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An Amtrak train hit a car that was stuck on the railroad tracks in Meriden Thursday night. Police said the collision happened in the area of Brittania and Center streets. A two-car accident caused one a vehicle to become disabled on the railroad tracks. While authorities were notifying Amtrak of the crash, a northbound train struck the car, which was…

A mother has been found guilty of killing her 8-year-old son and setting their Meriden home on fire with a tiki torch in 2016, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office. Officials said Karin Ziolkowski strangled her son Elijah while in their home on Nov. 14, 2016. Then, she allegedly set two fires inside. Elijah was unresponsive and emergency crews were…

Meriden Police have arrested two men for their role in a shootout that happened Tuesday. Authorities said they were called to the area of West Main Street near Grove Street. Responding officers said a stolen car had recently been involved in a shootout with another car, firing about 40 rounds. The shootout happened in another town. Investigators who were following…

Police are investigating after a passenger allegedly choked his rideshare driver with a belt in Meriden on Tuesday. Officers were called to the Popeye’s Restaurant on East Main Street in Meriden at about 8 p.m. The rideshare driver told police she was picking up two men in Middletown. When she brought them to the Popeye’s drive-thru, one of the...

A teen is in the hospital recovering after police say he was accidentally shot by his father.

A teen was accidentally shot by his father while being shown how to use a handgun in their Meriden home Friday afternoon, police said.

A teen was accidentally shot by his father while being shown how to use a handgun in their Meriden home Friday afternoon, police said. Officials said they were called to Forest Avenue at about 3:05 p.m. after receiving a call that a 17-year-old was accidentally shot. Responding officers found the teen with a gunshot wound in the right side of…

A woman was flown by LifeStar to the hospital on Monday after a man she was in a relationship with allegedly stabbed her, police said. On Monday around 7:32 p.m., authorities said they received a call about a woman stumbling in a parking lot on Colony Street in Meriden. Responding officers said they found a woman with multiple stab wounds…

A Meriden man is in custody and is facing several drug charges after leading police on a chase and violating parole, according to police. Meriden Police said 34-year-old Robert Williams was on parole for assault and took off his GPS monitoring device. Williams was located inside a vehicle that had pulled over to the side of the road on Crown…

A woman was shot and killed in front of the Atrium Condominiums in Meriden Sunday night.

Giving thanks and lending a helping hand is the spirit of the season and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, that’s exactly what the Meriden police cadets wanted to do.