CRIME & SAFETY
Pro-Palestine students arrested at UConn
Students protesting for Palestine were arrested at the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus early Tuesday morning, according to university officials. The students had created an encampment with nearly two dozen tents on campus in demands that the school divest from weapons manufacturing with connection to Israel. University officials say...
Man seriously injured in crash involving motorcycle by the Willimantic Frog Bridge
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (WTNH) – Willimantic fire officials say a 21-year-old was flown via LIFE STAR for treatment after a crash involving a motorcycle Friday. Fire officials logged the crash at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, April 26, at the intersection of Main Street and Jackson Street, which is just before the Frog Bridge. The New London […]
Woman dead and multiple people injured in car crash on River Road in Willington
WILLINGTON, CT (WFSB) - State police are investigating a fatal car crash that left a woman dead and multiple passengers injured on River Road in Willington on Saturday night. Troop C responded to a one-vehicle rollover crash at 10:12 p.m. on Saturday. According to police, the car lost control for...
1 Hospitalized After I-84 Rollover Crash In Tolland
The Tolland County wreck happened at around 10 a.m. Monday, April 29, on I-84 in the town of Tolland, near Exit 69. Connecticut State Police said a 38-year-old New York man was driving a Hyundai SUV eastbound in the left lane when he suddenly veered across three lanes of traffic and went off the roadway.
Bus carrying elementary school children involved in crash in Vernon
A bus carrying elementary school children was involved in a crash in Vernon on Monday afternoon. No children were injured, but one parent asked to be taken to the hospital, according to school officials. The crash happened at the corner of Route 30 and Bamforth Avenue. School officials said six...
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 […]
New video and documents reveal East Hartford police lieutenant lied to state troopers during his DUI arrest
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — New videos of an East Hartford Police Lieutenant being arrested on suspicion of DUI were released, showing the command officer lying to state police and claiming to have a heart attack during the traffic stop. Lt. Joe Ficacelli has been on desk duty since January....
Drones, UTVs used to put out Bolton brush fire
BOLTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Multiple departments came together to extinguish a brush fire Saturday in Bolton, according to the Vernon Fire Department. The fire was in the area near Bolton Notch, also known as Painted Rock. Vernon sent in firefighters, two engines, two UTVs, a drone and other equipment.
Fire Breaks Out At Bolton Notch State Park
The blaze happened in Tolland County on Saturday, April 27, when a brush fire began at Bolton Notch State Park in the town of Bolton. According to the Town of Vernon Fire Department, which helped fight the fire, the blaze began in the area known as the "Painted Rock," a well-traveled section of the park.
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