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Hartford
Police & Fire
Manchester Middle School Teacher Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Students
A Connecticut middle school teacher has been charged with inappropriately touching students and making comments, An investigation began in February in Hartford Couty after three students reported that a Manchester school teacher was making comments and touching the students. The students of Illing Middle School said that the teacher, 58-year-old Floyd Gray of Hartford, touched them inappropriately and made comments while in class. All three students reported that Gray was their teacher, said Lt. Nick Reinert of the Manchester Police. Reinert said the students stated they were not in t…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Manchester Child Porn Arrest Leads To Gun, Drug Charges
A Connecticut man has been charged with a range of crimes from allegedly possessing child porn to illegally possessing guns and manufacturing drugs. Hartford County resident Michael Gigliotti, age, of Manchester, was arrested on Monday, April 1, at his home in Manchester. According to Lt. Nick Reinert of the Manchester Police, Gigliotti was nabbed by Manchester detectives, the Center for Digital Investigations, and Homeland Security following an investigation into child pornography. Agents served a warrant on Gigliotti who was in the residence and taken into custody and was charg…
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Man Wanted In Fatal NH Shooting Leaps From Balcony To Balcony To Escape Police In Malden: Cops
The man police believe killed a 42-year-old man outside of a diner in Manchester, New Hampshire, earlier this month was arrested in Malden on Tuesday, Nov. 28, authorities said. Giovanne Morris, 31, is accused of gunning down Carlos Rodriguez, 42, outside the Red Arrow Diner after 1 a.m. on Nov. 18, Massachusetts State Police said. Rodriguez died from his injuries later that day, the New Hampshire Department of Justice said. When police located Morris in Malden, he ran to the fifth-floor balcony and jumped to the balcony of the apartment next door, where he eventually…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Man Sexually Assaults, Robs Manchester Woman, 65, On Walking Trail, Police Say
A Connecticut man is in custody after allegedly throwing a 65-year-old woman down on a hiking trail sexually assaulting her and taking her purse and cell phone before the victim was able to fight him off. The incident took place in Hartford County in Manchester on Wednesday, Oct. 4 on the hiking trail near Charter Oak Park. According to Lt. Ryan Shea of the Manchester Police, the woman was walking on the trail when the man, identified as Daquan Clark-Blue, age 30, of Manchester, came up behind her and threw her to the ground. "The suspect groped the victim, physically assaulted her, a…
Monmouth
Police & Fire
Gymnastics Coach Sexually Assaulted Three Teen Athletes On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor
A former Jersey Shore gymnastics coach has been accused of sexually assaulting three of his teenage athletes, authorities announced. Sasha C. Raught, 55, of Manchester Township is charged with aggravated sexual assault and three counts of sexual assault, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by members of the MCPO Special Victims Bureau revealed that Raught entered into sexual relationships with three of his former athletes when they were each teenagers, Santiago said. The incidents took place before he was suspended from coaching gymnastics in…
Ocean
News
Wildfire Spreads To 3,800 Acres In Ocean County
UPDATED: Residents in Ocean County were allowed to return to their homes after a wildfire was 60 percent contained Wednesday, April 12. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service made substantial progress in Manchester Township fighting the fire that destroyed 3,859 acres. The Jimmy’s Waterhole Fire had only been 10 percent contained as of 1:30 a.m., and 75 structures were threatened. That number dropped to 20 structures by noon Wednesday. On Tuesday 4/11 at approx 6:11pm Station 33 was dispatched to the area of 539/Horicon for a heavy smoke condition. Upon... Posted by Whiting Fire Company …
Ocean
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2nd Critical In House Fire In Manchester
One person was killed and a second woman is in critical condition after a fire at a multi-family home Sunday night, March 19, authorities said. Three Manchester police officers were brought to the hospital for smoke inhalation and released, they said. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said one woman was killed and a second remained in critical condition on Monday, March 20. The fire broke out at 6:51 p.m. at a quadplex on Heron Street in the Cedar Glen West section of town, Manchester police said. Arriving police saw a home fully engulfed in flames and were told by family members that …
Hartford
News
Silver Alert Canceled: Missing 14-Year-Old From Manchester Located
Update: Jowell Santiago has been located, Manchester Police announced on Saturday, March 11. Original Report: Police are searching for a 14-year-old boy from Hartford County who has been missing for several days. A silver alert has been issued for Manchester resident Jowell Santiago, age 14, who has been missing since 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, according to the Manchester Police Department. Santiago is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 200 pounds with black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black, red, and white puffy winter coat. He ne…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Know Him? Manchester FedEx Driver Attacked Delivering Package, Police Say
Police in Connecticut are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly attacked a FedEx driver as he was delivering a package. The incident took place in Hartford County around a5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23 on Lydall Street in Manchester. Manchester police responded to a home on Lydall Street for a report of package theft, said Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police. When they arrived on the scene, a FedEx driver reported he was attacked by a man while approaching the residence with a package, Shea said. The driver said the suspect arrived in a vehicle and got out of th…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Suspect Who Stabbed Manchester Woman Remains At Large, Police Say
A masked man who allegedly stabbed a Connecticut woman numerous times during a home invasion is on the loose. The incident took place in Hartford County around 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at 67 Oakland St., in Manchester. According to Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police, when officers responded to the home they found a 23-year-old woman suffering from multiple stab wounds to her abdomen. The woman was conscious, and alert and officers immediately rendered medical aid. There were three other family members in the home at the time this incident occurred, Shea said. The suspect …
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Red Sox Player's Daughter Arrested For Concealing Location Of Newborn
A brand-new mother misled police about the location of her newborn child, leaving the baby alone in the woods for nearly an hour, according to officials. Police were alerted that a woman had given birth in the woods near an ice rink in Manchester, NH on Monday, Dec. 26 around 12:40 a.m., according to Manchester Police Department. Officials located the mother, 26-year-old Alexandra Eckersley, who withheld the baby's location for nearly an hour. Officers found the baby after Eckersley eventually directed officials to her child's location. The newborn was treated by EMTs and hospit…
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver From Methuen Apprehended With Stop Sticks In New Hampshire
An intoxicated driver attempted to drive from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, but did so while driving against traffic, authorities said. Multiple people reported a silver sedan driving northbound in the southbound lane on I-93 shortly after midnight on Thursday Dec. 8, New Hampshire State Police reported. WRONG-WAY DRIVER APPREHENDEDOn December 8, 2022 at approximately 12:15 AM, #NHSP received multiple reports of silver sedan traveling the wrong way on Interstate 93 from the state line. pic.twitter.com/3nZqmTO2g6 — New Hampshire State Police (@NH_StatePolice) December 8, 2022 A troop…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Shooting One Teen, Running Down Another With Car, Manchester Police Say
A Connecticut man was arrested for allegedly shooting one teen and then running over another one with his car. The incident took place in Hartford County around 9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1 in Manchester. According to Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police Department, officers responded to a report of a 15-year-old who sustained a gunshot wound to his upper right arm after shots were fired around Dougherty Street and McKee Street. Responding officers located the victim and learned that multiple shots were fired in the area of Dougherty Street. While officers were on scene at …
Hartford
Police & Fire
Suspect From Windsor Nabbed In Shooting Of Loss Prevention Officer At Macy's In Manchester
A 30-year-old man is accused of shooting a Loss Prevention officer at a Connecticut Macy's. The victim was shot in the abdomen in Hartford County on Friday, Aug. 19, at the Shoppes at Buckland Hills, located at 194 Buckland Hills Drive in Manchester, the Manchester Police Department said. The victim remains hospitalized as of the announcement from police. Authorities said Richard LaPlante, of Windsor, turned himself in to police on the night of Saturday, Aug. 20. Police said he was charged with: Criminal attempted murder First-degree assault First-degree robbery Ca…
Ocean
News
NJ Woman Pours Gasoline On Man After Arranging To Buy Sneakers From Him Via SnapChat: Police
A 27-year-old woman of Manchester was arrested after offering to buy clothes from a man and then dousing him with gasoline and robbing him, authorities said. An unidentified man, 18,, had arranged via SnapChat to meet a woman outside a Dollar General Store on Route 37 in Manchester to sell sneakers and other clothing, police said. When the man arrived at the store on Thursday, July 28, a woman poured a water bottle filled with gasoline on him, held a butane torch near him and ordered him to surrender his possessions, police said. She was later identified as Eboni Hester of Manchester…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Hartford Man Nabbed For Sexually Assaulting Minor, Police Say
A Connecticut man has been charged with sexually abusing a minor following a two-month investigation. The Hartford County incident took place in Manchester. In May, the Manchester Police Department received information that Jesus Manuel Figueroa, age 32, of Hartford, was suspected of sexually abusing a minor child, said Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police Department. Detectives conducted an extensive investigation and a warrant for the arrest of Figueroa was issued, Shea said. On Wednesday, July 6, investigators, assisted by members of the Hartford Police Department Violent …
Hartford
Police & Fire
Box Truck Overturns In Manchester, Spills Produce Onto Road
A box truck overturned in Connecticut, spilling thousands of dollars worth of produce onto the road. Officers in Hartford County responded to a report of an overturned box truck on Buckland Hills Drive in Manchester near the entrance to Walmart on the night of Tuesday, June 14, according to the Manchester Police Department. Police said the truck had been carrying produce out of Granby and was traveling east when the driver lost control of the vehicle at a curve in the road, and it began to tilt. When the driver tried to correct the path of travel, the truck struck a curb and overturned, co…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Fiery Manchester Crash, Police Say
A Fairfield County man died in a fiery single-vehicle car crash. It happened in Hartford County around 2:13 a.m., Sunday, May 15 in Manchester. Diyar Muhammad Hamad, age 24, of Shelton, was killed after Manchester Police responded to the area of Center and Fairview streets for a report of a crash with injuries, said Lt. Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police. Responding personnel arrived and found a one-car motor vehicle crash with a heavily damaged vehicle on fire and into the building wall of 600 Center St., Shea said. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames and the …
Hartford
Police & Fire
Driver Dies In Fiery Single-Vehicle Crash In Manchester
Police are investigating after a driver was killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Connecticut. Authorities in Hartford County responded to a report of a crash in the area of Center Street and Fairview Street in Manchester at about 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, according to the Manchester Police Department. Responding officers located a heavily damaged vehicle that was engulfed in flames and had crashed into the building wall of 600 Center St., police said. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle, police said. The fire department extinguished the blaze, and the driver was …
Hartford
News
Hartford Man Sentenced For Recording His Sexual Abuse Of Child For Years
A Connecticut man will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for recording himself sexually abusing a minor over the course of several years, federal authorities announced. Hartford resident Roberto Acosta Torres, age 61, was sentenced by US District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for recording his sexual abuse of a child for nearly three years. Acosta pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in August 2021. US Attorney Leonard Boyle said that over the course of approximately six years,…
Hartford
Police & Fire
Man, Teen Nabbed For Abduction, Assault Of Woman From Marlborough Big Y Par
A Connecticut man and a teen have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping, carjacking, and brutal beating of a woman from a supermarket parking lot last year. On Tuesday, March 1, state police arrested Kenneth Gordon, age 20, of Hartford, and a 16-year-old boy following a five-month investigation into the events which took place at the Big Y parking lot in Marlborough on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2021. At the time of the crime, police said the 64-year-old woman was getting into her car with groceries when she was approached by two masked men who demanded money. When she resisted, the two, a…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Missing CT Woman
Seen her? Police agencies in the region are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down a 22-year-old woman who has been reported missing. A Silver Alert was issued in Hartford County for Sherrian Howe, who was reported missing on Dec. 21, 2021, to the Manchester Police Department. Howe was described as being 5-foot-1 weighing approximately 105 pounds. She was last seen at approximately midnight on the night she was reported missing, according to police. Investigators said that Howe was last seen in the Windsor Locks area in Hartford County on Dec. 23, 2021, and that she was spotted…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Shots Fired During Theft Of Catalytic Converter In CT, Police Say
Police in Connecticut are searching for several suspects involved in the alleged theft of a catalytic converter and shot fired during the incident. The incident took place around 3:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 6 in Manchester when officers responded to the area of Hamlin Street for a report of the theft. According to Lieutenant Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police Department, an area resident, hearing what he believed to be a power saw, looked outside and saw an unfamiliar dark gray vehicle, parked backward in his driveway with three men standing near his neighbor's vehicle. The man went ou…
Ocean
News
Manchester Fire Was 'Intentionally Set': Prosecutor
A fire in a vacant structure earlier this week was intentionally set, authorities said. On Tuesday, Manchester police and Manchester Fire Department were dispatched on a report of a fire at a vacant structure on Ridgeway Road. Once the fire was extinguished, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Manchester Township Detective Bureau, were requested to respond to the scene and conduct an examination into the origin and cause of the fire. The result of the…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Man Crashes Into Multiple Vehicles, Including Cruiser After Shooting, CT State Police Say
A 63-year-old Connecticut man was arrested after authorities said he was involved in a shooting and then crashed into multiple vehicles, including a police cruiser, during a pursuit. Hartford County resident William Ramos Sr., of New Britain, was arrested following an investigation into a shooting on Friday, Nov. 26, in Manchester. A 56-year-old woman came into the lobby of the police department with a gunshot wound to her hand at about 9 p.m. on Friday, the Manchester Police Department reported. The woman reported that she suffered the injury during an altercation with her son's fath…
Brookfield
News
14-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Strangulation Of 13-Year-Old CT Girl
A 14-year-old Connecticut resident has been charged with murder and sexual assault in the June murder of a 13-year-old girl. Hartford County resident Tristen Martin, of Manchester, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 12, following a five-month investigation into the death of Zaniya Wright of Manchester. According to Lieutenant Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police Department, Wright, a seventh-grade student at Illing Middle school, was discovered on Friday, June, 18, around 8:40 a.m. in a common area of the basement of the South Adams Apartment Complex. An autopsy ruled her death a …
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Cruiser Rammed During Execution Of Search Warrants At CT Hotel, Police Say
An Audi rammed a police vehicle in an effort to get away as officers served two search warrants at a Connecticut hotel related to narcotics and firearms-related crimes, according to authorities. The incident took place in Hartford County at the Hawthrone Suites, located at 191 Spencer St., in Manchester on Thursday, Aug. 12. Police officers, along with the Capitol Region Emergency Services Team (CREST), and East Central Narcotics Task Force, executed two search warrants on two rooms at the hotel and seized both firearms and narcotics, said Manchester Police Department Lt. Ryan She…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Man Steals Vehicle With Sleeping 9-Year-Old CT Girl In Backseat, Police Say
A 9-year-old Hartford girl sleeping inside a vehicle stolen from a Connecticut gas station has been reunited with her mother. The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at the Shell Gas Station located at 404 Hartford Road in Manchester, said Lt. Ryan Shea of the Manchester Police Department. According to police, the child was sleeping in the vehicle when a man jumped inside and drove away with the girl in the backseat. When the child woke up, she began to cry and the suspect, realizing there was a child in the vehicle, pulled over and jumped out, and fled in an acco…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
New Hampshire Man In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff At Connecticut Hotel
After a standoff that lasted more than three hours, a New England man who was barricaded in a hotel room with a woman was arrested by police. Jordan Pappalardo, age 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Monday, April 26, in Connecticut by Manchester Police after he told officers he had a gun and refused to come out of the Courtyard By Marriott, said Lt. Ryan Shea of the Manchester Police Department. The incident began around 10:30 p.m. when officers attempted to contact Pappalardo who had an extraditable warrant out of New Hampshire, said Shea. Upon contact, Pappalardo tol…
Ocean
Obituaries
Michael Reilly, Owner Of Toms River Company That Sanitized Police Vehicles, Dies Of
Covid-
19
Toms River and surrounding communities are mourning the loss of Michael Reilly, the owner of a local sanitization company who died after battling COVID-19. Reilly died Dec. 9 at Community Medical Center. He was 47 years old. A Denville native, Reilly served in the U.S. Marines and most recently served as the owner and operator of Servpro, in Toms River. He supported countless local charities and always found a way to give back to his community. "Michael was an upstanding local businessman who, along with his crew, had been assisting our Department with decontamination efforts since the CO…
Hartford
News
Manchester Drug Mill Boss Busted With $70K, Psychedelics, Fentanyl
An ex-convict is facing up to life in prison after he was allegedly caught with a huge stash of hallucinogenic drugs and cash among other illegal items. Luis Ciuro, 36, of East Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty as part of a plea deal on Friday, Nov. 20, according to the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham. Ciuro is currently being held in custody pending sentencing in February. Previously, Ciuro served 84 months in prison after reportedly conspiring to sell crack cocaine in 2008. According to court documents, Mancheste…
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