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A man and a woman are dead and another man has stab wounds after an altercation in Meriden and police said the man who died might have been the aggressor. Officers responded to an apartment on Lincoln Street at 12:43 a.m. Friday and found a man on the front porch with stab wounds. Officers learned a woman inside had also…

A man and woman are dead, and another man was injured in a violent altercation at a home on Lincoln Street in Meriden early Friday morning.

A man and a woman are dead and another man has stab wounds after an altercation in Meriden and police said the man who died might have been the aggressor.

Meriden police have arrested two people accused in an armed home invasion on Monday morning. Police said they responded to the call for a home invasion on New Street around 10 a.m. The victim told police that her first-floor neighbors knocked on her door and then forced their way into her home, police said. The victim reported being thrown to…

Police are investigating after a man was injured in a shooting in Meriden on Saturday morning. Police received numerous calls of shots fired in the area of South Colony Street and Cooper Street shortly before 10 a.m. Officers said it was reported that there was a man struck by gunfure. When police arrived to the general area, they said a…

“Put it simply this is was a recipe for disaster.” That was a judge’s description of the allegations against 25-year-old Luis Camacho. He appeared before the judge by video Tuesday to be arraigned on five counts of assaulting a police officer. Investigators say it happened Monday afternoon as police in Meriden approached a car on North Second Street that...

A man accused of injuring five Meriden police officers Monday night faced a judge on Tuesday.

A driver rammed a car into several police officers and ran over one officer’s foot in Meriden Monday evening, according to police. Officers pulled up to a vehicle on North 2nd Street around 5:20 p.m. to identify three people in the car and the driver, Luis Camacho, sped up and drove straight into one of the two police vehicles...

The FEMA mobile COVID-19 vaccination van is in Meriden this weekend and is available for walk-up appointments. City officials said anyone who is 16 or older is eligible to come and get their Pfizer vaccine from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Walk-ups are welcome. The van is parked at 13 Orange Street, they added. Any minor must be accompanied by…

Connecticut’s health department is advising vaccine providers to begin offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again. This comes just a day after the CDC and FDA lifted the pause on the one-dose vaccine. At a FEMA mobile vaccination clinic in Meriden on Saturday, they handed out Pfizer vaccines. The mobile clinics were originally set to have Johnson & Johnson,...

At a FEMA mobile vaccination clinic in Meriden on Saturday, they handed out Pfizer vaccines. The mobile clinics were originally set to have Johnson & Johnson, but with the pause earlier this month, they had switched to Pfizer.

In a joint operation, Meriden and Wallingford police worked in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to identify and combat human trafficking. The goal of the operation was to “combat human trafficking, rescue victims and make our communities safer,” according to police. Four women and two men were contacted and identified during the operation. One of the women,…

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is back in the mix again. It was put on pause a little less than two weeks ago when at least six women had rare blood clots after getting the shot and one of them died.

Police are investigating a shots fired incident which left one injured in Meriden Friday afternoon. Officials said the shooting happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. in the area of Lewis Avenue and Springdale Avenue. Midstate Medical Center notified police of a victim with several gunshot wounds, according to police. Officers then located a crime scene and the victim. He was transported…

A man with a monitoring bracelet from numerous violent domestic incidents climbed through the pet door of a woman’s home in Meriden on Wednesday, according to officials. Police said 31-year-old Colin McBriarty, of Berlin, cut off his monitoring bracelet that he was required to wear. At the time of the break-in, officials said there were six protective court orders...

Police have arrested a man who they said claims he accidentally shot and killed his brother in Meriden over the weekend. Detectives were called to Midstate Medical Hospital on Saturday after getting a report of a man with a gunshot wound. Authorities said the man, later identified as 38-year-old Dante Smith, later died of his injuries. During the investigation, police…

Police are investigating after a man died because of a gunshot wound to the body in Meriden. Officials said 38-year-old Dante Smith was dropped off at Midstate Medical Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. It is unknown what led up to the shooting at this time. No other injuries were reported. Officials are investigating. Anyone with information is…

Police are investigating after a woman was pronounced dead following a pedestrian crash in Meriden Friday night. The incident happened on North Broad Street at approximately 11:10 p.m. Officials said they responded to a call of a person laying on the ground. When they arrived at the scene, they found a woman laying on the ground next to the entrance…

On Thursday the state’s COVID-19 vaccination effort will continue to expand with more spots to get a shot and some locations won’t even require an appointment. New clinics will be opening up in Hartford, West Hartford, Meriden, and New Haven today. “It’s a big day (Thursday). So this is a real feat of design,” West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor...

On Thursday the state’s vaccination effort expands with more spots to get a shot. Some won’t even require an appointment. “It’s a big day (Thursday). So this is a real feat of design,” said Mayor Shari Cantor (D – West Hartford). Cantor explained how the West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District will open a regional vaccination clinic at a vacant grocery...