by | Jan 13, 2025 5:11 pm | Comments (4)
State police issued misdemeanor summons to four people on Sunday, after a fleet of cars participating in a pro-Palestine car demonstration moved from Long Wharf Drive to I‑95.
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by | Jan 13, 2025 10:09 am | Comments (14)
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Local investor Roberts: Wanted to buy, but didn't have enough $ for auction deposit.
A Fair Haven foreclosure auction brought out no new bidders — leaving the property to fall into the hands of the federal government, and the current tenant bracing to find a new place to live.
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by | Jan 10, 2025 11:58 am | Comments (0)
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Tenant Gabriella B.: Next time, will make sure to get a lease in writing.
A state judge approved the no-fault eviction of an Edgewood family after cautioning both landlord and tenant about the quicksand-like perils of oral, rather than written, leases.
by | Jan 7, 2025 3:00 pm | Comments (27)
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Police Chief Jacobson (right): “We went to nine less funerals this year."
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Homicides and gunshots in New Haven fell by more than 30 percent last year, mirroring a nationwide trend of a post-pandemic drop in gun violence — even as the city saw a year-over-year jump in nonfatal shootings.
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by | Jan 7, 2025 2:06 pm | Comments (1)
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Judge Spader: "This case is hereby dismissed."
A state housing court judge cleared a local megalandlord’s potential criminal record after finding that he complied with the terms of a year-long diversionary program.
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by | Jan 6, 2025 11:39 am | Comments (5)
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U.S. Attorney Avery, during her August 2022 "investiture" ceremony at Career.
The state’s top federal prosecutor will be stepping down from her post three days before President-elect Donald Trump officially returns to office.
by | Jan 2, 2025 3:32 pm | Comments (2)
The last stretch of 2024 in New Haven included a homicide, a stolen Amazon van, and two stabbings, including one at Union Station.
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Public Safety Committee Chair Wingate (standing) at Monday's board meeting.
City police officers will soon have access to overdose-reversing medication, as well as artificial intelligence-written police reports, thanks to two approvals by the Board of Alders.
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by and | Dec 17, 2024 2:19 pm | Comments (3)
(Updated) A 38-year-old man named Hassau Powell was found dead last week in a Yale New Haven Hospital office building, apparently from a medical problem.
by | Dec 16, 2024 9:35 am | Comments (4)
A 45-year-old New Havener was injured in a road rage shooting at a busy downtown intersection — at the start of a busy weekend for city police, who also made an arrest in a Dixwell carjacking and responded to a bomb threat hoax at a church on Hamilton Street.
by | Dec 10, 2024 12:45 pm | Comments (0)
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The late Daily Jackson.
An anonymous donor has made available a $20,000 reward for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the homicide of 17-year-old Daily Jackson.
by | Dec 5, 2024 12:02 pm | Comments (13)
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Be prepared, not scared: Damjan Denoble at WNHH FM.
New Haven immigration attorney Damjan Denoble is preparing for Trump II Administration sweeps — by ramping down his immigration practice.
What a difference from his experience during Trump I.
by | Dec 5, 2024 11:38 am | Comments (2)
A 57-year-old New Havener named Russell McKenzie was shot and killed in the Jocelyn Square neighborhood in the early hours of Wednesday morning — marking the city’s third homicide in as many days.
by | Dec 4, 2024 11:27 am | Comments (35)
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The late Daily Jackson, whose godfather described him as "an adorable kid who was bustling with energy."
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NHPS Supt. Negrón (right) on Wednesday: "Please know that these days are very hard for the school community."
(Updated) Seventeen-year-old New Havener Daily Jackson was walking on Shelton Avenue Tuesday evening when someone in a “suspect vehicle” shot and killed him and drove away — making him the second Riverside Academy student to die by gunfire in the past two weeks.
“These are connected,” Police Chief Karl Jacobson said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, at which he described the two Riverside homicide victims as friends who belonged to the same “group” that has been feuding with another youth crew in town.
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by | Dec 3, 2024 8:56 am | Comments (6)
State Police Sgt. Colin Richter's body cam footage. Warning: This video contains graphic violence.
The two city police officers who tried to arrest and wound up shooting and killing 36-year-old New Havener Jebrell Conley — after Conley appeared to fire first — are back on full duty.
by | Dec 2, 2024 8:27 pm | Comments (9)
(Updated) Christopher Santana had driven a friend to the parking lot behind a George Street apartment complex Monday afternoon when he was approached by two masked men.
One “abruptly shot” Santana — before both fled on foot, leaving the 25-year-old New Havener to die.
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by | Dec 2, 2024 1:31 pm | Comments (21)
UNH student Priyanshu Agwal, who was struck and killed on Whalley in October 2023.
When Aman Agwal sleeps, his brother Priyanshu visits him in his dreams. Sometimes, he rides a scooter, the exact one that he was riding when he was struck and killed by a car — during a hit and run that, a year later, has resulted in an arrest.
“Sometimes he comes in my dream, and he just plays on his scooter,” Aman said during a Monday morning press conference at police headquarters. “I wish I could do something.”
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(Updated) Uzziah Shell, the 16-year-old shot to death this past Friday, had been involved in recent disputes with youth crews in town, according to people familiar with the case.
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by | Nov 22, 2024 1:25 pm | Comments (27)
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Siri, get me rewrite ...
New Haven’s police chief has a new strategy to get cops out from behind the desk and into the city’s neighborhoods — police reports written by artificial intelligence.
by and | Nov 22, 2024 12:24 pm | Comments (4)
(Opinion) This past week, the University of Connecticut School of Law sponsored a Connecticut Sentencing Commission Symposium, “Pretrial Justice in Connecticut.”
For both Connecticut and New Jersey, balancing the importance of pretrial release with the impact on public safety remains paramount. Connecticut has a unique opportunity to affect change in its pretrial detention practices. It can learn much from New Jersey’s bail reform program implemented in January 2017 after years of careful study and bipartisan negotiation.
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by | Nov 21, 2024 9:55 am | Comments (12)
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Alders Smith and Hubbard examine Narcan nasal sprays.
Every New Haven police officer may soon carry overdose-reversing medication — in a donated pouch on their uniform’s vest.
by | Nov 20, 2024 1:55 pm | Comments (5)
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Chief Jacobson at WNHH FM: "I think we're having an upward swing."
Karl Jacobson is cheering, not ruing, the latest police recruitment and retention numbers.
That could mean more cops on the streets in New Haven doing more work with the community.
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by | Nov 19, 2024 1:30 pm | Comments (13)
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New Haven's industrial port: Watch out, enviro scofflaws.
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AG Tong: “Gulf Oil ran a defective operation and falsified records to cover its tracks."
An oil tank operator in New Haven’s industrial port has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a state lawsuit that accused the company of falsifying inspection reports and undertaking construction and demolition without pulling the proper permits.
Continue reading ‘Oil Tank Biz Settles Fake-Inspection Case For $2M’