A judge continued to hear arguments on Thursday as lawyers for Richard Dabate argued to keep statements Dabate made to police during a hospital interview after his wife’s killing from being heard by a jury.

Richard Dabate appeared in Rockville Superior Court Wednesday and Thursday as his lawyers argued to suppress key evidence in his upcoming murder trial. The evidence they’d like dismissed are statements Dabate made to detectives while he was being treated at Hartford Hospital in the immediate hours after his wife, Connie Debate’s death in 2015. State police found Connie’s body...

Lawyers for Richard Dabate, an Ellington man accused of killing his wife in 2015, asked a judge to throw out statements Dabate made to police just after the incident.

Lawyers for Richard Dabate, an Ellington man accused of killing his wife in 2015, asked a judge to throw out statements Dabate made to police just after the incident.

A man suspected of killing his wife four years ago is expected back in court on Tuesday for new motions alleging that he was searching for “home-made poisons” in the months leading up to her death. The state prosecutor is expected to discuss new motions in relation to Richard Dabate’s “uncharged misconduct” for his role in the death of...

A man suspected of killing his wife four years ago is expected back in court on Tuesday for new motions alleging that he was searching for “home-made poisons” in the months leading up to her death.

The Ellington man charged with killing his wife in 2015 made several internet searches about poison in the months leading up to her death, according to a motion filed by a state prosecutor. Richard Dabate told police an armed intruder broke into their home on December 23, 2015, attacked him and shot and killed his 39-year-old wife, Connie. State police…

In a court filing on Friday, a state prosecutor said Richard Dabate conducted several online searches for poison in the months leading up to his wife’s death in 2015.

An Ellington, Connecticut man accused of killing his wife after giving an account of her death that police say differed from Fitbit information has pleaded not guilty.

Court records show an Ellington, Connecticut man charged with killing his wife wiped out most of her assets in the months between her death and his arrest.

A high-profile homicide that has captivated the rustic town of Ellington for four years now remains in the spotlight. Attorneys continue to battle back and forth with dueling motions in the case, which has not gone to trial. It was four years ago this month that 39-year-old mother Connie Dabate was found shot in her home. Her husband Richard told…

One person was transported to Hartford Hospital by LifeStar to be treated for serious injuries and two other people have minor injuries after a three-car crash in Ellington on Christmas night. Firefighters were called to a head-on crash on Frog Hollow Road around 5:30 p.m. Dispatchers said that one person was trapped and LifeStar and a paramedic were requested to…

It was four years ago this month that 39-year-old mother Connie Dabate was found shot to death in her home.

An Ellington man and Manchester hotel owner accused of having a “sex dungeon” and facing sex trafficking and sexual assault charges in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. Simon Hessler, 47, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court Wednesday to one count of production of child pornography. According to the US Attorney’s office, between July 2016 and November 2018…

One of Connecticut’s longest running Thanksgiving traditions is the Manchester Road Race and this year, more than 11,000 runners laced up their sneakers for its 83rd year.

Police have issued Silver Alerts for a 76-year-old Ellington woman and her 80-year-old husband.

The state program assisting people with defective concrete basements has released new data on its work.

A Department of Public Works employee was injured while using a concrete cut-off saw in Ellington on Monday and was flown to the hospital, according to First Selectman Lori Spielman.

Power lines have come down on an excavator and motorcycle in Ellington on Tuesday morning.

Connecticut State Police have identified the man who was killed in a crash on Route 140 in Ellington early Sunday morning.