The Connecticut man who shot three police officers responding to a domestic call, killing two of them, was a hard-drinking, gun-loving “teddy bear,” neighbors say. Investigators think Nicholas Brutcher, 35, likely lured the officers to his home with a fake call Wednesday night because he opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle when they arrived, as …
A Connecticut man will likely spend much of the rest of his life behind bars for murdering his wife, thanks in part to the wrist pedometer Fitbit she was wearing. On Thursday, a judge sentenced 40-year-old Richard Dabate to 65 years in prison after he was convicted in May of murdering his wife, 39-year-old Connie …
Connecticut police arrested a 16-year-old in the weekend stabbing death of another teenager at party where alcohol was served to minors. Shelton Police said the 16-year-old has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and is being held on a $2 million bond. Fairfield College Preparatory School junior James McGrath, 17, and three …
A 24-year-old Connecticut mother was viciously stabbed to death on Tuesday, dying in front of her home while trying to make it across the street to a firehouse. Firefighters came across Moesha Watson as they returned to their station from a call in Waterbury, WVIT reported. Waterbury police said they arrested Watson’s husband, 28-year-old Ainsley …
Connecticut State Police on Wednesday issued an alert for six-year-old twin boys who’ve been missing from Stamford since February 22. Police said that John and Justin Henderson are 3 feet tall and weigh about 45 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, WFSB reports. It’s not known what they were wearing when they disappeared. No …
Police in Rhode Island have asked for help finding a 43-year-old mom of three who’s been missing for more than a month. Donna Bennett was last seen in downtown Providence on November 10 when her husband dropped her off for a medical appointment, the Providence Journal reported. Pawtucket Detectives Craig Letourneau said that Bennett entered …
A Connecticut father has been charged with manslaughter and risk of injury to a minor following the death of his infant. West Hartford police arrived at a home at about 11:30 p.m. Friday night on a medical emergency call, the Hartford Courant reported. Upon arrival, they were told that an infant had fallen while under …
A Connecticut mother and grandmother have been arrested on charges relating to the death of the mother’s 6-week-old son. Emergency responders were called to the home of Crystal Czyzewski, 35, on November 17 on a report of an unresponsive infant, according to Connecticut State Police. The baby was taken Backus Hospital and then flown to …
A 64-year-old woman in Connecticut was abducted Saturday night by two men who assaulted her, robbed her, and drove her nearly 25 miles away in her own car before setting her free. The victim’s car was later found on fire at a business in Berlin, not far from where she’d been released. WTNH said the …
A 22-year-old Connecticut woman took an Uber to her grandmother’s apartment on Sunday and stabbed the 72-year-old woman to death along with her 63-year-old boyfriend while the Uber driver waited outside. Harlee Swols was in violation of a protective order when she went to Maryrose Riach’s second story apartment in Enfield, NBC Connecticut reported. She …
Two people were arrested last month after a toddler pointed a semi-automatic handgun at detectives during a drug investigation, New Haven police said Saturday. Joshua Talton and Wanesha Dawson have been charged with criminal possession of a firearm, risk of injury to a minor, criminal negligent storage of a firearm, and first-degree reckless endangerment, the …
The body of a missing Connecticut mother was found Friday morning in a heavily wooded area, and by Friday night, her husband had been charged with her death. South Windsor police said it was Tahj Hutchinson’s cooperation with their investigation that helped them make the case against him. Jessica Edwards, 30, was reported missing on …
