by | Apr 4, 2023 9:09 am | Comments (4)
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Juana Valle, with Salvador Jimenez and family pup Bella: Proud of law change, though she won't personally benefit.
A state judge ruled that the Fair Rent Commission doesn’t have to worry about stepping on the court’s toes when hearing retaliation complaints filed by tenants against landlords suing to evict them.
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by | Apr 1, 2023 5:49 pm | Comments (40)
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After Saturday morning's double homicide on Winthrop.
The following opinion essay was submitted by Democratic mayoral candidate Tom Goldenberg.
With today’s double homicide on Winthrop Avenue, New Haven again has families and friends that have lost loved ones and are in pain. This is deeply concerning, especially after the recent string of violent events the city has seen, including numerous drive-by shootings, some involving minors.
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by | Apr 1, 2023 12:08 pm | Comments (3)
A 38-year-old New Havener named Gracielly Urbaez died following a one-car crash on the Q Bridge Friday evening.
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by | Apr 1, 2023 11:36 am | Comments (27)
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Goffe Terrace looking west towards Winthrop Saturday.
Two men were shot and killed in a parked car on Winthrop Avenue Saturday morning, becoming the city’s seventh and eighth homicide victims so far this year.
by | Mar 31, 2023 4:18 pm | Comments (25)
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Parks: "I wish nothing but success for the next coordinator of the Office of Violence Prevention."
Reuel Parks is stepping down from his role as the city’s first ever violence prevention coordinator roughly three months after taking on the new Elicker Administration job.
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by | Mar 31, 2023 12:02 pm | Comments (8)
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Police Chief Karl Jacobson: "Violent crime and crime scenes drive overtime."
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Top city cops moved to transfer $4.3 million of unused salary funds to help cover staffing-gap-induced overtime overages — as they also looked to prevent another fiscal hole next year by upping the overtime budget and hiring more detectives, supervisors, and animal control officers.
by | Mar 30, 2023 4:13 pm | Comments (27)
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Jose DeJesus, during the confrontation.
A 39-year-old Fair Havener has sued a New Haven cop for allegedly using excessive force when the officer punched him in the face during an arrest at Walmart two years ago.
Meanwhile, a separate police report reveals that the same officer punched someone else in the head at the same Walmart mere minutes earlier.
by | Mar 29, 2023 4:03 pm | Comments (7)
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Detective John Moore, who led the domestic violence investigation.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson offered two definitions Wednesday for the offense of “criminal attempt to commit assault in the 1st degree.”
by | Mar 29, 2023 3:23 pm | Comments (9)
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Getting swabbed at Murphy's former Day Street test site in May 2020.
Another federal judge dismissed another one of pandemic “profiteer” Dr. Steven Murphy’s million-dollar lawsuits, after finding that doctors do not have the right to sue insurers under the CARES Act for withholding Covid-test reimbursements.
by | Mar 28, 2023 6:27 pm | Comments (38)
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Donald Moody, with Elm City ID / prepaid MasterCard: "That extra $500, it's a big thing."
(Updated) Donald Moody spent the first $200 that he received from a cash-transfer pilot program for formerly incarcerated New Haveners on basketball lessons for his stepson.
How might he use future monthly allotments under the year-long program?
On the occasional restaurant date with his wife and on regular insurance payments for his car and motorcycle and on the many, many other bills that come with living outside prison, Moody said.
And maybe on a tuxedo for his long-planned-for wedding ceremony this July, too.
by | Mar 28, 2023 10:26 am | Comments (7)
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Some expensive cracked concrete, outside the Boathouse.
Cracking concrete outside the Canal Dock Boathouse is set to cost the city another $210,000 in legal fees, as a city-contractor lawsuit drags into its third year.
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by | Mar 27, 2023 1:26 pm | Comments (6)
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Law enforcement officials at 157 Church St. Monday morning.
Six alleged affiliates of New Haven’s so-called “Exit 8” gang have been indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges — with two recent homicides and 10 attempted murders now pinned on members of the crew.
by | Mar 27, 2023 10:17 am | Comments (1)
A 68-year-old West Haven driver named Kevin Gormley died following a fatal single-vehicle crash in Fort Hale Park.
by | Mar 24, 2023 6:16 pm | Comments (9)
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Newly minted Asst. Chief Colon takes the oath of office.
Surrounded by dozens of friends, family members, city workers, and police colleagues, Lt. Manmeet Colon raised her right hand and took the oath of office to become the city’s third assistant police chief — and the department’s first ever second-in-command of Asian descent.
by and | Mar 24, 2023 3:23 pm | Comments (37)
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Police cars on Lewis Street after Thursday evening's shooting.
When seven gunshots popped from a car outside a Lewis Street rental home, the children next door wailed and trembled, and their parents scrambled to explain away the sounds as fireworks.
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by | Mar 24, 2023 10:42 am | Comments (17)
We can do better: Brennan unveils "white paper" at Temple Plaza presser.
A scared teenager was relieved to see the cops arrive. Then he saw fear in the face of the man the cops stopped for allegedly trying to break into his home.
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by | Mar 24, 2023 10:01 am | Comments (10)
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Ashmun/Canal development site: Soon to get city $ infusion?
The Elicker Administration has proposed spending $5 million of federal pandemic-relief aid on helping delayed affordable housing developments get off the ground in Dixwell, West River, and the Ninth Square.
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by | Mar 23, 2023 5:23 pm | Comments (30)
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Ofc. Diaz, Sgt. Segui, and Ofc. Pressley lifting Cox into wheelchair on June 19, 2022.
The city cops who have been arrested and are on the brink of being fired for mishandling Richard “Randy” Cox said they thought the now-paralyzed 36-year-old arrestee was drunk, intentionally noncompliant, or otherwise faking his injuries, according to an internal police investigation.
by | Mar 22, 2023 4:08 pm | Comments (7)
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Uber driver Teresa Jackson protests shrinking pay from her employer.
Drivers for Uber, Lyft and Doordash gathered outside Union Station to steer support towards better base pay and trip transparency — as another bill aiming to protect the rights of rideshare and delivery workers moves through the state legislature.
by | Mar 22, 2023 11:48 am | Comments (11)
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Officers race to the window.
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Cop-community team Officers Michael Rubino and Roberto Talloni ...
... and neighbor Robbie Williams.
Inside an apartment tower, two New Haven police officers had to act instantly if they had any chance of preventing a woman from falling seven floors to her death.
by | Mar 21, 2023 3:37 pm | Comments (18)
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Sgt. Betsy Segui, one of 4 cops recommended to be fired, shown at a criminal court hearing. with attorney Gregory Cerritelli.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson has recommended that four city police officers be fired for their roles in the mishandling of Richard “Randy” Cox, roughly nine months after the 36-year-old New Havener suffered paralyzing injuries while in police custody.
by | Mar 18, 2023 8:48 pm | Comments (1)
A New Haven man has died from injuries suffered in a shooting earlier this week.
by | Mar 16, 2023 4:55 pm | Comments (2)
Cop Commissioner Daniel Dunn (pictured) receives his reports ... for the most part.
Hamden cops won’t have to testify under oath about why they illegally destroyed public documents, now that their attorney admitted they did it.
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by | Mar 16, 2023 3:08 pm | Comments (10)
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The late Keiron Jones.
Days after completing a case to arrest two men for allegedly murdering a 17-year-old New Havener, a team of detectives applied for a warrant for another murder arrest — and then started work on the latest possibly fatal shooting.
by | Mar 15, 2023 1:32 pm | Comments (11)
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Ex-Officer Jason Santiago in court on Wednesday.
A fired former cop who was arrested for kicking and punching a handcuffed man will see his criminal charges dropped if he successfully completes six months of probation.
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