Hartford Man Found With Dead Man's Credit Cards After Grim NJ Parking Garage Discovery: Cops Hartford Man Found With Dead Man's Credit Cards After Grim NJ Parking Garage Discovery: Cops Hartford Man Found With Dead Man's Credit Cards After Grim NJ Parking Garage Discovery: Cops
Hartford Man Found With Dead Man's Credit Cards After Grim NJ Parking Garage Discovery: Cops A call about a car burglary in a New Jersey parking garage took a grim turn when police discovered a 62-year-old man dead inside the vehicle, then arrested a Connecticut suspect allegedly carrying the dead man's credit cards, authorities said. Secaucus officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress involving a 2026 Hyundai Elantra in the parking deck at 200 Mill Creek Drive around 7:48 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Officers found the car's door ajar and discovered the body of a 62-year-old Secaucus man inside, Miller said. Detectives from the …
Rutgers Frat House Assault Among 2 Attacks On Halloween Night, Campus Police Say Rutgers Frat House Assault Among 2 Attacks On Halloween Night, Campus Police Say Rutgers Frat House Assault Among 2 Attacks On Halloween Night, Campus Police Say
Rutgers Frat House Assault Among 2 Attacks On Halloween Night, Campus Police Say Two people affiliated with Rutgers University were hospitalized following separate assaults near the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick early Sunday, Nov. 1, including one involving an edged weapon, authorities said. The attacks happened between midnight and 1:30 a.m., according to Rutgers University Police Chief Kenneth Cop. In the first incident, a victim was walking along Stone Street when he got into a verbal exchange with a group of unidentified men, police said. The argument turned physical, and the victim was punched and struck with an edged object before the attackers fled …
6 Shot At Halloween Party Near UDel, Police Say 6 Shot At Halloween Party Near UDel, Police Say 6 Shot At Halloween Party Near UDel, Police Say
6 Shot At Halloween Party Near UDel, Police Say Six people were shot at a Halloween party near the University of Delaware campus in Newark late Halloween night, according to police and the NY Post. BREAKING: Chaos erupted near the University of Delaware campus after shots were fired into a Halloween crowd on East Main Street.Six people shot and rushed to hospitals. The shooter is still on the loose.This lawlessness in our college towns has to end. Pray for the victims.… — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) November 1, 2026 The shooting happened around 11:13 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, on the south sidewalk of East Main Street, directly acros…
Screams Of Woman Beaten With Fire Poker Heard Outside CT Nursing Home: Police Screams Of Woman Beaten With Fire Poker Heard Outside CT Nursing Home: Police Screams Of Woman Beaten With Fire Poker Heard Outside CT Nursing Home: Police
Screams Of Woman Beaten With Fire Poker Heard Outside CT Nursing Home: Police A badly beaten woman fled through the woods to a Connecticut nursing home, where she was found screaming for help after being attacked with a fire poker or hammer, authorities said. Officers responded to Skyview Nursing Home at 35 Marc Drive in Wallingford around 10:25 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, and found the woman with injuries to her face, head, torso, and arms, Wallingford police said. Investigators determined the woman had been assaulted during two altercations with 47-year-old David Ulizio at a home on a street next to the nursing facility, police said. The first incident happened T…
Eve Rogers’ Mother Arrested Months After Enfield Girl, 12, Died Of Overdose: Police Eve Rogers’ Mother Arrested Months After Enfield Girl, 12, Died Of Overdose: Police Eve Rogers’ Mother Arrested Months After Enfield Girl, 12, Died Of Overdose: Police
Eve Rogers’ Mother Arrested Months After Enfield Girl, 12, Died Of Overdose: Police Police have arrested the mother of a 12-year-old Connecticut girl who died from a three-drug overdose months after charging the girl's stepfather with sexual assault, authorities said.  Melanie Federline, 39, of Enfield, was charged on Friday, Oct. 30, with risk of injury to a child, police said. Her daughter, Eve Rogers, was found dead in her Enfield bed on March 18. Police have not said whether the charge against her mother stems from the investigation into the girl's death. Authorities held Melanie Federline on a court-set $250,000 surety bond. She was scheduled for arraignment Mon…
5 Officers Attacked At Hartford Jail, 3 Taken To Hospital: Officials 5 Officers Attacked At Hartford Jail, 3 Taken To Hospital: Officials 5 Officers Attacked At Hartford Jail, 3 Taken To Hospital: Officials
5 Officers Attacked At Hartford Jail, 3 Taken To Hospital: Officials An inmate attacked five officers at Hartford Correctional Center, sending three to a hospital, state correction officials said. The assault happened Wednesday, Oct. 28, around 9:15 a.m. in the property room used for admissions and discharges, the state Department of Correction announced the following morning.  Three officers received hospital evaluations and treatment. The other two stayed on duty after on-site medical evaluations, officials said. Connecticut State Police are investigating. The Department of Correction is also reviewing what happened. Officials did not release the na…
CT Antiques Dealer Sentenced For Stealing $2.1M From Elderly Man, Estate: Feds CT Antiques Dealer Sentenced For Stealing $2.1M From Elderly Man, Estate: Feds CT Antiques Dealer Sentenced For Stealing $2.1M From Elderly Man, Estate: Feds
CT Antiques Dealer Sentenced For Stealing $2.1M From Elderly Man, Estate: Feds A Greenwich antiques dealer who gained control of an elderly man’s finances stole more than $2.1 million from him and his estate, federal prosecutors said. David L. Johnson, 67, received a five-and-a-half-year federal prison sentence on Friday, Oct. 30, after pleading guilty to money laundering on July 21, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said. He remains free on a $500,000 bond, but he must report to prison on December 14. Johnson ran two Stamford businesses: Antique Treasures LLC and Greenwich Auction. The victim placed Johnson in several positions of trust around October …
Man Charged With Murder After Victim Runs Into CT Smoke Shop With Stab Wound Man Charged With Murder After Victim Runs Into CT Smoke Shop With Stab Wound Man Charged With Murder After Victim Runs Into CT Smoke Shop With Stab Wound
Man Charged With Murder After Victim Runs Into CT Smoke Shop With Stab Wound Authorities have charged a 41-year-old man with murder in a fatal Meriden stabbing after the victim sought help at a smoke shop. Isaac Nelson was charged Friday, Oct. 30, in the death of Marcus Mitchell, 51, who died after a stabbing on Oct. 23, Meriden police said. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant Wednesday. Nelson was already in custody on unrelated charges. Meriden police said Mitchell ran into the Green on Green Smoke Shop on Pratt Street on Friday night with stab wounds. Investigators believe the stabbing happened in the 20 block of Pratt Street. Mitchell was taken to a hospi…
Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30. John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
CT Nonprofit To Cut Jobs After Trump Administration Declines To Renew Federal Contract CT Nonprofit To Cut Jobs After Trump Administration Declines To Renew Federal Contract CT Nonprofit To Cut Jobs After Trump Administration Declines To Renew Federal Contract
CT Nonprofit To Cut Jobs After Trump Administration Declines To Renew Federal Contract Several Connecticut workers will lose their jobs after the Trump administration decided against renewing a federal contract for services to unaccompanied children, according to a state filing. Family Endeavors Inc. said its contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services expires Dec. 31, 2026, and the nonprofit will shed seven jobs in Connecticut when the funding ends, according to a filing with the state's Department of Labor.  Family Endeavors has provided home studies and services for children after their release from federal custody since 2021, per the releas…
Teen Dies After Vehicle Hits Bridge Pillar, Catches Fire On I-91 Teen Dies After Vehicle Hits Bridge Pillar, Catches Fire On I-91 Teen Dies After Vehicle Hits Bridge Pillar, Catches Fire On I-91
Teen Dies After Vehicle Hits Bridge Pillar, Catches Fire On I-91 A driver believed to be 18 years old was killed after his vehicle struck a bridge pillar and caught fire on Interstate 91 in Western Massachusetts.  Emergency crews responded around 3:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, to the northbound side near mile marker 32.2 in Whately.  Investigators believe the vehicle veered off the highway into the median before hitting the concrete pillar and bursting into flames, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  The driver, believed to be an 18-year-old man, died at the scene. No one else was in the vehicle. Authorities have not ide…
CT Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child Multiple Times: Police CT Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child Multiple Times: Police CT Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child Multiple Times: Police
CT Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child Multiple Times: Police A Connecticut man faces sexual assault and other charges after investigators said he sexually abused a minor several times over the summer. Angel Laboy, 47, of Waterbury, was arrested without incident on Friday, Oct. 30, police said.  The department’s Special Victims Unit opened the investigation on Aug. 7 after receiving a report of sexual abuse involving a minor. Police said they had enough for an arrest warrant on Oct. 23.  Waterbury police provided few details about the investigation to protect the alleged victim's identity. Laboy was charged with: Fourth-degree sexual ass…