Attorney Pattis and defendant Pan in court Tuesday.
A state judge signed off on a last-minute request by Qinxuan Pan’s criminal defense attorney to order a “competency exam” for his client — on the grounds that the former MIT artificial intelligence researcher may not be mentally fit to stand trial on charges of murdering Yale grad student Kevin Jiang.
Bike life event organizers Sal Fusco and Gabe Canestri.
The Elicker Administration has filed suit against the organizers of the “EastCoastin 2021” motorcycle event in a bid to collect on roughly $92,000 worth of police, public works, and traffic employee overtime spent on last year’s unpermitted Annex gathering.
Under new SRO policy, Hamden High Student Resource Officer Jeremy Brewer will no longer wear above-pictured tactical vest.
As school-based cops joined Hamden students in returning to the hallways this week, local leaders caught up on a late assignment: Writing rules for what the officers should or should not be doing in academic environments.
Chief Jacobson with Assistant Chief David Zannelli and Capt. John Healy at Tuesday's presser.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson disagreed Tuesday with a finding by the city’s Civilian Review Board (CRB) — then promised to use the episode as a spur to work better with its members and “do better” as a department.
On the Lincoln-Bassett courts, he was known as “Mango” who “got right” with a winning team. In the recording studio, where he was known as “Young Klean,” he found “time to heal.”
His real name was Michael Judkins. He was shot dead Monday on Thompson Street. Because he knew so many people around town, police are now concerned that someone else might get shot in retaliation.
Erin Boggs: Woodbridge has consistently "zoned to exclude."
A coalition of affordable housing advocates filed suit in New Haven Tuesday against the town of Woodbridge over zoning regulations that prevent multi-family housing in the vast majority of the town.
Officer Salvati leading an NHPD deescalation class this month.
The Civilian Review Board has found that a police officer used excessive force when kicking a man injured in a car crash, a decision that contradicted the conclusion of an NPHD internal investigation.
Cotto and Blanco looking for a missing man at Justin’s Deli.
City police Officers Martha Cotto and Kevin Blanco were in the middle of their walking beat on Grand Avenue when a call came over the radio: An 85-year-old man with dementia had wandered away from home, and he was now missing somewhere in Fair Haven.
City police commissioners voted unanimously to fire Shayna Kendall after agreeing with the police chief and the Civilian Review Board that the now ex-sergeant lost her credibility as a cop after she allegedly lied about a traffic stop-turned-civilian complaint.
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At Wednesday's Legislative Council meeting.
Hamden residents will have the chance to vote for four-year mayoral terms — but not for a new town chief operating officer position — thanks to a final, approved charter-revision question that will be on November’s ballot.
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State Sen. Winfield: Limiting solitary confinement will "reduce harm."
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Incarcerated people in solitary confinement in July 2021.
Ninety six people incarcerated in Connecticut spent at least 15 consecutive days in solitary confinement last summer, according to a newly released report by Yale Law School researchers and a national prison directors association.
That marks an overall decline in solitary confinement in recent years not just in the state, but across the country. It also comes on the heels of a new Connecticut law taking effect that further limits the amount of time an incarcerated person can spend in isolation.
Interim City Librarian Sullivan (right) at Wednesday's "coffee with a cop" meetup.
Iced coffee in hand, Interim City Librarian Maureen Sullivan stopped by a group of caffeinated police officers on Grove Street to thank them for their public service — and to raise a concern she has about used needles, fecal matter, and people regularly sleeping outside of the Wilson branch library in the Hill.
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U.S. Attorney Avery on Tuesday: "Full circle moment."
Thirty years after graduating from Hill Regional Career High School, Vanessa Avery returned to the Legion Avenue public school’s auditorium to be sworn in as the state’s next top federal prosecutor.
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Getting swabbed at Murphy's former Day Street Park testing site in May 2020.
Alleged “pandemic profiteer” Steven Murphy is asking a federal judge to allow him to sue Yale for allegedly not paying him over $1.1 million in Covid-test reimbursements.
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Defense attorney Silverstein and ex-Lt. Tennant in court Wednesday.
A state judge ordered ex-New Haven Police Lt. Rahgue Tennant to pay a $500 fine — and gave him no time in prison or on probation — after he was found guilty of recklessly causing physical harm to his then-wife by throwing a Lysol can at her head.
The judge also barred Tennant from making contact with his ex-wife. And he made clear that this misdemeanor criminal conviction prohibits him from owning guns or ammunition.
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Newly outfitted Hamden van.
Hamden’s only prisoner transport van now has seatbelts — and the police expect soon to adopt a policy requiring that all individuals driven by officers are actually strapped into their seats.
Friends of “Wild Bill” Wright threw him a party the night before he was turning himself in to serve a 60-year prison sentence for killing someone. Before everyone went home, bullets would fly — and an attendee would end up in the hospital.
Kebra Smith-Bolden: Enough "control" over joint venture?
A leading local weed-preneur has sued the state for denying her company’s bid for a cannabis cultivator license under a program aimed at helping people from communities disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs.
Chief search panel members Daniel Bland, Tai Richardson, Jorge Cabrera.
Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett has tapped a pastor-social worker, an attorney, and a labor organizer-state legislator, among others, to help her find a new police chief.
