In a release, New Milford Police Chief Spencer Cerruto said Alexander Jefferson III, a 43-year-old resident of the Jamaica neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., was the man struck and killed on Thursday. Cerruto said police were called around 6:45 p.m. to the area immediately south of New Milford High School on Route 7, also known as … Read more
TRUMBULL — A fire broke out in the kitchen of a single-family home on McAdoo Avenue Friday night, causing heavy damage and leaving one person with first-degree burns, an official said. Trumbull Center Fire Chief Richard Gregory said crews were called to a home on McAdoo Avenue on a report of a structure fire at around 10:30 p.m. … Read more
Christopher Belair, right, with his father, Stephen, talks to the press at the conclusion of his trial in 2015 at state Superior Court in Danbury. After being fired for berating a motorist during a March 2013 traffic stop, Belair was rehired as a Danbury police officer and is now in line for a promotion to … Read more
OXFORD — An 81-year-old town man was seriously hurt when his pickup truck veered off Riggs Street and crashed into several trees Saturday morning, state police say. The man was unresponsive and sent to the Waterbury Hospital following the crash, which occurred in the 200 block of Riggs Street around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Connecticut State Police … Read more
BRIDGEPORT — Police are investigating the shooting of a person in the leg and hand on Wheeler Avenue on Wednesday evening. Around 8:20 p.m., the city’s Emergency Communications Center received a call from a person who reported he’d been shot in the 100 block of the Avenue, according to Scott Appleby, Bridgeport’s director of emergency … Read more
WESTPORT — A 28-year-old Bridgeport man died after he was hit on the Merritt Parkway near Exit 42 on Saturday night, according to state police. Around 10:40 p.m., state police said, troopers along with the local fire department and EMS responded to reports of a crash in the southbound lanes. The accident report said Mateo Gaviria, the victim, … Read more
