Investigations

UConn Huskies Apr 5

UConn sports leads in another category – fake Instagram followers

For sure, the pursuit of NCAA basketball championships has got UConn nation all excited. Yet, the size of its fan base might be a bit overstated, at least according to one measure – social media...

road safety Apr 3

Reckless on Our Roads: School bus drivers seen violating the law
Connecticut Mar 7

State audit questions executive severance at now closed quasi-public agency

Crumbling Foundation Jan 2, 2023

UConn Receives Grant to Continue Work With Crumbling Concrete

A serious funding boost for UConn scientists researching our state’s crumbling concrete problem. Congressman Joe Courtney says UConn will receive $4 million to continue its work on preventing, detecti...
Crumbling Foundation Dec 29, 2022

CT Crumbling Foundations Advocate Also Helping Out In Ireland

You’d think our state’s crumbling concrete crisis would be uncommon. But it, in fact, appears to be even worse in some other countries. That’s why a Connecticut woman who has confronted this issue her...
crumbling concrete Dec 22, 2022

Report Finds No Major Issues With Public Building Foundations

A new report suggests the crumbling concrete problem in our state will not be a big issue for most larger buildings. The company that funds repairs for hundreds of residential property owners with cru...
Connecticut State Police Nov 24, 2022

State Police Records Problems: Hopes to Simplify Multi-Step Process

Connecticut has pledged to make law enforcement more transparent. NBC Connecticut Investigates put that to the test, seeing what it takes to get the documents and background material associated with t...

cannabis Nov 18, 2022

Driving While High: What CT's Law Says About Cannabis Impairment

Driving high equals a DUI. That’s the message the Connecticut Department of Transportation has been driving home since the state legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021. Connecticut has one of the highest rates of drunken driving fatalities in the country. But confirming a driver is impaired by cannabis is more complicated than determining alcohol imp...
Hartford Nov 17, 2022

Personal Arguments Causing Hartford Homicides to Climb to Record Numbers: Mayor

With six weeks left in the year, Hartford has already hit a grim milestone: 36 homicides so far in 2022. The only time the city had 30 or more homicides was in 2003 and 2015. “She was fun, liked to laugh. Everybody knew her,” Diazsha Heaven said, describing her sister Jayla. “Yeah, she was just full of energy.” She was…
nbc ct investigates Nov 4, 2022

Students Facing Criminal Charges Attending School: Are There Enough Safeguards?

How does someone facing voyeurism and child pornography charges come just days away from attending one of New England’s most prestigious colleges? It happened this year and involved a student accused of committing crimes at a high school he attended here in Connecticut. John Zadrozny, 20, has been showing up for court in connection with a pair of c...
Jan 6 riot Oct 29, 2022

NBC CT EXCLUSIVE: CT Alderman Says He Attended Jan. 6 Rally, Entered Capitol

NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned a CT resident was inside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 and months later, he was elected Derby alderman. We spoke with Gino DiGiovanni Jr., 41, after a board meeting on Oct. 13, 2022. We showed DiGiovanni photos and screen grabs from Jan. 6, obtained by NBC Connecticut. He has not been charged or arrested in c...

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