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A student at Plainfield High School has died and another teenager is seriously injured after a crash in Canterbury early Saturday morning.

A student at Plainfield High School has died and another teenager is seriously injured after a crash in Canterbury early Saturday morning. State police said 17-year-old Andrew William Vincent, of Plainfield, was traveling northbound on Water Street when he left his lane during a curve and hit a utility pole on the right shoulder around 12:20 a.m. Authorities said Vincent…

State police have arrested the owner of Roy’s Pools in Canterbury and his wife and said they are accused of taking money for work that was never completed. Arrest warrant applications for the couple say they are suspected of taking nearly $180,000 from 20 victims who paid the company anywhere from $1,800 up to more than $27,000 between Jan. 16,…

The owner of Roy’s Pools was arrested this week on charges he failed to return money to a family after police say he did not install a pool as contracted.

The owner of a Canterbury pool company has been arrested and charged with failure to refund a deposit for a pool that was never delivered, according to state police. Connecticut State Police have charged Brian Todd Roy, 40, of Sterling, with failure to refund payment for a home improvement within 10 days of a written request. State Police previously told…

“Very quickly after receiving the check he indicated, ‘oh, I don’t think we can do it this soon. How ‘bout the spring,’” Ed Staples of Pomfret recalled. Staples said he paid Roy more than $7,000 towards an in-ground/above-ground pool in August of 2020. Though the project never got off the ground, Staples said. Roy cashed the check and came back...

In October 2021, NBC Connecticut first introduced viewers to a few of the families claiming that Brian Roy had taken their money and not delivered on the pools they paid for. Now, we’ve learned there’s about 40 customers and vendors making similar claims against Roy’s Pools and that he’s filed for bankruptcy.

A Canterbury business continues to be under the microscope after numerous customer complaints. They tell NBC Connecticut they’ve paid for pools that were either never ordered or never installed.

A former manager for Roy’s Pools in Canterbury, which is under investigation by state police, said the company not only owes customers for pools never delivered or installed, but also owes vendors.

The owner of Roy’s Pools in Canterbury is being investigated for a larceny complaint, according to state police. Several of Brian Roy’s customers have accused him of taking payment for pool projects that they say he never finished or in some cases never started. Customers told NBC Connecticut that Roy has stopped communicating with them. “Multiple times no response....

State police are investigating a larceny complaint against the owner of a Canterbury pool company as some customers complain they paid for work that was never done.

Ashley Verhagen said she researched several pool companies last winter. “Brian (Roy) was really the only one that reached back out and he said what we wanted to hear, told us that we would have a pool by the end of June so we were sold,” said Verhagen. They have the pool, but it’s still sitting in boxes on...

Eversource officials say while Tropical Storm Henri was less damaging than expected, it will still take a few days to get power back to everyone.

A 60-year-old man was killed in a one-car crash in Canterbury Monday afternoon. Raymond Coughlin, of Canterbury, was driving north on Route 169 around 4 p.m. when he crossed the center line and hit a stone wall on the other side of the street and flipped over, according to state police. Coughlin was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident…

Connecticut State Police have arrested a man who is accused of refusing to wear a mask while at a grocery store in Canterbury earlier this week as cases of coronavirus continue to rise across the state. Troopers received a 911 call from the Better Value grocery store on North Canterbury Road on Sunday around 5:30 p.m. about a man refusing…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said Thursday that even though a vaccine was imminent, Americans needed to double down on public health measures. “We’re not talking about shutting down the country,” he said. “We’re not talking about shutting down. We’re talking about intensifying the simple public health measures that we all talk about, mask...

A 51-year-old Putnam man has died after a crash in Canterbury. State police said Christopher Cournoyer was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 14 in Canterbury, around 3:13 p.m. Thursday when he lost control, skidded across the highway and was struck by a Toyota Sienna.    The injuries Cournoyer sustained were fatal, according to state police. The passenger on…

Steven Marshall was working in the garage on a family farm in Canterbury when he was struck by lightning.

At around 4 p.m. on Monday, Steven Marshall of Lisbon was working in the garage on a family farm in Canterbury. Storms moved in and that kept Marshall from leaving the garage. At the moment Marshall went to flip the light switch a lightning strike hit. He was sent to the ground, still conscious but complaining of chest pain and…