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courant.com > 04/01/2026 > wrong-way-driver-on-i-91-in-hartford-charged-with-dui-after-multiple-911-calls

Wrong-way driver on I-91 in Hartford charged with DUI after multiple 911 calls

6+ hour, 47+ min ago  (146+ words) A man was arrested on DUI and other charges for allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 early Wednesday. Troopers received multiple 911 calls shortly after midnight about a driver going north on the southbound side of the highway in Hartford,…...

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courant.com > 03/31/2026 > police-arrest-man-in-connection-with-fatal-drug-overdose-in-ct

Police arrest man in connection with fatal drug overdose in CT

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (340+ words) Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal drug overdose in Fairfield in December. Connor Dushay, 22, of Milford faces charges of sale of a narcotic substance, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possession of a controlled substance…...

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courant.com > 03/28/2026 > police-man-kills-girlfriend-two-children-before-fatally-shooting-himself-at-plainville-home

Police: Man kills girlfriend, two children before fatally shooting himself at Plainville home

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (664+ words) A man is accused of killing his girlfriend and two children then fatally shooting himself during a standoff in Plainville on Friday, police said during a press conference on Saturday. Dispatchers received a 911 call on Friday around 3:53 p.m. from a woman…...

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courant.com > 03/28/2026 > change-coming-to-ct-school-crisis-drills-what-to-know-what-will-be-banned

Change coming to CT school crisis drills. What to know, what will be banned

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1096+ words) Abbey Clements, a former first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary, has lived through a school shooting. But she's not enthusiastic about school crisis response drills. "There really is no clear recommendation, (no) clear protocol, that school districts across the…...

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courant.com > 03/27/2026 > georgia-fulton-county-ballots-hearing

Georgia’s Fulton County heads to court to seek return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (569+ words) U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in a scheduling order that the hearing was needed after the two sides failed to reach an agreement in court-ordered mediation. The Jan. 28 seizure from a warehouse near Atlanta targeted the elections hub in Georgia's most…...

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courant.com > 03/24/2026 > ct-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-related-firearm-possession-charge-in-federal-court

CT man pleads guilty in federal court to having a loaded gun during a drug trafficking crime

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (236+ words) A Bridgeport man who was allegedly involved in drug trafficking has admitted to possessing a firearm while another crime took place.. Oronde Jefferson, 42, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to possession of a firearm in furtherance…...

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courant.com > 03/24/2026 > ct-committee-oks-bill-to-limit-ice-enforcement-sites-gop-dubs-it-shielding-criminal-illegal-aliens

CT committee OKs bill to limit ICE enforcement sites. GOP dubs it ‘shielding criminal illegal aliens’

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1146+ words) The Connecticut legislature's Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to pass a wide-ranging bill allowing the state to sue federal law enforcement agents for violating citizens' rights and limiting the locations where officers can conduct immigration enforcement. Ahead of the…...

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courant.com > 02/22/2026 > review-into-crash-that-killed-14-year-old-in-groton-clears-police-of-wrongdoing-in-investigation

Review into crash that killed 14-year-old in Groton clears police of wrongdoing in investigation

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (207+ words) An external review into the Town of Groton Police Department following a 2024 motor vehicle crash that took the life of a 14-year-old boy, cleared the department of wrongdoing and noted that officers followed all department policies and procedures during the…...

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courant.com > 03/19/2026 > wrong-way-driver-charged-with-dui-after-allegedly-striking-state-police-cruiser-fleeing-on-route-8

Wrong-way driver charged with DUI after allegedly striking state police cruiser, fleeing on Route 8

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (271+ words) The woman was arrested after she allegedly struck a state police cruiser then drove off while traveling the wrong way on Route 8 in Thomaston. A Connecticut woman was arrested and charged with multiple motor vehicle offenses after she allegedly struck…...

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courant.com > 03/19/2026 > immigration-masked-officers

States seek to unmask federal immigration agents — and their own police

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (900+ words) Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states " thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such law, in California. A little over a month after the California…...