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  • President Joe Biden awards Stamford Firefighter John Colandro the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor in the East Room of the White House.
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    Biden awards 3 Stamford firefighters Medal of Valor
    President Joseph Biden Monday awarded the three for the “exceptional courage” they showed in a 2021 blizzard for rescuing two people from a sinking truck.
    By Pat Tomlinson
  • Five people were hospitalized after a crash on I-95 in Norwalk on Saturday morning, according to Westport firefighters.
    Police Reports
    Westport FD: 5 sent to hospital after two-car crash on I-95 in...
  • Anyone who has seen Brigette Wood or her son, Zion Gonzalez, is encouraged to contact Detective Lacasse with the Middletown Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit at 860-638-4134 or Middletown Central Dispatch at 860-347-2541.
    News
    Police: Missing mom ‘voluntarily stopped’ talking with family
  • A parade of emergency vehicles circle in front of Bridgeport Hospital, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 28, 2022. The parade was organized to show support of Dominick Krankall, 6, who is recovering at the hospital from burns he suffered last weekend outside his home in Bridgeport.
    News
    Fundraiser for CT boy, 6, burned by fireball surpass $400K
  • Exterior, Stamford Courthouse, Sept. 20, 2019.
    News
    Prosecutor: CT man allegedly impersonated cops on social media
  • The Darien Police Department headquarters in Darien, Conn., photographed on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021.
    Police Reports
    Police: Man was followed from bus stop, robbed and beaten
  • The Big Green Pizza Truck at Next Door Pizza in New Haven on Sept. 24, 2021.
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    After crash caught on video, funds raised for pizza truck company
  • News
    Timeline: Probe into the state police shooting of Mubarak...
    West Haven, Connecticut - Saturday, June 6, 2020: Approximately 675 demonstrators rallied Saturday afternoon on the West Haven Green and marched to the West Haven Police Department protesting police brutality including the death of Mubarak Soulemane of New Haven who was fatally shot by Connecticut StateTrooper Brian North just off Interstate 95?•s Exit 43 in West Haven on January 15, 2020. Soulemane allegedly had carjacked a driver in Norwalk following an alleged incident with a knife at a store there, then fled from police at high rates of speed along the highway. The decision by the state’s Office of the Inspector General to charge the officer, Brian North, comes more than two years after the fatal police shooting. By Peter Yankowski, Ben Lambert and Tara O’Neill
  • Police Reports
    Police: Truck hit railroad overpass in Darien
    Officers are responding to Post Road at Tokeneke Road in Darien, Conn., for a report of a truck hitting the railroad overpass nearby on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Officers responded to Post Road at Tokeneke Road in Darien for a report of a truck hitting the railroad overpass nearby. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    Documents: Tip helped uncover Yale administrator’s $40M scheme
    The Yale School of Medicine on Cedar Street in New Haven photographed on July 22, 2021. The former Yale School of Medicine administrator used thousands of orders to circumvent a $10,000 purchasing cap to buy electronics that she later sold, court documents show. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    Stamford man on probation charged with drug possession
    Vincent Brown A city man on probation for a federal drug trafficking conviction was arrested Thursday during a search at his home on the Darien/Stamford line. By Pat Tomlinson
  • News
    Warrant: Hamden man linked to Darien car theft by fingerprints
    Darien Police patrol vehicles have a new look. A Hamden man was charged Wednesday after investigators found his fingerprint on a car stolen out of Darien in February 2021, according to a warrant. By Pat Tomlinson
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  • Harris tells Coast Guard grads rule of law is under attack
  • Feds: National Guard members on state duty can join unions
  • 16-year-old arrested in fatal stabbing of Connecticut teen
  • College football, XFL, Australian Open headline ESPN slate
  • Lamont OKs greater state oversight of West Haven finances
  • Firefighters demoted for drug use after death investigation
  • Buck, Aikman excited about 'starting over' with ESPN
  • Police Reports
    Prosecutor: City official fatally shot her tenant over rent...
    Ellen Winks appears on a video monitor during her arraignment in Stamford Superior Court, in Stamford, Conn. Jan. 21, 2022. Winks is charged in the shooting death on Thursday of Kurt Lametta in a home she owns in Norwalk. A Norwalk city official accused of fatally shooting a 54-year-old man had a “clearly deliberate” motive in the homicide, according to a state prosecutor. By Pat Tomlinson
  • News
    City official charged with murder after police say man found dead
    Nelson Avenue in Norwalk was blocked off on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 due to a police investigation. Police said Norwalk resident Kurt Lametta, 54, was found shot dead inside his Nelson Avenue home on Thursday afternoon. By Abigail Brone, Tara O Neill
  • News
    Police: People’s Bank in Darien robbed of over $6K on Christmas Eve
    The People’s Bank on Old Kings Highway North in Darien, Conn., was robbed by an individual on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, police said. The People’s Bank on Old Kings Highway North in Darien was robbed on Friday by an individual who jumped over the counter, police said. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    New search in Dulos case before ‘informant’ appears before judge
    State police search an area of New Canaan town property adjacent to Waveny Park in connection with the Jennifer Dulos case on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. On Monday, state police searched for hours an area of New Canaan near where Jennifer Dulos’ SUV was found the night she vanished. By Tara O'Neill and Grace Duffield
  • News
    Darien man pleads guilty to selling cocaine out of his home
    Exterior, Stamford Courthouse, Sept. 20, 2019. A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a cocaine-dealing operation out of his Darien home. By Pat Tomlinson
  • News
    Prosecutor: FBI investigate man’s inappropriate contact with kids
    Quinten Yonkers A New Canaan man facing charges for having inappropriate contact with children in Darien is now also being investigated by the FBI, according to a state prosecutor. By Pat Tomlinson
  • Police Reports
    Darien police warn about mail thefts
    Among the tips provided by police following mail thefts in Darien, Conn., included to drop mails with checks in blue mailboxes provided by the U.S. Postal Service. Police also urged residents to drop the mail at the post office directly rather than leave it in their mailbox as going mail. Authorities in Darien are warning residents to keep an eye on their mail after recent incidents of thefts of checks being taken from mailboxes. By Tara O'Neill
  • Police Reports
    CT state trooper’s line-of-duty death remembered after 32 years
    Trooper Jorge Agosoto was 27 when he was fatally wounded when he was hit by a driver on Interstate 95 in Greenwich, Conn., on Nov. 22, 1989. Trooper Jorge Agosoto was 27 when he was fatally wounded after he was hit by a driver on Interstate 95 in Greenwich on Nov. 22, 1989. By Tara O’Neill
  • Police Reports
    Teen’s arrest warrant provides new details on Danbury mall shooting
    The 18-year-old who was allegedly armed with a hammer the night of the shooting at the mall in Danbury, Conn., was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. The 18-year-old, seen on surveillance footage wielding the hammer, was taken into custody on Tuesday, police said. By Tara O’Neill
  • News
    Police: Man charged with inappropriate contact with children
    Quinten Yonkers, 24, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police determined he took inappropriate video and images of children from Darien. Quinten Yonkers, 24, was charged last week by police in New Canaan before his arrest by Darien police, officials said. By Liz Hardaway
  • Police Reports
    New York man charged as accomplice in Greenwich native’s death
    Nicole Flanagan Police said they believe the man helped move Greenwich native Nicole Flanagan’s remains from New York to Ridgefield Park in New Jersey. By Liz Hardaway and Peter Yankowski
  • Police Reports
    Police: Boy, 14, charged in Danbury mall shooting
    The 14-year-old boy allegedly responsible for the shooting at the mall in Danbury, Conn., on Aug. 11, 2021, turned himself in to police this weekend on an active warrant for his arrest. Police said the 14-year-old boy responsible for the shooting at the mall last week turned himself in on Monday. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    Health inspector accused of groping waitress appears in court
    Pran Gjeloshi, 61, of Hamden, Conn., was arraigned Friday, July 9, 2021, in Derby Superior Court on charges of fourth-degree sexual asault and disorderly conduct. Police say a server at a Shelton restaurant reported the man touched her and made unwanted advances during a routine inspection. By Daniel Tepfer and Tara O’Neill
  • Police Reports
    2-vehicle collision on I-95 north in Darien clears
    Crews at the scene of a two-vehicle collision on I-95 in Darien, Conn., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The highway’s northbound lanes were closed between exits 12 and 13 after a collision shortly before noon Wednesday. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    Police: Teen lifeguard pulled child from water and revived her
    A lifeguard found a girl unconscious at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, Conn., on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Police said Wednesday they didn’t have an update on the condition of the child who was taken to Norwalk Hospital after being pulled from Long Island Sound. By Tara O’Neill
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