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Police & Fire
Police ID 2 Men Killed In CT Shooting
Authorities have identified two men who were killed earlier this week outside of a Connecticut condominium complex. Jayden Martinez, 20, of Ansonia, and 18-year-old Malakai Caraballo of New Haven, were shot around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22, at Fort Hale Garden Condominiums in New Haven, police said. Police later met the victims at Yale New Haven Hospital on York Street. Martinez was in a vehicle with a 24-year-old Waterbury man who also suffered a gunshot wound and another person who was not injured, according to police. Caraballo was taken to Smilow Cancer Hospital, wh…
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New Charge Added For Woodstock Man Accused In Marijuana Deal Shooting: Police
A Connecticut man accused of shooting and robbing a person during a self-identified drug deal is facing a new criminal charge after investigators determined the gun used in the case had been stolen. King Michael Adoty, 20, of Woodstock, was charged with possession of a stolen firearm on Tuesday, June 23, Connecticut State Police said. The charge stems from a Sept. 27, 2025, shooting on Mill Bridge Road in Woodstock that left a victim with a serious leg injury. Police said the victim was first taken to a local hospital before being airlifted to a trauma center in Worcester because of the sev…
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Ex-CT Middle School Teacher Sent Inappropriate Texts To Student, 13, For Months: Police
A former Connecticut middle school teacher is facing criminal charges after police said he exchanged inappropriate text messages with a 13-year-old student. Ryan LaSella, 34, of Milford, who formerly worked as a science teacher at Madison Middle School, turned himself in to Trumbull police on Tuesday, June 23, authorities said. The arrest stems from an investigation that began in March 2026. Trumbull school administrators notified the town's School Resource Officer about a complaint involving LaSella, according to police. Investigators said the complaint alleged that LaSel…
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New Britain Shooting Involving SUV With 2 Kids May Have Started Over 'Smoke And Chill': Police
A Connecticut man is accused of firing two shots into an SUV carrying two children younger than 10 during a confrontation on Route 9, according to Connecticut State Police. One of the alleged victims told investigators she believes the dispute stems from her husband no longer wanting to "smoke and chill" with the alleged gunman, his former friend. Angel Manuel Cruz, 33, was arrested Wednesday, June 18, following an investigation into a June 6 shooting on Route 9 South near Exit 38, state police said. He was charged with attempted first-degree assault, carrying a pistol without a permit…
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CT Teen Charged After Graduation Party Punch Leaves Man Unconscious On Pavement: Police
A Connecticut graduation party began with congratulations but ended in handcuffs after an 18-year-old allegedly punched a man, leaving him unconscious in a driveway, police said. Adam Harper, 18, faces a second-degree assault charge following the alleged incident in Wallingford on June 17, police said. Authorities were called to a home just after 12:30 a.m. after receiving a report of an unconscious man who had been assaulted. Wallingford police said Harper, who attended the graduation party, punched the man, causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the driveway. Police have not sa…
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2 Young Men Killed, Third Wounded In New Haven Shooting Near Apartment Complex
Two men were killed, and a third man was wounded after a shooting near a Connecticut apartment complex, police said. The violence unfolded around 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 23, near the Fort Hale Gardens apartment complex on Woodward Avenue in New Haven. When officers arrived, they found no victims at the scene. Police said all three men had been taken to or dropped off near Yale New Haven Hospital in private vehicles. Investigators believe the shooting involved two groups of men who knew each other. Authorities said this was not a random act of violence. Police said the two men who die…
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CT Man Funneled $425K To Pakistan Through $1.9M Medicare Fraud Scheme: Feds
A Connecticut man has admitted to operating an illegal money-transmitting business connected to a Medicare fraud scheme that generated nearly $1.9 million in false claims, federal authorities said. Habroon Habib, 30, a Pakistani citizen and lawful U.S. permanent resident living in Middletown, pleaded guilty in federal court in Bridgeport after waiving his right to indictment, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut. The plea was announced as part of the Department of Justice's 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a sweeping nationwide enforcement effort …
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Police ID Stonington Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash After Fleeing Massachusetts Traffic Stop
Authorities have identified the Connecticut driver who was killed after fleeing a Massachusetts traffic stop and driving the wrong way before crashing head-on into another vehicle. Jeffrey Bowman, 27, of Southington, died in the crash early Saturday morning, June 20, in Millbury, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. Troopers attempted to stop Bowman's vehicle on Interstate 90 westbound at about 12:43 a.m., Massachusetts State Police said. But Bowman drove away after a trooper approached his car. State police then issued a "be on the lookout" alert for the vehicle. About 1…
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Body Of Missing NY Fisherman Found After Weeklong Search Off Fairfield Coast
The body of a New York fisherman was found a week after he was pulled beneath the water off the Connecticut coast, authorities announced Tuesday, June 23. Kwahiwi Edwards, 34, of Queens, was found Saturday, June 20, on a beach near Shoreline Drive in Stratford, according to Fairfield police. The grim discovery ended days of searching after Edwards disappeared June 13 near Fairfield's Penfield Beach. Police said Edwards and another fisherman became stranded on a reef as a rising tide quickly surrounded them and cut them off from the shore. A witness who saw them stranded on the reef dove i…
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CT Woman Accused Of Leaving Newborn Son To Die In Dumpster Faces Murder Charge
A Danbury woman accused of leaving her newborn son in a dumpster to die nearly a decade ago is now facing a murder charge with special circumstances, prosecutors said. Dominique Harrison, 28, of Danbury, was arrested last week, but authorities did not provide details about the alleged crime until her arraignment Monday, officials said. The charges stem from an investigation into the 2018 discovery of human remains in Stamford, Danbury police said. It's unclear why she was not arrested until now. At Monday's arraignment, Assistant State's Attorney Mary-Caitlin Harding said Harrison ad…
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CT Man Convicted Of Firing Into Former Female Classmates' Homes 20 Years Later: DA
A Connecticut man has been found guilty after prosecutors said he fired into the homes of two former female high school classmates in separate shootings nearly a year apart. Gregory McHugh, 42, of Guilford, was found guilty by a New Haven Superior Court jury last week of two counts of attempt to commit assault in the first degree, two counts of criminal mischief in the first degree, and criminal possession of a revolver on school grounds, according to New Haven Judicial District State’s Attorney John P. Doyle Jr. Prosecutors said the case centered on two shootings that targeted occupied hom…
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Mother, Son ID'd Among 3 Sets Of Skeletal Remains Found In Burlington Foreclosed Home
Two of the three people whose skeletal remains were found inside a foreclosed Connecticut home have now been identified, authorities said. Connecticut State Police announced that the deceased are Brian Cash, 22, and his mother, Sally Ann Cash, 54. Troopers are working to identify the third body found at the home. Police are still investigating how and when they died. The remains were discovered on Sunday, June 14, at a home at 7 Stanwich Lane in Burlington. State troopers responded after a new homeowner found the remains inside the house after purchasing the property at a forec…
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