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The man suspected of killing a visiting nurse in Willimantic in October has been charged with murder, felony murder and attempt to commit sexual assault, according to court documents, and his bond has been set at $2 million. Michael Reese, a convicted sex offender, is suspected of killing Joyce Grayson, according to an arrest warrant. Grayson, a vi...

Three people, including a 9-month-old baby, have died after a fire in Wallingford on Wednesday evening, according to police. Police have identified them as 24-year-old Justin Varnado, 19-year-old Karizmah Johnson and 9-month-old Kylenn (Jasir) Varnado. Police are treating the case as a suspicious death investigation and more information will be rel...

State police have arrested a man who is suspected of being the leader of a car club that promoted and held several street takeovers. The charges filed against him include inciting a riot. State police said the “street takeover” events happened in several communities throughout May 2023 and there were illegal activities during them, including street...

Two people are accused of stealing railroad tracks in Old Saybrook that the popular Essex Steam train and “North Pole Express” run on and selling them as scrap metal. On Monday, Feb. 26, the Valley Railroad Company notified Environmental Conservation Police that two people were seen dismantling sections of railroad track behind Tractor Supply in Ol...

A deadly blaze in Wallingford prompted the town’s fire department to activate its peer support team. It’s to help firefighters process what they witness on scene. As Wallingford firefighters respond to an emergency call, the crew inside is also getting help if they need it when they return. “It’s first responders helping first responders.” De...

Authorities in Berlin are investigating the illegal dumping of multiple barrels of what appears to be waste oil. Berlin Fire responded to Route 5 at around 3 p.m. today after multiple people reported the suspicious barrels. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is working on the scene, and no environmental impact has been reported....

A Colchester police officer shot a person after responding to a disturbance call Thursday evening, according to state police. Officers responded to a disturbance call on Norwich Avenue just after 6:15 p.m. After arriving, officers encountered a person and one officer fired at that individual, injuring them, according to state police. The person was...

The now boarded-up Sacred Heart Church in the Clay Arsenal neighborhood of Hartford will undergo some big changes. This morning, Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced that the city has taken steps to convert the old church building into a Puerto Rican Culture Center. “We want to build something here that’s not only beautiful and vibrant,” he said. “Bu...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a man in Hartford earlier this month who they say was convicted for murder in Colombia. They say the 44-year-old man was arrested for a murder in his home country back in 2014 and found guilty two years later. He was previously arrested for entering the U.S. illegally in September 2022, but was ...

“I got a family at home and it’s definitely hitting my paycheck a lot,” New Britain’s Javier Cardoso said. On Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) passed its annual Rate Adjustment Mechanisms (RAM) for both United Illuminating and Eversource. “It is to reconcile the cost of public policy programs that state legislators, DEEP ...

A Facebook post calling students from New Haven “thugs” who attend school in Cheshire has caught the attention of many in the town, including the head of the district, who’s now responding. In a now-deleted post, the person said that their friends have children who attend Cheshire High School, and they’ve heard that the New Haven students “cause tr...

The Monroe Police Department is asking whoever is responsible for the cold case killing of then- 8-year-old Renee Freer to come forward. Freer was murdered on June 22, 1977, and investigators said there hasn’t been a break in the case – until now. Police said the child was found dead in the woods behind her house. For 47 years, investig...

Wolcott Animal Control is asking for help locating lost puppies and finding whoever is responsible for abandoning their mother. A passerby found the young mother dog running up Spindle Hill by the intersection of Mad River Road, Wolcott Dog Pound shared on Facebook yesterday. The animal shelter said she is clearly still nursing and is producing mil...