Truck Blamed For 9-Vehicle South Windsor Pileup That Sent 6 To Hospital: Police Truck Blamed For 9-Vehicle South Windsor Pileup That Sent 6 To Hospital: Police
Truck Blamed For 9-Vehicle South Windsor Pileup That Sent 6 To Hospital: Police A nine-vehicle pileup in Connecticut sent six people to the hospital with injuries ranging from possible to serious. A 12-year-old boy riding in a school van was among those hurt. The crash happened near the Exit 2 on-ramp to Interstate 291 west around 7:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, according to Connecticut State Police. The pileup began after a tractor-trailer "traveling at a high rate of speed" failed to stop in time, according to a state police report released Tuesday. Hartford Distributors Inc. owns the truck. The truck’s driver, a 46-year-old Naugatuck man, was not injured. Responders to…
Cop Charged After Fatally Shooting College Baseball Player At Wrong Home Cop Charged After Fatally Shooting College Baseball Player At Wrong Home
Cop Charged After Fatally Shooting College Baseball Player At Wrong Home The Upper Pottsgrove Township police corporal who shot and killed 22-year-old college baseball player Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV at the wrong Pennsylvania home has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday, Sept. 1. Cpl. Sean Farrell, 58, surrendered to Montgomery County Detectives and was awaiting arraignment Tuesday after investigators concluded that his shooting of the unarmed Pysher was not a legal use of deadly force, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Pysher was fatally shot around 12:29 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, after homeowners at a S…
'I Will Behead You': Man Threatened President Trump, Secret Service On Facebook, Feds Say 'I Will Behead You': Man Threatened President Trump, Secret Service On Facebook, Feds Say
'I Will Behead You': Man Threatened President Trump, Secret Service On Facebook, Feds Say Donald Swope wasn't subtle about his plans for President Donald Trump. The 53-year-old Maryland man made his first appearance in federal court on Tuesday, Sept. 1, after prosecutors say a months-long series of Facebook posts escalated into threats against Trump and the US Secret Service. Among them was one particularly chilling message aimed directly at the president. "I will behead you Donald J. Trump," Swope allegedly wrote in a Facebook post highlighted by federal prosecutors. He followed it by tagging Trump and a lengthy list of government agencies, officials and media outlets, accord…
Ex-New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart Faces 3rd, Final Deadline To Repay $241K, City Says Ex-New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart Faces 3rd, Final Deadline To Repay $241K, City Says
Ex-New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart Faces 3rd, Final Deadline To Repay $241K, City Says Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart faces a third and final deadline to repay more than $241,000 that New Britain alleges she improperly received or owes because of misconduct during her 12 years in office. The final deadline arrived Tuesday, Sept. 1, when Stewart was due to repay $31,561 in city-funded tuition for her master’s degree at the University of New Haven. In early June, New Britain Corporation Counsel William C. Rivera sent Stewart a letter demanding three payments: $102,294 in attorneys’ fees and investigation costs by July 1; $107,703.08 connected to what the city called an i…
Connecticut Teen Dies After Falling From Paddleboard In Cape Cod Pond Connecticut Teen Dies After Falling From Paddleboard In Cape Cod Pond
Connecticut Teen Dies After Falling From Paddleboard In Cape Cod Pond An 18-year-old paddleboarder from Connecticut has died after an apparent drowning at a Cape Cod pond. The emergency began shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at Jenkins Pond in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Authorities have not identified the victim.  Crews launched a search for the paddleboarder after his friend called 911 to report the teenager had fallen off his board and didn't resurface, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. Falmouth firefighters searched the pond and pulled the teen from the water. Emergency crews performed CPR at the scene. Paramedic…
Watch Lindsay Clancy's Reaction To Learning Jury Is Deadlocked Watch Lindsay Clancy's Reaction To Learning Jury Is Deadlocked
Watch Lindsay Clancy's Reaction To Learning Jury Is Deadlocked The judge presiding over Lindsay Clancy's murder trial sent jurors back to deliberate after they reported they were deadlocked Tuesday morning, Sept. 1. Clancy showed no emotion as the judge announced the 12-person jury, including nine women and three men, had been unable to reach a verdict. As of press time, the jury has been deliberating for nearly 19 hours over four days. Click here to watch Clancy's reaction, or lack thereof, as the update is delivered to the courtroom, which comes at approximately 2:29:04 mark. 🚨 BREAKING: The Lindsay Clancy jury has just told the judge they CANNOT…
NJ Woman Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police NJ Woman Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police
NJ Woman Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police A 32-year-old New Jersey woman was killed after she was stabbed in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said. At 4:24 p.m., police responded to Times Square after Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old Queens woman, had stabbed Erin Piacenti, a Chester resident, and a 68-year-old man, the New York City Police Department said. The victims were transported to a nearby hospital where Piacenti was pronounced dead, the NYPD said. The other victim was in stable condition, police said. Cisneros, seen in a video shared to Instagram by bboypop97, displayed two large knives and advanced toward police, w…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show. Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release. Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE)
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update) A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said. Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment. Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later iden…
Drunk CT Driver Threatens Motorist With Stolen Gun After Crash: Police Drunk CT Driver Threatens Motorist With Stolen Gun After Crash: Police
Drunk CT Driver Threatens Motorist With Stolen Gun After Crash: Police An allegedly drunk Connecticut man pointed a stolen gun at another driver after the two were involved in a crash, police said. Manuel Avila, 39, of New Haven, allegedly pointed the gun at the other driver late Friday night, Aug. 28, New Haven police said. Officers responded to Howe Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard around 11:35 p.m. Police detained Avila at the scene. He later failed a field sobriety test. A breath test showed his blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit, according to police. Part of the incident was caught on video. The footage showed Avila walking …
CT Mall Hit In Nationwide $4.4M Jewelry Theft Spree, 2 Men Extradited From Colombia: Feds CT Mall Hit In Nationwide $4.4M Jewelry Theft Spree, 2 Men Extradited From Colombia: Feds
CT Mall Hit In Nationwide $4.4M Jewelry Theft Spree, 2 Men Extradited From Colombia: Feds Two men extradited from Colombia now face federal charges in an alleged jewelry theft ring that struck malls across the country, including one in Connecticut. Elvis Guevara Quintero and Jaime Torres Castiblanco, both 51, pleaded not guilty in Hartford on Friday, Aug. 28. Colombian authorities arrested them at the United States’ request on Aug. 12, 2025. Federal prosecutors said the theft ring ran from May 2023 through April 2024. The group allegedly hit nine jewelry stores and kiosks in seven states. That included a burglary at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford on Oct. 5, 2023. The gro…
Grandmother Dies After Massachusetts Pond Tragedy Kills 1-Year-Old Grandson Grandmother Dies After Massachusetts Pond Tragedy Kills 1-Year-Old Grandson
Grandmother Dies After Massachusetts Pond Tragedy Kills 1-Year-Old Grandson The 75-year-old grandmother of a 1-year-old boy who died last week after an emergency at a Massachusetts park has also died, authorities said. The Acton Fire Department announced the woman’s death on Monday, Aug. 31, three days after the infant died after being pulled from NARA Pond in Acton. The infant would have turned 2 this week. During an earlier news conference, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said the woman went to the park with three of her grandchildren. The children’s parents dropped them off. Around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, the boy’s 4- and 6-year-old siblings be…