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Waterbury police have arrested a 15-year-old who is accused of stealing a car, running a red light and causing a crash in Waterbury on Sunday night. Police responded to Wolcott Street and Sharon Road around 7:30 p.m. to investigate a two-car crash and found that one of the cars had been stolen. Police said the driver of the stolen car…...

A bus carrying elementary school children was involved in a crash in Vernon on Monday afternoon. No children were injured, but one parent asked to be taken to the hospital, according to school officials. The crash happened at the corner of Route 30 and Bamforth Avenue.  School officials said six elementary students were on board and Vernon par...

A person has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a customer in the back at a store in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon. The police department said they were called to the area of State Street and Iranistan Avenue just after 3:45 p.m. Authorities said a person was stabbed in the back while inside a store in the area. The extent of…

Police from the town of Groton shot a man with a stun gun at a hotel Sunday morning after he held a knife to a man’s throat and threatened to “kill everyone,” including his wife and children, police said.   Police said it started with a man calling 911 and telling police that hotel staff refused to allow him into…

A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Thomaston over the weekend has been arrested, according to police. Police said they arrested 37-year-old Richard Blood after a woman reported that she was bound and sexually assaulted at a Thomaston home around 1 a.m. on Saturday. Responding officers found the woman with visible injurie...

Two police officers were injured when they collided in Southington on Monday afternoon. Police said the two officers were responding to a call when they collided around 12:50 p.m. at South Avenue and Iranistan Avenue.  Both were taken to local hospitals to be treated for injuries. Police said both are in stable condition.

A 70-year-old man who was struck in New Haven on Sunday night has died and police said the driver who hit him left the scene. Officers responded to the area of Whalley Avenue and Brownell Street at 9:26 p.m. Sunday and found 70-year-old Yusuf Suat Gursey, of New Haven, injured and in the road. He was brought to Yale New…

A body was found in the Connecticut River in Hartford on Monday. Police said the body is a male and it appears that he had been in the water for a while. Major crimes and the medical examiner are investigating. No additional information was immediately available.

One person suffered serious burn injuries in a brush fire in Norwalk on Friday evening, according to the Norwalk fire department, and employees of a pizza shop rescued the person. Firefighters found a 1,000-square-foot area of brush burning between the Norwalk River and the parking area at the back of 607 Main Ave. when they responded. Dave’s Plane...

A student at Central Connecticut State University was killed in a rollover crash in Willington over the weekend. State police said a 21-year-old man from Bethel was driving southbound on River Road on Saturday night around 10:15 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and caused the vehicle to roll over. A passenger in the vehicle, later identifie...

The Office of the Inspector General has released new information and body camera footage detailing the moments that led up to a police shooting in Naugatuck last week. Police received a 911 call about a man with a knife at Baummer’s Pond Park acting erratically on Thursday shortly before 9:15 a.m. When officers arrived to the park on Mill Str...

Four men are accused of taking money, cigarettes and vapes during a robbery at a gas station in Middletown early Monday morning and police have released information about the vehicles they may be driving. Officers were called to the Sunoco gas station on Washington Street shortly before 4 a.m. for a report of a robbery that had just happened. Accor...

Interstate 84 East was closed for hours in Tolland after a rollover crash Monday morning and state police said there are serious injuries. State police said the crash happened just before 10 a.m. The highway was closed at exit 68 for more than three hours. A car traveling eastbound on I-84 swerved into several lanes of traffic and off the…...