Following Three Fatal Shootings Following a week of violence in which three people were shot dead and several others injured, Connecticut State Police are patrolling the streets in Bridgeport. The state police were requested by Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez in an effort to tamper down the violence. "The intended goal of this program is to assist the communities we serve by providing an increased visibility of uniformed personnel," said a state police spokesperson. "Our hope is that this will help to deter some of the violent crimes taking place in the city." The troopers, from Troop G in Fairfield County, will "e…
Discovery Of Disabled Car On I-95 In Westport Leads To Weapons Charge For Bridgeport Man Discovery Of Disabled Car On I-95 In Westport Leads To Weapons Charge For Bridgeport Man
Discovery Of Disabled Car On I-95 In Westport Leads To Weapons Charge For Bridgeport Man A Bridgeport man was arrested on an alleged weapons charge after a Connecticut State Trooper stopped to help a disabled vehicle on I-95. Leonard McNair, 22, was arrested around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, when troopers out of Troop G in Bridgeport came upon a disabled motor vehicle in the median of Interstate 95 southbound, in Westport, said the Connecticut State Police. Troopers quickly discovered that the Connecticut registration plate displayed on the rear of the vehicle came back to an entirely different make and model, state police said. The vehicle was occupied by two men who sai…
Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York
Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York 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 …
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…