Decrease in holiday weekend driving accidents
In an attempt to reduce crashes, the State Police enforced a driving program to keep residents and drivers safe over Thanksgiving weekend. State police increased patrols of roads and highways across...
View ArticleThree Redding seniors scammed for nearly $200,000
The Redding Police Department is investigating three complaints of larceny via phone scam. Police said the three victims were taken for a total of $189,000. The caller claims to be the victim’s child...
View ArticleDanbury home invasion leaves two in hospital.
In a vicious attack just a couple of days after Thanksgiving, two men wearing ski masks broke into a home on Irving Place in Danbury, shooting one and assaulting another, police said. Late Saturday...
View ArticleCOPS: Waterbury man arrested in stolen vehicle
NEW MILFORD — A 21-year-old Waterbury man was arrested Saturday night in New Milford on charges related to car theft. Chrsitopher Poller, of Rose Street, Waterbury was arrested on Kent Road after a...
View ArticleDUI arrest follows crash in New Milford
NEW MILFORD — A 35-year-old local man is facing drunk driving charges after leaving the site of a one car crash. Michael McBreairty, of Valley View Lane, New Milford was arrested Friday about 9:28 p.m....
View ArticleSilver Alert for Danbury man canceled
UPDATE: Dec. 1: 9:06 p.m. A Silver Alert on Jamal Malachi, of Danbury, has been resolved. The alert is canceled, per Danbury Police DANBURY — A Silver Alert was issued Monday at 6:28 p.m. for Jamal...
View ArticleI-84 closures in Newtown
For the rest of the week the Department of Transportation will be closing I-84 highway shoulders in Newtown for bridge inspections. Crews will be alternating closing the right and left shoulders on...
View ArticleRedding woman charged with animal cruelty has court date changed
A Redding woman charged with animal cruelty will not be in court until January after her case was delayed. Lisa Lind-Larsen, 75, was suppose to be in court Dec. 2, but it has been put off until...
View ArticleDanbury Youth Services seeks donations for holiday appeal
Danbury Youth Services is looking for donations for its holiday appeal. So far, the drive has raised $521 for the organization, which provides programming for 800 youth, 6 through 18. DYS’s goal for...
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Route 7 reopens in New Milford
Update 1:31 p.m. Route 7 has been reopened and the wires have been removed. Original 12:22 p.m. Both sides of Route 7 (Kent Road) in New Milford are closed due to wires that have fallen in the road...
View ArticleCops: Bethel man steals $1,500 in groceries
An arrest has been made a month after a man and woman drove off with a cart full of groceries from an A&P Food Market in Danbury. Steven Vlash, 22, of Bethel was arrested last Monday in connection...
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Car roll over in Danbury
The driver of a car that rolled over on Aunt Hack Road in Danbury, Conn. Tuesday afternoon, talks with firemen at the scene, Dec. 2, 2014. Carol Kaliff/Staff photographer Danbury police have reported a...
View ArticleWanted urgently: A few good men
Male volunteers at least 21 years of age are wanted to stay with homeless guests at the overflow shelter at the First Congregational Church at the corner of West Street and Deer Hill Avenue in Danbury...
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Hat Day in Hat City
Mayor Mark Boughton DANBURY – The city’s hat making heritage is being celebrated today during the first annual Hat City Danbury Day. The idea is to mark the city’s history as the former hat making...
View ArticlePedestrian killed on I-84 in Danbury
A woman was struck and killed by a truck on Interstate 84 Tuesday night in Danbury, state police said. The accident occurred at about 8 p.m. on the westbound side of the highway near Exit 6. The truck...
View ArticleRainy day for Danbury
Gloomy weather continues in Danbury as showers and cold temperatures are in store for Wednesday. There will be a few rain showers before noon and a chance of showers in the early afternoon, according...
View ArticleIdentity of Danbury woman killed on I-84 not revealed
The identity of the 58-year-old Danbury woman, who was fatally struck and killed Tuesday night by a tractor trailer, will not be released for some time. The identity of the woman can not be released...
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Danbury dispatchers merge
For more than 50 years, the Danbury police and fire departments have operated as separate entities. That will all change in 2015, when a plan to create a centralized dispatch center staffed by...
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Danbury girl only CT contestant left on MasterChef Jr.
Adaiah Stevens, 12, of Danbury, Conn. is a contestant on the Fox TV show, Master Chef Junior.She is photographed in her home Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Adaiah Stevens, 12, of Danbury, is the last...
View ArticleRoad in Ridgefield has reopened
Update 2:03 p.m. Florida Hill Road has been reopened after a fuel oil leak. Original 12:16 p.m. Florida Hill Road in Ridgefield is closed due to a car accident, police said. The road is closed from...
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