Crime & Public Safety

THOMPSON, CT — Detectives with the Connecticut State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect involved in a Thompson bank robbery that took place shortly after noon on Thursday. The armed...

WATERBURY, CT — Officers from the Waterbury Police Department, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Groton Police, arrested 47-year-old Jeremy Colonghi of New London on Friday. Colonghi was taken into custody...

BRANFORD, CT — A Branford man is facing murder charges after allegedly killing his 12-year-old son with a baseball bat inside their home on Hemlock Road. State prosecutors said the father, 52-year-old Anthony Esposito Jr.,...

WATERTOWN, CT — Two people were found dead inside a home on Pleasantview Avenue in the Oakville section of Watertown early Friday morning after firefighters extinguished a blaze that had fully engulfed the structure. Fire...

EAST HAVEN, CT — An East Haven smoke shop has been ordered to pay a record-setting $4.93 million in civil penalties for engaging in illegal cannabis sales, Connecticut officials announced this week. The fine, the...

ORANGE, CT — The state Department of Consumer Protection has suspended the liquor permit of Top Quality Vibez Bar and Grill following a string of violent incidents and what officials described as deliberate attempts by...

COLCHESTER, CT — A tragic Colchester pedestrian accident claimed the life of a 49-year-old man early Friday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. The fatal incident occurred on Deep River Road (Route 354) near Daniel...

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport shooting suspect has been formally charged in the 2020 killing of 21-year-old Nyair Nixon at the Keystone social club, a venue formerly managed by City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez. Quinten “Quack”...

NEW LONDON, CT — A Navy sailor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering his wife and setting their home on fire while their infant son was inside, following a guilty plea...

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — A pursuit involving a stolen vehicle ended early Thursday with three Massachusetts teens in police custody, including two found locked inside a shed — a discovery made after officers noticed the...