GROTON, Conn. — A New London man is facing charges connected to the fatal firey crash on the Gold Star bridge last year. Connecticut State Police charged 59-year-old Reginald Collins with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, and improper parking on a highway.

BROOKFIELD, Conn. — A fire ripped through a condo building in Brookfield early Thursday morning, destroying a whole row of homes. Ten units at the Ledgewood Complex on Boxwood Drive were destroyed by the fire. Two people were taken to the hospital for evaluation but they are expected to be OK.

NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Naugatuck police are investigating a shooting involving some of their officers Thursday. Police were called to Baummer's Pond around 9:15 a.m. for a report of a man with a knife. Arriving officers found the man, and a confrontation led to two officers firing their firearms, according...

THOMASTON, Conn — A fugitive from justice has been extradited from New Jersey to Connecticut, where Thomaston police said they charged him with two counts of second-degree larceny and two counts of second-degree telephone fraud. Ande Jiang, 25, of Highland Mills, N.Y., allegedly conned a Thomaston resident out of...

HAMDEN, Conn. — A person was arrested in Hamden Wednesday afternoon after allegedly firing a pellet gun at officers, the town's police department said. Police said they were first called to Spruce Bank Road at 4:55 p.m. after a person who was fishing at the time said they had been shot in the arm by a person with a BB gun. Officers were also told that the suspect drove away from the scene in a vehicle.

HADDAM, Conn. — A teen was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Haddam Saturday, according to a Facebook post from Troop F Westbrook. Connecticut State Police troopers from Troop F said they responded to the area of Jackson Road at 12:13 p.m. after receiving a report of a car versus pedestrian crash.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation,...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A New Haven man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking and firearm possession offense, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Carlyle Henry, 39, was...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After being found guilty of trafficking fentanyl and heroin in 2022, a man with Connecticut ties was sentenced in New Haven on Wednesday to 10 years and five months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A group of Jewish faculty members at Yale are calling on the university's president to take action as pro-Palestinian protests on campus entered day six on Wednesday. About 60 Yale professors joined staff and students to write a letter to the president of the university...

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — West Hartford first responders fought a kitchen fire in a multi-family residence on Wednesday, according to Fire Chief/Emergency Management Director Greg H. Priest. As police and fire personnel responded to Elmhurst Street at 4:25 p.m, West Hartford Public Safety Dispatch alerted them that an individual...

HARTFORD, Conn. — An East Hartford man facing fentanyl and cocaine trafficking offenses has been charged with a five-count indictment, according to a release on Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. On April 16, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned the five-count indictment...

VERNON, Connecticut — The town of Vernon is proudly billing itself as the first community in the country to adapt what is called the VRNA EMS System to assist first responders. The system, created by nearby East Hartford-based VRSim, uses virtual reality to better train firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and...

PORTLAND, Conn. — Federal, state and local officials discussed possible support for Jobs Pond homeowners in Portland Wednesday as residents are watching their livelihoods get washed away by water. Residents say a state of emergency should be declared to free up funding and cut through governmental red tape. “It’s...

WASHINGTON — A business owner who has served as an elected alderman in his hometown of Derby was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days behind bars for joining a mob's assault on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Chief Judge James Boasberg also ordered Gene DiGiovanni...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A shelter-in-place was lifted at Wesleyan University Wednesday after a report of shots fired near campus. Police said that the suspect is in custody. Wesleyan University said in a statement that a shooting incident did not take place on campus, but instead was adjacent to it. There are currently no reported injuries.

HARTFORD, Conn — The office of the Inspector General has released its preliminary report on the fatal shooting last week of a suspect by Colchester police. According to the report, Colchester officers were called to a residence on Norwich Avenue (Route 616) around 6:15 p.m. on the report of a disturbance.

NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. — A suspect charged in a fatal hit-and-run North Branford crash has been extradited back to Connecticut, officials said. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. on March 28, killing North Branford resident David Horbal. Police received a report that a man was injured in the area of Foxon Road near Shaw Road. When first responders got to the scene, Horbal was pronounced dead.

WINDHAM, Conn. — Connecticut State Police are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify a woman who allegedly used a victim’s information to withdraw money from a credit union, as was noted in a Facebook post by state police. On April 17 at 1:41 p.m.,...

UNION COUNTY, New Jersey — A prosecutor's office in New Jersey said Tuesday that they are looking for information on the murder of a former Middletown woman. According to the Union County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey, a woman's body was found on June 11, 2020, along railroad tracks in Elizabeth, N.J. An autopsy afterbody later revealed that her death was the result of a homicide, according to the prosecutor's office.