Ex-school system employee charged with stealing $40,000

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A former employee of a Connecticut school system has been charged with embezzling more than $40,000, including nearly $5,000 in specialRead More

Police: Father injured giving driving lesson to 11-year-old

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a man was critically injured when he was pinned between a car and a tree asRead More

Teen shooting, hit-and-run suspect held on $2.5M bond

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut teenager police say was driving a stolen SUV that struck a woman who later died has been held onRead More

Former school counselor charged with sexual assault

BETHLEHEM, Conn. (AP) — Police have arrested a man in Connecticut suspected of having sexual contact with two teenage students while he worked as aRead More

From jail to Yale: Felon faces scrutiny in bid to be lawyer

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A convicted felon who graduated from Yale Law School and won acclaim as a poet is being asked by a ConnecticutRead More

Skunk in bed: Connecticut boy gets stinky wakeup

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut boy got an unpleasant surprise when he awoke to find a skunk in his bed. Hamden Police say theRead More

Special education teacher faces new sexual assault charges

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A special education teacher awaiting a sexual-assault trial in Connecticut faces new charges after another student told police he had sexRead More

Police: Men stole 12-year-old’s bike at gunpoint

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two Connecticut men have been charged with stealing a 12-year-old boy’s bike at gunpoint. The Stamford Advocate reports that the 24- andRead More

Suit says police didn’t watch woman who hanged self in jail

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The estate of a woman found hanged in a Connecticut police department’s holding cell is suing the city for more thanRead More

Teen facing manslaughter charge in pedestrian’s death

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A teenager police say was driving a stolen SUV that struck a woman who later died is now facing a manslaughterRead More