1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (436+ words) ANSONIA – A Naugatuck man confronted in Ansonia last year by members of an online “To Catch A Predator”-style sting operation has been sentenced to prison, court records show. Roger Pratt, 38, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (626+ words) ANSONIA – Here are some highlights from the Ansonia Police Department’s calls for service from Aug. 24, 2026 through Aug. 30, 2026. Ansonia police received 355 calls for service and made nine arrests. Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 5:35 a.m. Police were running a speed enforcement detail on Pulaski…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (655+ words) DERBY — Here is a sampling of calls to Derby police, fire, and Storm Ambulance over the past week. This information comes from a website that tracks and transcribes emergency radio transmissions. The Valley Indy is participating in the site’s beta…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (640+ words) ANSONIA – A city police officer was arrested after allegedly getting intoxicated at a Stamford music festival and fighting with her mother after she was returned home. Denyce Ruiz, 24, was charged with disorderly conduct Aug. 21. An internal affairs investigation has been…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (130+ words) DERBY — Two juveniles were arrested Wednesday after running from a stolen car. Police said they responded to the Gilbert Street area to locate a stolen vehicle. Officers located the vehicle, but it struck a police car while attempting to flee....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) Valley Independent Sentinel SEYMOUR — Here are some of the reasons people called the Seymour Police Department last week. There were 232 calls for service. 3:17 a.m. — A caller from West Street said a group of kids were running around Woodside Avenue and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1211+ words) ANSONIA – Members of the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously July 14 to allow the Ansonia Police Department to install speed cameras in the city. The vote also gives police a green light to install red light cameras, although no red light…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (515+ words) SEYMOUR – A member of the Seymour Board of Education was charged July 11 with disorderly conduct and first-degree trespass after allegedly making inappropriate sexual remarks to a minor at a baseball game. John Fredrick Hatfield, 40, of Patton Avenue, was scheduled to…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1690+ words) ANSONIA – The public face of the Ansonia Police Department is retiring after 36 years on the job. “The police department in Ansonia has given so much,” Lt. Patrick Lynch, 56, said. “It’s pretty much the only job I’ve had in adulthood. It…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (135+ words) DERBY — The middle school and the high school went into lockdown and then shelter in place mode Monday afternoon (June 15) because of a threatening message written on a bathroom wall at Derby Middle School. Police determined the threat was not…...