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The parents who fought off a would-be kidnapper in a Costco parking lot over the weekend say the encounter has them uneasy and looking over their shoulders at all times.

Willis McGhee, 50, of Boston, is due in court Monday in connection with an unarmed robbery of a legally blind elderly man in Mattapan more than a week ago. McGhee allegedly punched and kicked the 72-year-old victim on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 10, resulting in the permanent loss of vision in his left eye, according to police. He is…

Video captured Tuesday evening shows plainclothes NYPD officers grabbing a protester and dragging them into an unmarked van.

Police are investigating after an officer was assaulted during a call in Enfield on Friday. The incident occurred at approximately 3:10 p.m. in an alley at the rear of the Good Times Package Store on Pearl Street, police said. Police initially responded to conduct a well-being check of a reportedly suicidal man. During the evaluation, two men who were not…

A man was arrested after police said he threatened a passerby with a shotgun and crashed into a home in New Haven on Sunday. The incident began at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the area of Ferry Street and Exchange Street in the Fair Haven neighborhood, according to police. Police arrested Daniel O. Akinsanya, 30, of Naugatuck, following a police pursuit…

A man arrested in Maryland after being caught on video gripping a young woman’s arm and ripping a racial justice flyer out of her hand, has been fired from a Pleasanton, California-based company. Anthony Brennan III, 60, has been charged with three counts of second-degree assault. The viral video of the situation shows Brennan confronting a woman with a racial…

A video shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of black man as they place him under arrest. The man can be heard telling officers he can’t breathe. After several minutes on the ground, the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Four people were arrested after a robbery at a T-Mobile in Westport Sunday morning. Police said three people entered the store on Post Road East wearing masks and ripped phones off of displays in the store and took them. A fourth person was waiting in the car. Shortly after this, the same people were seen attempting to steal from a…

Former reality TV star, Drita D’Avanzo, of “Mob Wives” fame, along with her reputed mobster husband, were busted in a drug raid Thursday night at their Staten Island home, the NYPD confirms to News 4. According to police, narcotics detectives raided the couple’s home at around 6 p.m. where two loaded guns, a large amount of marijuana, hydrocodone and...

British lawmakers rejected a Brexit deal put forth by British Prime Minister Theresa May by a record margin on Jan. 15, with 432 MPs voting against her deal at the House of Commons.

Legendary hip-hop musician and actor Eric Barrier is in a New Jersey jail after surrendering voluntarily in connection to a warrant issued 17 years ago.

Attorneys trying to overturn the death sentence of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say in a new court filing that the 2013 explosions so traumatized the region that it was impossible to get an impartial jury.

East Hartford Police have arrested a man who is accused of leaving a sick dog in a plastic bag on the side of the road.

New Haven police have arrested a man who is accused of making a concerning comment about the New Haven Puerto Rican Festival.

Milford police have arrested two people after launching an investigation into a video posted online in which it sounded like an adult was screaming at and hitting a child, according to a news release from police.

Police have arrested a man who is accused of running an unlicensed vehicle repair shop in New London after an investigation that had been going on for at least three months.

West Haven police have arrested a suspect after several fires behind a Family Dollar store in West Haven.

A police officer with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been charged with illegally making and selling guns and with tipping off a drug-trafficking suspect.

Middletown Police have arrested a man who is accused of threatening and strangling his girlfriend during an argument on Monday.

A Waterbury man has been arrested for his role in an attempted robbery and assault at a Prospect used car dealership that left one man dead in November of last year.