Connecticut State Police

Police are investigating after Interstate 84 East in Hartford shut down following multiple accidents in the area. Police said a tractor-trailer accident and a state police cruiser was hit around the same time. The tractor-trailer accident happened at approximately 6:27 p.m. in the area of exit 50. Police said a state police cruiser was also hit but the trooper was…

State police were able to stop a wrong-way driver on I-95 in the Groton/New London area early Friday morning. A trooper parked in the highway turnaround in Groton at the Gold Star Bridge noticed a vehicle get on the highway from Route 184 and drove southbound in the northbound lanes of I-95 around 2:50 a.m., according to state police. The…

Connecticut State Police fire investigations officials conducted a fireworks safety demonstration Friday morning.

State police said they have arrested a Sandy Hook man and charged him with harassment after an investigation into a complaint about a disturbing Tweet that said, “imma kill a cop today …” State police said a Virginia resident contacted them on Wednesday morning about a disturbing Tweet sent out moments earlier that said, “imma kill a cop today and…

A Hartford man has died after a motorcycle crash on Interstate 91 North in Meriden on Sunday evening. State police said 42-year-old David Mendoza, of Hartford, was driving a Yamaha motorcycle and collided with a Ford Focus near exit 17 just after 7:15 p.m. No one in the Ford Focus had any apparent injuries, according to state police. Anyone with…

Connecticut State Police are searching for an evading vehicle that was involved in a motorcycle crash in Danbury on Saturday. Troopers said the accident happened on Route 7 northbound, south of exit 11 in Danbury around 11:43 a.m. According to police, a black Dodge Challenger or Charger with tinted windows and Connecticut plates hit a motorcycle and fled north on…

One person has died after a crash on Intestate 95 in the Town of Groton earlier this week. State police were called to a one-car crash on I-95 northbound before the exit 87 off ramp in the Town of Groton on Wednesday around 12:15 a.m. Investigators said for an unknown reason, the driver of the vehicle lost control and traveled…

Peter Manfredonia, a UConn student who is accused of killing two people in Willington and Derby and leading police on a multi-state manhunt, is back in Connecticut and his bond has been set at $7 million. Manfredonia has been charged with murder, as well as other charges. Overnight, troopers, detectives and members of the Department of Corrections went to Hagerstown,…

Peter Manfredonia faced a Connecticut judge for the first time today for his arraignment on murder charges

Peter Manfredonia is accused of killing two people in Willington and Derby and leading police on a multi-state manhunt, is back in Connecticut and face several charges, including murder.

Peter Manfredonia, a UConn student who is accused of killing two people in Willington and Derby and leading police on a multi-state manhunt, is back in Connecticut and will be arraigned this morning on several charges, including murder, Connecticut state police said Friday morning.

Police are looking for a 78-year-old Tolland man who has been reported missing. A Silver Alert has been issued for Franklin Aiudi who went missing today. He was last seen in jeans with a belt buckle that says God Bless America. Aiudi is 5-foot-8 and weighs 150 pounds. Police said Aiudi is possibly operating a white crew cab Toyota Tundra…

Police are investigating an untimely death in Lebanon. Troopers with Troop K-Colchester were dispatched to the area of Norwich Avenue, according to police. No further information was immediately available.

“She looked at me, extended her hand, and asked if I would pray with her,” recalled Lt. Jack Goncalves, of the moment a protest on the interstate turned into a prayer circle. Goncalves was one of more than a half-dozen Connecticut State Police troopers who took a knee when a planned outside the Hartford Police headquarters spilled out onto Interstate…

Emergency crews were called to Walmart in Lisbon Tuesday for a reported bomb threat, according to Connecticut State Police. State police said investigating crews found nothing at the store. No other details were immediately available.

State troopers sent to secure I-84 in Hartford on Monday, ended up standing arm-and-arm with the protesters blocking the highway.

Connecticut state police have issued a statement after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week and said they are sad, angry and disgusted. Floyd, a black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes during an arrest, including for some time after Floyd had stopped moving and saying he…

Demonstrators protested around the world over the weekend to decry the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.