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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...
Fugitive wanted for 2020 homicide in Norwich returned to state to face charges
A man wanted for murder in Norwich was returned to Connecticut Thursday to face charges. Brandon Foster was extradicted from North Carolina, according to police. Foster shot and killed 66-year-old Edward McIntyre in a home on Laurel Hill Drive in June 2020, police said. He was on the run until...
Body found in Yantic River in Norwich
Police are investigating after a fisherman found a man's body in the Yantic River in Norwich on Wednesday. A dive team responded to the river just before 4:30 p.m. in the area of the Norwichtown Commons. Responding officers found a body in the river at the base of the Route...
Man arrested for assaulting Willimantic officer, having illegal shotguns
WILLIMANTIC, CT (WFSB) - A man was arrested for having illegal shotguns and assaulting an officer, according to police in Willimantic. Dante Khalil Walton, 27, of Waterbury, was spotted on West Main Street in Willimantic May 1 misusing a license plate. Police said they tried to stop him, but Walton...
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 […]
Man faces new charges in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run crash in Griswold
(WJAR) — Connecticut State Police announced on Wednesday that a Norwich man is facing new charges in relation with a hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian in Griswold. State police said Curt Rivard Jr., 34, is accused of striking a pedestrian that was crossing the North Main Street in the Jewett City area in Griswold last September.
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...
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...
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...
Connecticut man with Rhode Island warrants surrenders to police, faces multiple charges
A Connecticut man with arrest warrants in Rhode Island is facing several charges after turning himself into police on Monday. Police said they arrested 23-year-old David Rajchel shortly before 9 a.m. for an arrest warrant issued after an incident in January. On January 27, an officer in Plainfield attempted to...
Norwich police seek suspect who shoved Stop & Shop employee, stole from register
NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - A suspect shoved a grocery store employee and stole hundreds of dollars from a cash register, according to police. It happened at the Stop & Shop in Norwich on April 15. Norwich police released a surveillance photo of the suspect on Tuesday. They said the suspect...
Tiffany Moss Steals Pain Meds At Norwich's Backus Hospital
New London County resident Tiffany Moss of Montville pleaded guilty to charges connected to her tampering with pain medication at Backus Hospital in Norwich, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Tuesday, April 30. According to federal officials, on Thursday, Jan. 11, Moss used her employee...
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