Part of Burr Street in East Haven is closed after a vehicle hit a utility pole. Police said a car rolled over in the area of Burr and James streets and the vehicle landed on its side. Utility companies have been called and Burr Street is closed between Haines Street and Gerrish Avenue.  Police said firefighters extricated the driver,...

East Haven police have arrested a suspect in a wallet snatching and said a photo the victim’s grandson took helped lead them to the man. Officers responded to Stop & Shop at 370 Hemingway Ave. around 8 p.m. Saturday to investigate a report that an elderly woman had been robbed. The victim was with her grandson and told police that…

A former East Haven mayoral candidate and retired professor wrestler was arrested Friday after authorities say they found more than 200 oxycodone pills in his car. Officers had pulled Steven “Big Steve” Tracey over for a motor vehicle violation in New Haven when they found the pills, officials said. Tracey, a retired professional wrestler who once faced off against Hulk…

East Haven police have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery and said the man held the bank door open for another person as he fled. That person helped identify the suspect, according to police. Officers responded to Key Bank, at 245 Main St., just after 9 a.m. Thursday after an employee called 911 to report a robbery.  The employee…

East Haven police arrested a man after they say he admitted to stabbing his wife. Officers went to a home on Hilton Avenue on Sunday after getting a call from the victim’s sister who told police her sister had just reported being stabbed by her husband. According to police, When the officers arrived, they found 52-year-old Robert Cassidy who...

East Haven police are searching for two suspects involved in an armed robbery at a local bank Tuesday. Police said a suspect brandishing a black revolver entered the Citizen’s Bank at 430 Foxon Road around 2:50 p.m. He was wearing a mask, gloves, a black or dark blue hoodie, black pants or jeans, and basketball sneakers. During the robbery, the…

East Haven police have arrested a man who is accused of intentionally setting a fire at his former home on Friday. The East Haven Public Safety Dispatch Center received a 911 call from someone saying she had just returned to her foreclosed property on Henry Street and could smell smoke. She said she could also hear the smoke detectors going…

The mayor of East Haven, Joseph Carfora, has proclaimed Jan. 2 as “Trenton Day” for Trenton O’Brien. Doctors found a tumor in the 7-year-old’s brain and he was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, otherwise known as a DIPG. It is inoperable and incurable, according to Jess O’Brien, a family friend. To show support, Trenton’s classmates and teachers at...

The mayor of East Haven, Joseph Carfora, has proclaimed Jan. 2 as “Trenton Day” for Trenton O’Brien. Doctors found a tumor in the 7-year-old’s brain and he was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, otherwise known as a DIPG. It is inoperable and incurable, according to Jess O’Brien, a family friend.

East Haven police have arrested a carjacking suspect who is also accused of hitting a police car on Monday. On Monday night, New Haven Police Department sent on a broadcast to surrounding towns regarding a carjacking. The vehicle was described as being a red Hyundai Elantra. According to police, an East Haven officer spotted the red Elantra heading westbound on…

East Haven police have arrested a man who was allegedly found in a stolen car on Thursday and was wanted by the United States Marshals Office. An officer was patrolling Main Street in a police vehicle equipped with a license plate reader when it alerted him to a possible stolen vehicle. When the officer turned around to catch up with…

Five dogs, a couple of cats and a rabbit died in a fire on Windsor Street in East Haven Wednesday, according to fire officials.

A parked car was crushed by a tractor trailer in East Haven on Saturday.

Police are investigating after two businesses on the same street in East Haven were apparently robbed by the same person.

A school bus rear-ended another vehicle on Foxon Road in East Haven and both drivers were taken to the hospital, according to fire officials.

A man is East Haven was arrested for his involvement in a fight between two juveniles at a youth baseball game.

Two people have been taken to the hospital after a car went into a creek in East Haven Friday morning.

Roaming dogs injured a man in East Haven Monday afternoon and the person who called 911 told dispatchers that four pit bulls were attacking the man.

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in East Haven and Stamford and the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus have been detected in mosquitoes in Voluntown.