South Windsor

A man from Hartford has been arrested in connection to an armed robbery during a Facebook Marketplace sale in South Windsor on Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, officers were called to Strawbridge Condominium Complex on Mill Pond Drive after getting reports of an armed robbery. It reportedly happened after an attempted Facebook Marketplace transaction involving the sale of an iPhone. Police…

A man has died after a rollover crash in South Windsor early Wednesday morning and police say they had attempted to stop his vehicle earlier in the night. Police received a report about a crash near the intersection of Nevers Road and Graham Road from a passerby around 1:15 a.m. Authorities said an Audi sedan rolled over and hit a…

Police stopped a vehicle that was traveling the wrong way on Route 5 in South Windsor on Sunday morning. Authorities said an officer watched a Wethersfield man turn south onto Route 5 from Chapel Road. The man then began traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. A police officer was able to catch up to the vehicle and safely stop it….

“So, at 33 years old, I was shaving my armpit and found a lump,” said Heather Marchegiani. Marchegiani, wife and mother of three, says she was shocked. It was triple positive breast cancer, and she shortly after began treatment. “You immediately go into action mode. What happens next? What treatment do I need? When’s my surgery?” Marchegiani said. “So,...

A South Windsor woman is getting ready for this year’s Closer to Free Ride after beating breast cancer.

South Windsor High School junior London King lives and breathes basketball. “I don’t miss free throws, but I’m a three-point shooter all day,” said King. “Yeah, that’s what I do best.” King has big dreams: College basketball then onto the NBA. He has a whole life ahead of him – as he should, he’s only 16. But the goal...

After overcoming a big obstacle himself, London King and his family are working to make a difference and raise awareness about heart health.

A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a tractor-trailer in South Windsor on Sunday night. Police said the motorcycle and the tractor-trailer collided on Route 5 north near Chapel Road shortly before 7 p.m. The motorcyclist, later identified as 60-year-old Norman Poulin, of East Windsor, was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. Poulin later died of his injuries,…

South Windsor police have arrested a South Windsor High School student who is accused of calling a bomb threat into the school. Police said they identified an 18-year-old from Hartford as a suspect in a bomb threat that was called in on April 18. The investigation was largely focused on the use of technological resources and police said the phone…

Police have arrested a man in connection to a crash in South Windsor last year that killed a motorcyclist. Officers arrested 61-year-old Alexander Harb, of Alabama, on Monday on an active arrest warrant. Harb’s charges stem from a crash at the intersection of Sullivan Avenue and Rye Street on September 30, 2022. According to investigators, Harb was driving a tractor-trailer…

Police and animal control responded to Interstate 291 in South Windsor after receiving reports of a goat and a pony walking on a ramp. State police said they responded to the exit 4 off-ramp in South Windsor at 2:38 p.m. and South Windsor police and the South Windsor animal control officer also responded. Troop H said the owner came to…

South Windsor police are adding more overnight patrols after multiple vehicle burglaries overnight. Authorities said several neighborhoods in town including Felt Road, the northern area of Avery Street and Nutmeg Road South had vehicle burglaries where windows were broken and in some cases, items were stolen. Residents are reminded to continue locking their vehicles and should take any items of…

Nothing suspicious or dangerous was found during an investigation into a bomb threat that prompted an early dismissal at South Windsor High School on Tuesday morning, according to police. Officers were contacted by South Windsor High School around 8:15 a.m. about a voicemail that was received indicating a bomb threat at the school. Out of an abundance of caution, authorities…

South Windsor-based company Oxford Performance Materials has provided more than 150 highly innovative 3D printed orthopedic implants to help treat Ukrainians injured in war.

South Windsor police have arrested a Target employee who is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the store’s registers over the course of two months. Officers said they began an investigation in January after it was determined a 23-year-old Target employee had taken approximately $13,500 in cash from registers. Authorities believe the thefts happened between December 2022 and January…

An Ellington man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, suspended after 11, for killing an off-duty South Windsor police officer in a motorcycle crash in 2021. Officer Ben Lovett died more than two weeks after 26-year-old Spencer Kraus, who was allegedly driving while intoxicated, hit and killed him. Lovett was off duty and riding his motorcycle in Tolland…

Oakland Road in South Windsor has reopened after a two-vehicle crash on Saturday. Firefighters said the crash was on Oakland Road between Felt Road and Foster Street. Emergency crews had to remove the driver of the pick-up truck, according to the fire department. Police say that both drivers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The road was…

Someone forced open a drive-up mailbox at a post office in South Windsor and police are warning people who used it that the items they were mailing might have been taken. Police said it happened at the post office at 850 Clark St. Officers responded just before 6:30 a.m. Friday and determined that the mailbox on the right if you…

Police say a person armed with a gun told the cleaning crew to get down on the ground before making off with their personal jewelry and cash.

Police are looking for the person who robbed a cleaning crew in South Windsor Sunday evening. This all unfolded just after 5:30 at the Frito Lay facility on Nutmeg Road South. Police say a person armed with a gun told the cleaning crew to get down on the ground before making off with their personal jewelry and cash. No one…