Chaz Dear pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon during a video conference appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez.
As many as 6,000 state employees are expected to retire on or near June 30, 2022, setting off a battle over agency reorganizations.
State officials took the news as a sign the state’s financial tide is rising, with Gov. Ned Lamont calling the announcement “yet another strong indication of Connecticut’s comeback.”
Democrats on key legislative committees advanced hot-button bills on school vaccinations, climate change, affordable housing and bottle deposits.
Connecticut officials estimate about 600,000 residents will immediately seek an appointment for a COVID vaccine when they become eligible on Thursday.
During a humorous six-minute debate, a legislative panel agrees to designate pizza with the appellation of ‘state food.’
MILFORD — A local business owner was charged after police said he used racial slurs and threatened the owner of a neighboring business.
John Iaffaldano, 57, who runs a business in the Research Drive commercial complex, was charged with second-degree threatening, second-degree harassment and breach of peace, police said. He was released on a promise to appear and given a May 3 court date.
Police said Iaffaldano allegedly called the owner of the neighboring business repeatedly on Sunday night, while “using racial slurs, and threatening to kill the other owner.”
After the calls, the other business owner went to check on their establishment. Police said when the owner arrived at about 10:15 p.m., Iaffaldano allegedly came out of his business “holding what was later determined to be an airsoft gun and pointed it at the other owner.”
According to Milford police the two did not have any history of prior incidents. Police said Iaffaldano was intoxicated and that may have contributed to the situation.
“The other owner was surprised because there had never been any incidents between them,” said Officer Marilisa Anania.
As Connecticut expands eligibility to everyone 16 and older, the governor has announced more than 100 pharmacies that will start offering the COVID vaccine.
Police said they arrested five convicted felons in a car in Bridgeport and found a loaded gun in the vehicle.
A review of state data shows that the number of coronavirus cases among children are increasing, though officials are not saying that transmission is happening inside schools.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced recently that Derby has the highest per capita infection rates in the state while Ansonia is also seeing a higher spike in infections.
About 1.3 million residents become eligible for a vaccine starting Thursday.
The state’s emissions testing program is down Wednesday because of technical problems. It’s unclear how long it will last.
The National Weather Service said storms are expected to hit the state Wednesday night.
The probe is expected to continue into the fall as the state’s Department of Labor continues to administer a record level of unemployment claims.
A Hartford resident was fatally wounded in a shooting on Westland Street, police said on Wednesday.
The Pfizer CEO says the company hopes to start vaccinating adolescents before the start of the next school year.
Meriden police say the man, who they say was found in possession of a stolen gun and drugs, was wanted out of New York.
The man resigned from his job at the U.S. Post Office in Columbia in May 2020, officials said.
“You’ve got to give us a chance to chime in,” one council member said. “We mute ourselves out of respect for other councilors.”
Patrol officers were sent to the hospital for the arrival of the victim shortly before 7 p.m., according to police spokesman Lt. Aaron Boisvert.
The alleged incidents came to light after the department’s internal affairs division began investigating Freeto for an “off-duty incident” in Enfield.
The FBI apprehended the 21-year-old from Morocco who was staying with friends in Westchester County, authorities said.
The initiative, which is expected to include the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, is planned for early May, but the details remain uncertain.
The state reported a seven-day average of 246 cases per 100,000 people compared with the national average of just over 130.
Former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez is asking a federal judge for leniency in his sentencing for cheating on the police chief exam.
The state Senate on Tuesday, following last week’s action in the House, votes to extend Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers until May 20.
The president said the vile and offensive comments targeted the Jewish and LGBTQ communities.
A fire at a multi-family home Monday in the city’s Clay Arsenal neighborhood has displaced a family of three, officials said.
A Bridgeport official said shots fired from a white Maxima late Saturday night sparked a pursuit on Interstate 95 that spanned from Stratford to Norwalk.
For the third straight year, lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill that would remove religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccines.
The spending plan now moves to an April 6 public hearing.
A female victim was wounded in the arm and a man was shot in the finger, according to a city official.
Authorities said they received information that three individuals in a blue Chevy Malibu had a stolen gun and narcotics in their possession.
Fire units were dispatched to a reported fire at Enviro Express, a large commercial garage — shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday.
A Norwich man who was found in possession of cocaine while on pretrial release for drug-related offenses was sentenced Monday, officials said.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct a series of small, controlled burns at property in Stratford through April 15.
A male victim was taken to the hospital with critical injuries after being shot multiple times in a vehicle on Wethersfield Avenue, police said.
A Bridgeport man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing Social Security benefits intended for his father, who died in 2006, authorities said.
The man wanted in connection with a deadly pedestrian crash last week turned himself in Monday morning, police said.
The family told fire crews they escaped their home after being woken up by their smoke alarms around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
A Bridgeport man was shot on William Street around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
Two Bridgeport men were rushed to the hospital by private vehicle Sunday afternoon following a shooting on Central Avenue, police said.
A Chase Bank on Main Street was robbed March 12 before 4 p.m., according to a news release.
Germaine Blake, 36, was arrested and charged Sunday, according to a city official.
State police said they responded to a complaint of a loud party late Saturday night at a home near the UConn campus in Mansfield.
The five conditions exclude some that put people at high risk outlined in the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Under legislation on its way to the state Senate, inmates in state prisons who be included as residents of their hometowns, not predominatly white rural areas where prisons are located, for purposes of the Census.
Unemployment for low-wage workers has not recovered nearly as well as for jobs making $60,000 a year or more.
The National Weather Service says winds between 20 and 30 mph are expected, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
State police are investigating the incident.
Bridgeport Police pursued a vehicle down I-95 with three men inside after reports of shots being fired from the inside of the car.
Multiple shots were fired early Sunday morning that left two individuals wounded and multiple vehciles hit by gunfire.
Gov. Ned Lamont plans to also release more details on a plan to prioritize shots for people with underlying medical conditions, as well as people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Enfield police said they are investigating a motorcycle crash that killed a local man.
A Hartford man was pronounced dead after a shooting in Hartford on Saturday. Police are conducting a homicide investigation.
The southern portion of Connecticut may be hit by high winds and a thunderstorms on Sunday night, according to NWS.
Firefighters trekked around a reservoir to contain a brush fire near the soccer fields at Witek Park.
Police were called to the 800 block of William Street “regarding a preliminary report of a party shot” shortly after 6:30 p.m.
In an alert sent out Saturday, the state’s Department of Public Health said the total number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 had reached 456, after climbing over the past week.
“It makes me sick to my stomach that many kids just like me are exposed to such horrific acts of racism at such a young age,” Jacob Lee told the crowd.
Eversource reported 119 outages statewide as of about 10:30 a.m., 83 of them in New Milford. Redding, Goshen and Norwalk each reported fewer than 10 outages.
The officer was responding to a burglary in progress with his flashing lights on when the collision occurred at the intersection of Fairfield and Iranistan Avenues, a city official said.
Connecticut’s latest data shows there’s still a racial divide in the state’s COVID vaccination rate, but the gap is closing among those 65 and older.
Police obtained a search warrant for a house on Noble Avenue in Bridgeport but then conducted the raid at the house next door.
A Norwalk man with a history of gun arrests was charged after police found him outside the Trumbull mall with a loaded handgun.
WASHINGTON — Within days of the launch of the Small Business Association’s new pandemic loan programs, the agency’s inspector general started getting calls from banks trying to report fraud.
“We sat down with the executives at SBA to say we have a problem,” Hannibal Ware, inspector general for the Small Business Administration, testified to the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
Now almost a year later, Ware and his team have identified $78.1 billion in potentially fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loans and $3.6 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans to potentially ineligible recipients. Ware said the fraud identified in the EIDL program in particular was “rampant.”
Government watchdogs testified that the SBA ignored repeated warnings about fraud in the programs as it reduced or eliminated controls designed to root out abuses.
Law enforcement have launched at least 98 publicly-announced investigations into EIDL and PPP loan fraud, Michael Horowitz, the Department of Justice Inspector General testified Thursday.
The Department of Justice has charged an Atlanta reality TV star with bank fraud after he got a $3.7 million PPP loan and allegedly used the proceeds to purchase $85,000 in jewelry, including a Rolex Presidential watch, a diamond bracelet, and a 5.7 carat diamond ring for himself, to lease a 2019 Rolls Royce Wraith, to make loan payments, and to pay $40,000 for child support.
In September, a National Football League player from Florida, Joshua Bellamy, was charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in...
Flu season continues to trudge on in Connecticut, but one local doctor said the season has been so mild, it ‘essentially didn’t happen.’
Police said the suspects broke in around 3 a.m. Friday, using a truck and a chain.
Firefighters extinguished the remaining flames that the sprinklers did not put out, officials said.
Dawn Brett, a 49-year-old Willimantic woman, was killed in a head-on collision with an ambulance Thursday night, police said.
Sgt. Mark Cleverdon said the victim is a 32-year-old man from Middlefield who spent most of Monday in surgery.
Specific terms have not yet been finalized and Osunde must get his superintendent’s certificate, but he is slated to start this summer.
A bill that would have banned Connecticut municipalities from imposing high fees that restrict many out-of-towners from using public beaches will not move forward this year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the variant could become the predominant strain in the U.S. in March.
WASHINGTON — Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, will return to his home state Friday to join Vice President Kamala Harris on her visit to New Haven Friday, where she plans to tour local child care centers and discuss child poverty and education.
Harris has scheduled a listening session at the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven with Cardona, who was Connecticut’s commssioner of education until this year; and Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on how Congress’s recent COVID-19 relief package combats child poverty and supports education.
Then Harris will go to the West Haven Child Development Center where she, Cardona and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, will speak about the package, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
The visit will be Harris’s first to the state since becoming the nation’s first female vice president. Gov. Ned Lamont, joining Harris, will announce a rollout of state aid to child care providers under the relief act.
On his first official day in office, March 3, Cardona visited a Meriden, Conn. elementary school with First Lady Jill Biden to discuss strategies for reopening schools. Cardona is a Meriden native and a former teacher, principal and assistant superintendent there.
It’s unclear whether Cardona and Harris will discuss Cardona’s major efforts these days, returning as many students as possible to in-school classes. He and Lamont shared that goal amid pushback from teachers unions and others in the second half of 2020.
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CDC sampling data suggests an increase in COVID hospitalizations among younger age groups in Connecticut.
The legislation makes it easier for restaurants to use sidewalks, parking lots and even streets to serve diners through March, 2022.
The plan also reduces fees charged for online instruction, drops students’ fee for unlimited public transit and reduces meal plan costs at Central Connecticut State University.
A prosecutor told the judge the investigative material in the case is “voluminous” and he hasn’t had a chance to provide it to the defense.
About 1.3 million people 16 and older will become eligible for the vaccine, Lamont’s office said.
After flames ripped through the building Wednesday, officials demolished it overnight.
The founder of Rhythm Brewing Co., the editor-in-chief of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the founder of Desegregate Connecticut will talk about their lives, careers and tips for other women.
Police are seeking information about a shooting late Wednesday night on Park Avenue in Milford.
A female victim was fatally wounded when she was hit by a driver on Interstate 691 west Wednesday night, police said.
Connecticut legislators are considering a bill that would prevent insurance agents and brokers from marketing and selling plans run by health care sharing ministries.
Four adults and three children were displaced by a fire on Park Avenue Tuesday night, fire officials said.
A man has been charged in connection with a September 2020 shooting at the Red Roof Inn in Meriden, police said.
Nearly a dozen bills call for changes to local zoning, some of which would overrule local zoning authorities and mandate the construction of multi-family and affordable housing.
A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protections said the building will need to be demolished, and some of the building materials contained asbestos.
Desi Williams also faces three years of supervised released at the conclusion of his sentence, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut said.
In Waterbury on Wednesday, state officials said advancing transit projects depends on two controversial plans that need legislative approval.
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., who was present for the announcement at the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic of Bridgeport on Tuesday, offered his congratulations.
At issuie is whether coercive behavior, a term used widely but remains largely undefined, should be applied in court as spouses seek protection.
If the state’s sports-gambling system starts up this fall, as expected, UConn fans and foes may have to go over the border to place bets.
The three-month-old male seal, named “Burgee,” was released on the Rhode Island coast Tuesday, the aquarium said in a press release.
In New York as many as 50 percent of new COVID-19 cases could be from variants, but the picture is less clear in Connecticut, Connecticut’s governor said.
A GoFundMe page was created Wednesday to cover the funeral expenses for Michael P. Krotki.
A more transient population presents some difficulties. Here are some plans to vaccinate homeless people in Connecticut.
Winkler was questioning the chairman of the Greenwich Housing Authority during a hearing on one of the year’s most contentious issues: housing desegregation
The state Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday on the appeal of a Bridgeport nurse convicted of killing and dismembering a West Haven college student.
Police said one pedestrian was seriously wounded and later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Albany Avenue is closed between Vine and Edgewood streets and Sigourney Street is closed between Albany and Homestead avenues.
WASHINGTON — Urging action by the gridlocked Senate on gun law reforms, President Joe Biden on Tuesday demanded the chamber immediately pass two bills on the day after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado.
Connecticut Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal spoke ardently on the reforms, as they have after every mass shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012.
And Waterbury Chief of Police Fernando Spagnolo testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday — a firearms reform hearing that, as it happened, was long scheduled — that Connecticut’s gun laws, some of the toughest in the nation, were undermined by weaker federal standards.
The speeches and debates unfolded in the raw moment of anger and resolve that always follows a mass shooting.
“We’ve been through too many of these,” Biden said in a speech at the White House. “I don’t need to wait another minute let alone an hour to take common sense steps that will save lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act.”
The bills on the table would tighten federal background check laws and ban what Biden called “assault weapons” — military-style, semiautomatic firearms paired with high-capacity magazines.
Biden's press secretary said Tuesday the president is also considering a range of executive actions on gun laws. Those could reportedly include moves to tackle “ghost guns” assembled at home and law enforcement notifications when background checks fail.
The hearing on Capitol Hill, on how to respond to an uptick of gun violence during the pandemic, showcased what Biden and other Democrats have tried to overcome: a persistent divide between the two parties on...
Connecticut has surpassed 300,000 total COVID cases since the start of the pandemic as the daily positivity rate reached 4.49 percent Tuesday.
A 13-count indictment charging the men was unsealed Monday, officials said.
With several staffers already out on family leaves, a positive COVID-19 test in the school community created staffing issues at the elementary school this week.
The superintendents of the state’s public schools are urging state officials to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products.
A panel ruled that the New London woman was incapable of participating in her defense and not competent to stand trial, a social worker told a judge Tuesday.
Some council members argued the defendants should pay more for rigging the 2018 police chief search.
“This is not collaboration, and this is not inclusion,” the president of the teachers union told the school board Monday.
A Meriden man is charged with posting video of a Monroe woman on an adult site.
Amid GOP charges that Lamont has usurped the power of the legislature in the pandemic, Democrats hope to extend orders to May 20
A male gunshot wound victim is in critical condition after being shot Monday afternoon, according to police.
The vice president is expected to travel to New Haven to discuss how the administration’s coronavirus relief legislation helps children and child care providers, sources said.
While nationally the number of wrong-way crashes increased based on a recent AAA study, Connecticut has seen a decrease.
Police said officers responded to a Jolie Road home after a resident reported a suspect tried to steal a vehicle from the garage on Monday.
With billions of dollars of federal coronavirus relief pouring into Connecticut, leaders face an unprecedented balancing test.
The male employee whose arm was caught in a pasta roller Monday morning underwent hours of surgery at Hartford Hospital, his family told police.
It occurred near Foxon and Sea Hill roads, according to a post from police.
NORTH HAVEN — Months after a reported carjacking in November 2020, officials say they have arrested a 17-year-old who is facing several charges.
New Haven-based Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, known as IRIS, has told the federal government it can help connect these minors, once they are placed with family members or sponsors in the U.S., with services including health care and legal aid to apply for asylum, enroll in school and provide English language training.
Gov. Ned Lamont hopes to expedite Connecticut’s new sports and online-casino gambling in time for Jets and Giants this fall.
State plans to roll out mobile vaccine vans they hope become like ice cream trucks where people can “flag them down and get a vaccination.”
Police said a man was shot in the stomach Monday afternoon on York Street.
Units responded to the Sunoco gas station on Madison Avenue for a reported gas spill.
One person was evaluated by medics after a crash on Church Hill Road in Trumbull over the weekend, according to fire officials.
Two people were treated by medics and taken to the hospital after a crash on Friday night at Main Street and Church Hill Road.
An Academy Road home was destroyed in a fire that wounded two firefighters, according to officials.
A Milford man was killed in a crash on Interstate 95 south near Exit 41 on Sunday night, according to state police.
Titled “Bring you Back,” the song is an elegy dedicated to those who have lost loved ones to the senseless tragedy of an automobile accident.
The driver of a Can-Am three-wheeler suffered what police described as “significant injuries” in a crash Friday afternoon.
Since March of last year, 3,864 residents of nursing facilities have died of COVID-19, and 13,986 contracted the virus.
Police said the male employee got his arm stuck, up to the elbow, in heavy-duty machinery at Carla’s Pasta.
“All of the residents were out of the home on arrival,” according to a city official.
Local and state officials are looking into the incident, according to a fire official.
Officials put out the fire, according to DEEP.
A house fire broke out on 9 King Street in Newtown early Sunday afternoon but was quickly controlled by local fire departments.
A 79-year-old woman was found dead after officials responded to an apartment fire in West Haven on Saturday.
James McClain, 58, of Waterbury was identified as the victim in an alleged Bridgeport homicide late Friday night.
A Massachusetts man was arrested for driving under the influence after took place on I-84 in Vernon that saw five individuals hospitalized.
John Passarelli replaces the school district’s previous business manager, Mark Izzo.
State police said 25-year-old Juquan Hurt, of Willimantic, faces two counts of assaulting a public safety officer and two counts of first degree criminal mischief.
A spoksperson for the agency later clarified that the 100,000 instances of fraud were detected by Department of Labor staff and were not paid out
It began as a brush fire during the most dangerous forest fire season for Connecticut and ended with two residents injured and displaced when the flames spread to their home.
The calls came in around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, sending fire personnel to Maiden Lane.
Arriving units quickly found this wasn’t one of the town’s typical brush fires, which usually consume open space and don’t threaten buildings or residences.
By the time fire crews got to the scene, the flames had extended to the home, up the side of the home and into the attic.
Crews from Seymour, Derby, Oxford and Beacon Falls extinguished the flames.
Two residents were displaced, according to Tim Willis of the Seymour Fire Department. He said that the two suffered minor injuries.
Connecticut typically sees high forest fire danger in the spring from mid-March through May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also issued a “red flag” warning for Southern New England.
So far in 2021, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been made aware of 32 fires spanning roughly 50 acres in total, according to spokesman Will Healey.
Last year, he said, there were 626 reported fires that covered a total of nearly 340 acres. In 2019, there were 107 reported fires that spanned 86 acres.
“We had a wet year in 2019, so conditions didn’t promote a lot of fires that year,” Healey said about the massive jump in fires between the two years. “Conversely in 2020, conditions were very dry with the drought, promoting a much higher number of fires.”
Healey said DEEP’s data does not reflect the full picture, but only fires reported to the agency. The DEEP website indicates that in an...
Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting that happened Saturday morning.
A new state task force has convened to develop an education recovery plan and learning and enrichment programming.
Bridgeport police are investigating an alleged homicide that happened late Friday night on Norman Street.
“We’re confident everyone who became eligible today will be able to get an appointment in the next couple weeks,” Chief Operating Officer Josh Geballe said Friday.
A Norwalk man was in custody Friday after police said they charged him with operating a hallucinogenic mushroom farm in his girlfriend’s apartment in Bridgeport.
With the exception of Shelton, other towns have agreed to settle with the city of Bridgeport for educating their students.
State police said 18-year-old Cameron Snody, of Fort Worth, Texas, was apprehended Friday morning on I-91 in Hartford.
The Berlin man was sentenced to 72 months in prison on drug and gun offenses, according to federal prosecutors.
The judge sentenced him to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, authorities said.
A Bridgeport man was charged Friday with repeatedly raping a girl over a 5-year period.
Testimony was given Thursday on the bill involving the takeover of The Hartford Courant by hedge fund, Alden Global Capital.
Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson? Some Connecticut residents are picky about the COVID vaccine they want and are willing to wait until they find it.
A Waterbury man will spend five years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl in the city, according to authorities.
A National Insurance Crime Bureau report has found that motor vehicle thefts rose more than 9 percent between 2019 and 2020.
Police in Fairfield on Thursday announced the arrest of a man they say sold drugs that led to a person’s overdose death.
The family members were crossing Black Rock Turnpike when they were hit by a driver turning onto the road, police said.
Benjamin Bagley, who was killed Wednesday afternoon, was one of six siblings and had three children of his own.
Two Bridgeport residents were in stable condition this week after being shot in separate incidents late Wednesday night.
Those 45 and older will be eligible for the vaccine starting Friday when the state also rolls back some of its COVID capacity restrictions.
Rodney Davis, the now-22-year-old man, was the hospital’s first COVID patient.
‘We are going to have plenty of vaccines over the course of the next month.’ Gov. Ned Lamont
The man was sought in connection with the fatal shooting of Miguelangelo Ismal Afzal, whose body was found on the Remgrit property on Barnum Avenue.
A Bridgeport man on probation for sexually assaulting a teen-aged girl has been charged with violating his probation.
Police responded to a complaint about an unmarked vehicle with blue and red flashing lights trying to pull vehicles over Thursday morning.
Eversource will trim trees along more than 4,200 miles of overhead distribution lines in 126 communities.
Police said the incident happened at a Morris Town Line Highway home around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Foxwoods Resort Casino has reached a betting deal with state, an agreement that was necessary and inevitable given the need for deals with both the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to enact new statewide betting plan.
Of more than 30 responses to Hearst Connecticut Media’s survey, potholes were reported in Danbury, New Haven, East Haven, Greenwich, Ridgefield and elsewhere.
Police said one person was taken to the hospital after a shooting near the Ten20 club and restaurant on Barnum Avenue.
On at least one point, there seems to be bi-partisan agreement: For many people, living in Connecticut is too expensive.
Inland southern Connecticut can expect to see rain transition to snow late Thursday night with a light accumulation possible.
A 22-year-old Bridgeport man died after being shot multiple times late Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
The Courant operates under a special act of the legislature. Legislators have argued the state can step in to prevent its owners from allowing the paper to go out of business.
The organization says the plan is the result of ongoing maintenance costs and the cost of bringing the facilities up to a standard that would attract enough camp-goers to stay afloat financially.
How people with preexisting conditions will be identified is still an unknown, leaving advocates for people in vulnerable communities concerned.
Many of the restrictions will be lifted from occupancy caps on restaurants, retailers and houses of worship, to an easing on limitations for gatherings.
Bridgeport officials have filed a motion in court to block the release of police reports in an unsolved murder case.
Police said they started an investigation into a sexual assault complaint filed by a 15-year-old victim on Feb. 12.
Out of 82,000 blood donations from healthy, unvaccinated people tested by the Red Cross, 5.5 percent had some COVID antibodies.
Two people face charges in a road rage incident that led to gunfire on Interstate 84 last week, police said.
The town welcomed two new businesses near the intersection of Barnum Avenue and Thompson Street.
To weather the pandemic, the industry settled on a strategy of constructive engagement with the Lamont administration.
While state officials say prioritizing those with high-risk medical conditions will be up to providers, health experts say how the process will work remains uncertain.
The state House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill Tuesday to ensure the General Assembly has an equal voice with Gov. Ned Lamont in carving up more than $2.8 billion in new federal pandemic relief headed Connecticut’s way.
The measure, which the Senate is expected to approve next week, also directs the administration to give lawmakers a detailed accounting of how federal coronavirus aid has been allotted to date.
The bill, lawmakers asserted, is not a “power grab” or an effort to battle Lamont for control of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act funds authorized by Congress and President Joe Biden earlier this month.
Connecticut’s recovery will be planned, said Rep. Toni E. Walker, D-New Haven, longtime co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, “as a team, as a state. We do it along with the governor. We do it side-by-side, Democrats and Republicans.”
Paul Mounds Jr., Lamont’s chief of staff, said after Tuesday’s House session that “this legislation is consistent with Gov. Lamont’s approach since the beginning of the pandemic, which has been to work with the legislative branch throughout the pandemic emergency on critical decisions.”
Mounds added that the administration has followed a transparent process regarding the use of federal relief funds since the pandemic began. “All expenses relating to federal funding have been posted online and reported to the General Assembly and Office of the Comptroller,” he said.
But legislators from both parties have complained periodically that the administration hasn’t provided sufficient detail on how previous rounds of federal relief have been spent.
This measure directs the governor to provide a detailed accounting on...
The new bill would delay changes from April 1 to Oct. 1.
Not for the first time, a Connecticut governor has dipped into the ranks of the politically connected to fill two vacancies on the Liquor Control Commission, a part-time gig that pays about $58,000 annually.
Gov. Ned Lamont has named Nick Balletto, of East Haven, whom he deposed as the Democratic state chairman upon taking office in 2019, and former Senate Republican Leader John P. McKinney of Westport to the commission.
By statute, the three-member commission must have one Democrat, one Republican and be chaired by the commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection.
The appointments are coterminous with Lamont’s term and are not subject to legislative review.
The panel is a regulatory body responsible for holding hearings on a range of issues involving liquor permit holders and applicants, including the suitability of applicants and permit premises and allegations of violations, such as sales to minor or intoxicated persons.
Balletto, a political ally of Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, was elected unanimously by the Democratic State Central Committee in January 2015 as state chair, with the backing of then- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Without Lamont’s support, he left the post in early 2019.
McKinney, a political moderate with friends on both sides off the aisle, was defeated by Thomas C. Foley in the Republican primary for governor in 2014, his last run for elective office.
While the state ramps up vaccination efforts, Connecticut’s daily positivity rate on Tuesday reached nearly 5 percent — the highest it’s been in weeks.
The Enfield woman was taken into custody on Monday after an investigation into Medicaid claim filings.
The investigation follows the information released after the recent arrest of owner John Vazzano.
Fire crews from various departments in the area responded as mutual aid on the call for a large brush fire in the state park.
Firefighters were dispatched to a Franklin Avenue home for a reported house fire in the city’s South End neighborhood, officials said.
Connecticut’s tax fairness debate shifted into high gear Monday, even as last-minute restrictions on federal pandemic relief complicated efforts to cut taxes.
For the third time in eight years, a group of Bridgeport parents who are frustrated that their children with disabilities are not getting the support they need in school have filed a complaint.
Officials charged 25-year-old Maleke Sockwell, according to police.
Melvin Burroughs has been charged with two counts of both criminal attempt at first-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to police.
Gov. Ned Lamont said the state “still has some catching up to do” getting the vaccine to non-white residents.
Gov. Ned Lamont has announced those 45 and older will be eligible for the vaccine on Friday and everyone 16 and older tentatively on April 5.
A Bridgeport man is accused of beating his wife and chasing her with his car.
Law enforcement extradited a man wanted in connection with the August 2020 shooting death of Marcus Darby.
Gusty winds and low relative humidity on Monday means the state is again at a high fire danger level.
It’s been a year since Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all Connecticut schools closed due to the pandemic. What has the impact been on students?
Police said a Bristol man was arrested after two recent incidents at clubs in Southington and Wolcott.
Authorities said the man violated sex offender laws and fled to Mexico with his girlfriend and her three children.
Town police had gotten a report Sunday morning regarding the defaced fence, according to an official.
No one was injured when an individual pulled out a gun and fired it following a verbal dispute late Sunday afternoon, police said.
Mayor Erin Stewart will be running for her current position again, according to her statement.
The incident involved a “[l]arge tree,” according to an official.
Thousands of customers experienced power outages in the state Sunday, according to information from Eversource and United Illuminating.
It could be months before it’s known whether people will need at least one additional shot of any of the available COVID-19 vaccines or if vaccination will need to be done annually, as it is with the flu shot.
A woman was being treated at St. Vincents Medical Center for two stab wounds, police said.
The planned closure of Northern Correctional Institution, Connecticut’s supermax prison, will force officials to decide where to house the men formerly on the state’s death row.
A Bridgeport man was robbed at People’s Bank while attempting to make a deposit at an ATM.
The university cited guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its decision, included in a weekly update on the pandemic
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a “red flag warning” in parts of Connecticut where critical weather conditions are expected.
Fairfield fire officials said ‘fast-acting’ neighbors prevented a house fire from turning into a fatal event.
East Hartford emergency responders were able to get individuals out of a car after it crashed into a building and caught fire.
Bridgeport police are investigating a Chase Bank robbery.
Bridgeport police are investigating a report of a homicide that came in early Saturday morning.
The mayor noted the town’s grand list increased slightly year over year and more than 145 new businesses opened in town despite difficult economic conditions.
The Bridgeport Board of Education votes to terminate a special education teacher who falsified legal documents.
The holdup alarm was activated at the Chase Bank on Main Street at 3:51 p.m., Detective Michael Fiumidinisi said.
Gov. Ned Lamont did not provide specifics on his new plan, but said he wants to accelerate eligibility for each of the age groups.
A Bridgeport man on probation on drug charges was arrested after police said they found a large drug stash in his home.
A Bridgeport man accused of shooting his cousin in the groin pleaded guilty to gun charges.
A Waterbury man free on bond on drug charges allegedly offered cash to a Bridgeport police officer who found him sleeping in a car.
Police said the teen was remanded to Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center after he was found with a gun and high-capacity magazine.
No new deaths or hospitalizations from flu again in the past week, as the number of positive cases in the state slowly climbs.
A Waterford man was killed during an officer-involved shooting, according to Louisiana state police officials.
Minimum-wage workers could lose some or all of their food stamps, free school lunches, state-subsidized health care, and rental, energy and child care assistance.
As Connecticut recorded its 7 millionth COVID test this week, lab data suggests the number of cases caused by the UK variant could be rapidly rising.
Winds of about 20 to 30 mph are possible Friday night into Saturday morning for southern Connecticut.
Meriden police said the man shot the victim in the leg on Feb. 13, 2020.
The Stratford man pleaded guilty to his federal offenses on Wednesday before a judge in New Haven.
On Thursday, police arrested a driver they say was involved in a Dec. 25, 2020, crash that killed a 67-year-old Hartford man.
WATERBURY — City police arrested a 32-year-old woman they said illegally had a handgun in her purse despite a prior conviction, after breaking up a group gambling over dice.
Marvette Brye was charged with illegal sale or transfer of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm and ammunition, violation of a protective order, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, interfering with an officer, carrying a pistol without a permit and possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana.
Police also arrested 29-year-old Jeffrey Lightfoot on drug possession charges during the incident.
Officers in the crime prevention unit were patrolling near Bishop Street and Adam Street Extension around 4 p.m. Wednesday when they spotted a group of people gambling over dice, a press release said.
The officers recognized Lightfoot, who had several warrants out for his arrest.
“Lightfoot was also found to be in possession of 37 bags of heroin, 10 MDMA pills and US currency,” police said.
He was charged with possession with intent to sell of both narcotics and hallucinogens, illegal possession near a school zone and illegal gambling, police said.
Brye was also arrested “for her involvement” police said, leading them to find a loaded .380 caliber handgun in her purse.
“Brye is a convicted felon due to a conviction regarding a violation of protective order in 2017,” the release said.
Four other men were also charged with illegal gambling in the incident, according to police.
For Connecticut residents, the president’s announcement moves the timetable up by two days. Under the plan announced by Gov. Ned Lamont on Feb. 22, the final group of adults to be eligible for the vaccines, those between the ages of 16 and 34, would be able to register for appointments starting May 3.
A notice sent through the state’s emergency alert system said the issue is only affecting Verizon users and that the company is aware of the issue and working on it.
Connecticut still has a sizable gap between the number of people who have received a first dose, and those who have received their followup shot.
The change under a bill before the legislature would put the burden on employers to prove that their worker did not contract COVID-19 while on the job.
U.S. Marshals took the suspect into custody Wednesday morning in a semi-remote area of Puerto Rico, authorities said.
A man previously convicted as a conspirator in a 2001 Norwalk homicide will serve another three years in prison, officials said.
William Perillo, who was accused of driving drunk 117 mph on the Merritt Parkway, will have the charges dismissed if he completes a diversionary program.
Bridgeport city officials reacted Thursday to the no confidence vote by the union about Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia.
The status of students who opted for full distance learning at the beginning of the year will not change.
Fire officials said the blaze started Wednesday night on the rooftop of the Alto Fairfield Metro Complex on Kings Highway.
The Chesterfield Fire Company’s public information officer has been accused of taking photos of an accident scene without getting permission from the victims.
The bump in new infections comes as the state is poised to ease many of its COVID-19 restrictions starting at the end of next week.
If approved, the resolution to find no confidence in Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia would ask that a new acting chief be appointed immediately.
Hartford police say a victim suffered a non-life-threatening injury in an early morning shooting Wednesday.
Connecticut authorities said the search for a missing 11-year-old Massachusetts boy is approaching the state line Wednesday.
Police non-emergency phone lines are down throughout Connecticut, but 911 is still working.
The Plainville Police Department has announced the death of Matthew Catania, who has been chief for more than 10 years.
Connecticut officials are advising residents to be vigilant after zebra mussels were found in aquatic moss balls in 25 states.
Richard White, accused of setting fires at emergency services facilities, was returned to Connecticut Tuesday and served a warrant by Old Saybrook police, officials said.
Proponents say the legislation would combat discrimination against people with criminal records, which makes it harder to secure employment, obtain housing and move on with their lives.
The woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with years of billing false claims to the Medicaid program, officials said.
Police do not believe the two shootings reported within hours of one another Tuesday afternoon are related.
Norwich resident Daniel Scott, 32, was “on federal supervised release when he threatened the victim,” a press release said.
Fire units were called to the Chase Bank and Pet Supplies Plus building just before 4 p.m. for a report of smoke, Deputy Fire Chief Paul Wilson said.
Attorney Norm Pattis, charging a ‘coup’ in the executive branch, will ask the CT Supreme Court to say Lamont exceeded his authority in ordering masks to be worn in schools.
The lawsuit, filed in Hartford Superior Court, is not unexpected after Harris’ attorney contended in a letter in January that the former spokesman had been wrongfully terminated from his position.
The veteran complained of pain and fever after the laparoscopic hernia repair procedure.
High school students in January were given the option of returning four days a week. Now, elementary school students will also have the option.
A Bridgeport man is charged with sexually assaulting a teenaged girl he met during a soccer game.
A Bridgeport man on probation for a drug conviction has been charged with running a drug factory.
Bridgeport tied its record high temperature for March 9 on Tuesday at 63 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
Judge Robert N. Chatigny on Tuesday sentenced Gary W. Bornman to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
The EMT accused of lighting several fires at emergency services facilities in Connecticut will return to Old Saybrook Tuesday.
Bridgeport Hospital distributes food to people in the community on the third Tuesday of each month. The next distribution is next week.
The death was part of 81 total cases statewide attributed to the highly contagious strain of the virus Connecticut has reported since early January.
In a situation of limited vaccine supply, getting doses to the most vulnerable should be the state’s first priority, the doctor said.
The Andover Street teen was taken into custody without incident on a warrant Monday, police said.
The 19-year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital around 3 a.m. after being shot roughly an hour earlier, officials said.
HARTFORD — Trinity College is planning to have commencement ceremonies this spring with in-person attendees, according to a message from the college’s president Monday.
There will be two ceremonies scheduled for May 21, according to a message from Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney. That is aimed to help with “the need to maintain low density and proper physical distancing,” the message read.
And guests are permitted — two per graduate, per the message. Any guests planning to attend would need to have a “negative COVID-19 test result or proof of vaccination,” according to the message. The celebrations are also expected to be viewable online.
Plans for the day could shift, though, according to the message: “Please also note that these plans are subject to change if conditions or mandates from local or state officials require,” it read.
“We will update the community with more details on the plans as they become available,” the message concluded. “We anticipate hosting a town hall for graduating students and their families in the coming weeks to provide more information and answer your questions.”
Connecticut officials said 25 percent of those age 55 to 64 were vaccinated since becoming eligible last week.
The complaint is the second filed against Gov. Ned Lamont’s new vaccine plan that prioritizes age groups.
A male victim was shot on Adams Street around 12:30 p.m. Monday, according to police.
Connecticut health experts are cautiously approving of new CDC guidance allowing people who have been fully vaccinated to gather in small groups without wearing masks.
A Bridgeport man was charged with attempted murder after police said he stabbed his girlfriend multiple times.
The New London woman accused of killing her 4-year-old boy was ordered held on $2 million bond Monday after a brief court appearance.
A spokesperson for the University of Connecticut said that the school is investigating a weekend party near the Storrs campus.
Lt. Col. Jack Goncalves was promoted from major and Major Daniel Loughman was promoted from lieutenant.
Police said the 15-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen Monday morning.
Norwalk Hospital staff notified police that a person with multiple stab wounds showed up at their facility late Sunday night and said the incident happened in Bridgeport.
Many mass vaccination clinics — established in cities to encourage minority residents to participate — have been drawing more white suburban residents than anticipated.
John McDonald, a state police sergeant, is expected to appear in Middletown court in connection with the 2019 Southbury accident that injured a woman and her daughter.
A city official said a woman was shot in the back at the P.T. Barnum apartments late Sunday night.
Police said a woman was taken to the hospital and a man was found dead in the same apartment 30 minutes later.
When troopers arrived, they found the Utah man driving in circles on the highway, a state police report of the arrest said.
The three people who got the tickets were renters who said they held the gathering, according to police.
Tell us where the worst potholes are and we will create a map of the locations for motorists to watch out for.
The New London Police Department is conducting an investigation with the state police on the death of a child near Nautilus Drive.
The Fairfield Police Department received survival kits from the Wakeman Boys and Girls Club this weekend.
The clinic, which is opening through a partnership with Hartford HealthCare will begin providing doses March 10, SHU officials said in a message to the community Friday.
The lawsuit focuses on photographs of two enslaved people taken in the 1850s, thought to be among the earliest images of enslaved people in the U.S.
The crash occurred between Exits 25 and 24, and was reported shortly after 7:30 p.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.
Announcing the decision at his twice-weekly pandemic briefing on Thursday, Gov. Ned Lamont said masks and social distancing will still be required.
The city of Bridgeport has taken an appeal after a judge refused to throw out a lawsuit by a former candidate for police chief claiming his chances were affected by a cheating scandal.
A joint police investigation by Middletown and Bridgeport police led to a drug trafficking arrest.
Two people were arrested as authorities say they continue to investigate narcotics activity in the area.
Police said the incident began in Meriden where the man fled a traffic stop and led officers on a chase to New Haven where he was arrested.
Rindge, New Hampshire resident Kelly Stutzman is facing charges of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, and health insurance fraud
As more than 1 million doses have been administered statewide, data shows the municipalities with few “high-need” residents have the strongest vaccination rates.
Darryl Small was indicted by a New Haven federal grand jury Tuesday. He faces four counts of federal drug charges.
Epidemiologists are raising concerns that Connecticut loosening COVID-19 restrictions could reult in more cases and more deaths.
There hasn’t yet been an explosion in flu cases this year, likely due to protective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police in Hartford are looking for information related to a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian last week.
The state’s Freedom of Information Commission had ordered the city to release the names of witnesses to a man convicted of murder.
A worker at one of the state’s mass vaccination clinics was seen dancing as vehicles exited the clinic on Thursday.
Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order Thursday allowing Connecticut to open its trout fishing season early.
A traffic stop for a seat belt violation led to the seizure of pills, weed, a stolen gun and cash, accordion to police.
A Hartford man previously in federal prison will serve another 88 months behind bars after he was sentenced Thursday.
A New Britain home health aide, who previously served five years in jail, has been accused of bank fraud, officials said.
The earthquake was measured in strength as a 1.9 on the Richter scale.
Police reported the incident shortly after 6:30 p.m., and said it occurred in the area of Seaview Avenue and Deacon Street.
Faith leaders and institutions, particularly those with predominantly Black and Hispanic members, are stepping up to convince parishioners wary of the science, side effects or effectiveness, to get their shots.
A link intended for teachers was shared on Facebook allowing residents who were not yet eligible to make appointments
An Easton man, accused of driving drunk and killing a woman in Fairfield, was charged with manslaughter on Thursday.
A Windsor Locks teen who was hurt in a 2017 police shooting in New Britain faces additional robbery charges after his recent arrest.
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to announce Thursday the lifting of some of the state’s COVID restrictions.
“We’re calling it the ‘First Chance’ because it’s everyone’s first chance to run this year,” Race Director Marty Schaivone said.
Connecticut Public Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford stressed the safety of all available vaccines during a Thursday webinar.
The proposed legislation would allow Connecticut colleges to collect information every two years about sexual violence incidents.
The General Assembly wants a say in how Connecticut spends the more than $4 billion in federal aid that is expected for the state.
