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Body of man found in Yantic River in Norwich
Norwich ― Police and fire crews recovered the body of what appeared to be an adult white male from the Yantic River at the edge of the far left side of the Stop & Shop grocery store parking lot Wednesday evening. Police received a call shortly after 4 p.m....
Person hospitalized from Canterbury house fire
CANTERBURY, CT (WFSB) - A person was sent to the hospital from a house fire in Canterbury. The Scotland Volunteer Fire Department said it responded to the fire on Bingham Road around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Firefighters reported seeing flames through the roof. They were able to attack it from...
Officer injured as man allegedly found with guns, machete fights with police during traffic stop
A Willimantic police officer was injured apprehending a man who allegedly fought with police during a traffic stop on Wednesday that led to the discovery of two shotguns in his vehicle, police said. Khalil Walton, 27, of Waterbury faces charges of assault on a police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and illegal possession of a long ...
PD: Norwich bank robbed, ATM ‘heavily damaged’
NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) — Norwich Police responded to a reported incident at Eastern Savings Bank on West Main Street around 8:50 a.m. on Sunday. When officers arrived on scene, they found an ATM had been heavily damaged, with a significant amount of cash missing from its vault. An initial investigation revealed that the suspects, believed […]
CT man accused of DUI facing additional charges, including manslaughter, in death of pedestrian
State police have charged a man they believe was driving under the influence and more than twice the speed limit during a fatal crash involving a pedestrian in Griswold in September. Curt Rivard Jr., 34, was charged Tuesday with second-degree manslaughter, first-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving, traveling unreasonably fast, failure to drive in the proper lane and failure to ...
State Supreme Court hears appeal of Norwich murder conviction
Hartford ― Jean Jacques, a Norwich man sentenced two years ago to 60 years in prison for the stabbing death of 25-year-old Casey Chadwick in Norwich, took his appeal of the murder conviction to state Supreme Court justices Wednesday. A lawyer representing Jacques argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday...
Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn’t protect her and should be fined, safety agency says
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released...
Even with a budget increase, Griswold departments are facing cuts: where will it hit hardest?
Griswold must recoup $600,000 from surplus for not increasing the mill rate last year. “We took money from another source that’s not a bona fide, year-after-year revenue stream,” Board of Finance Chair Scott Davis said. “We’ve got to make that up.” A public budget hearing was held at Griswold Middle School Tuesday. The...
‘She has bruises all over her body:’ CT college softball player sets national record for getting hit by pitches
WILLIMANTIC – Julia SanGiovanni grew up playing goalie for a boys ice hockey team, so she doesn’t particularly mind things flying at a high rate of speed directly at her. Which may explain how SanGiovanni, a graduate student on Eastern Connecticut’s softball team from East Haven, broke the NCAA Division III hit by pitch career record on April 17 in a doubleheader against the University of ...
Who pays the most taxes in Norwich? Here are the city's top 10 taxpayers
Nine of the top 10 highest taxpayers in Norwich for the 2022 assessment are still in the top 10 for the 2023 assessment, with only The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe not in the top 10 this time. As assessed in October, Norwich’s net grand list is $2.872 billion, with real estate...
Backus Hospital pharmacy technician pleads guilty to tampering with hydromorphone
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Montville woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Bridgeport federal court to a charge related to her tampering with pain medication at Backus Hospital in Norwich, where she worked, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Tiffany Moss, 34, waived...
Things to Do: Get up close with sharks — and therapy dogs
Photographer and scuba diver Brian Perry gets up close and personal with sharks and other denizens of the depths, sharing his experiences through his photos. An exhibit of Perry's work, "Underwater Photography," is set for May 1 to 31 at the café gallery at Booklovers' Gourmet in Webster, with an artist's talk on May 4. Perry, who taught diving at Inland Divers and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, said, "My local underwater photography is done in Gloucester and Rockport and my favorite area is Key Largo, Florida, where the water is clear and the fish colorful." (MS)
Sterling man with active arrest warrants from multiple states turns himself in
PLAINFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) – Plainfield police say a suspect who turned himself in Sunday after evading a traffic stop in January was found to have multiple active arrest warrants- including a felony one. 23-year-old David Rajchel of Sterling faces the following charges in Plainfield: In Plainfield, his charges stem from Jan. 27, when an officer […]
Offer in place for former Broncos Highway restaurant and activity center
BURRILLVILLE – The former restaurant and fun center at 1950 Broncos Highway could soon be sold. Kyle Seyboth, of the Seyboth Team at Century 21, said there’s been an offer on the property, which was most recently operated as Chapman’s.
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