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A substitute teacher has been placed on leave pending the outcome of a sexual misconduct investigation.
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Luis Ramos Cruz: "These people are supposed to be Christians."
Landlord Law Firm's Jeff Mastrianni: Free speech costs extra.
A Fair Haven church began evicting a tenant in a building it owns — then slapped the tenant with $2,260 in legal fees, in large part because he dared to speak publicly about the case.
by | Mar 3, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (2)
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Governor Ned Lamont.
In a bright hallway of the recently abated Catholic Charities Child Development Center, Gov. Ned Lamont gathered with city leaders Thursday to urge the state legislature to bring statewide lead enforcement standards up to New Haven’s level.
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by | Mar 3, 2022 2:00 pm | Comments (0)
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Pan (right) and defense attorney Kevin Smith in court Thursday.
Over a year after Qinxuan Pan allegedly murdered Yale grad student Kevin Jiang, his criminal court case has been pushed out another month to give the incarcerated MIT artificial intelligence researcher more time to review state-gathered evidence against him.
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The car was unregistered. It had the wrong license plate on it.
That turned out to be only the beginning of the problem.
by | Feb 28, 2022 12:15 pm | Comments (7)
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Officer Troche, defense attorney Paine, and prosecutor Strollo in court on Monday.
A state judge gave an arrested New Haven police officer and case attorneys another month and a half to review “literally thousands of pages of discoverable material” regarding the cop’s alleged pressuring of an undocumented 19-year-old Honduran immigrant to send him nude photographs and have sex with him in exchange for money.
by | Feb 25, 2022 9:15 am | Comments (13)
Vacant ground floor space at 109 Court.
A canceled deal amid New Haven’s torrid real-estate market ended with a dispute over a $50,000 deposit — and landed in court, in a case that raises questions about the due diligence of property buyers and sellers.
by | Feb 24, 2022 5:45 pm | Comments (4)
Two incarcerated individuals died and one correctional officer was revived with Narcan Thursday after suspected fentanyl overdoses at the Whalley Avenue jail.
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by | Feb 24, 2022 4:25 pm | Comments (3)
Newly tapped state judge nominees: Scott Jones, Tara Knight, and Cherie Phoenix-Sharpe.
New Haven’s top public defender, a former City Hall attorney, a Yale Law School instructor, and two Hamden-based personal injury lawyers are en route to becoming state judges, thanks to a sweep of appointments by Gov. Ned Lamont.
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by | Feb 24, 2022 2:26 pm | Comments (1)
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High Bazaar: On hold for now.
Hamden’s “High Bazaars” will most likely be postponed for at least another week while the town establishes a clearer pathway to keep the large-scale cannabis jamborees safe, secure and compliant.
by | Feb 23, 2022 5:45 pm | Comments (7)
Local and federal law enforcement seized roughly 19 kilograms of cocaine, more than 7,000 bags of fentanyl, and over $780,000 in cash as part of a drug bust that has led to the arrest of seven New Haveners and a 64-year-old supplier from New York.
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by | Feb 23, 2022 9:22 am | Comments (8)
Alder Decker: LLC sunshine law will help keep renters safe.
Shooters, slackers, slumlords, and students better watch out, if four new measures passed Tuesday night accomplish their aims.
by | Feb 22, 2022 3:47 pm | Comments (3)
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Consultant's estimated timeline for police chief search.
The city will pay a California-based search firm up to $50,850 to spend the next three to four months conducting online meetings and interviews as it helps New Haven find a new permanent police chief.
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by | Feb 22, 2022 1:47 pm | Comments (6)
Dalal: Take time to do it right.
The start date for a pilot program of the Elicker Administration’s non-cop emergency response initiative has been pushed back yet again — as the city looks to sign on a subcontractor to train, employ, and supervise social workers and mental-health professionals to respond to certain 911 calls.
by | Feb 21, 2022 5:18 pm | Comments (8)
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At Hamden's High Bazaar. Proposed New Haven law would ban such "private marijuana vending events, cannabis trade shows or public cannabis events."
“High Bazaar” in New Haven? Not anytime soon.
That’s according to a newly proposed zoning update that would prohibit the types of weekly commercial cannabis parties that currently take place in Hamden — as part of a broader city effort to define where pot shops should and should not be allowed in the Elm City.
by | Feb 21, 2022 3:10 pm | Comments (2)
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NHPD Det. Steve Cunningham, lead investigator in the case.
Over a year’s worth of community interviews, surveillance video reviews, and “No Bueno” Facebook-page sleuthing led police to arrest a 37-year-old man for allegedly murdering Curtis McCray, Jr. in Newhallville in October 2019.
That suspect — who called 911 to report the shooting the night of the homicide — has consistently denied that he killed anyone, and has argued instead that he was the bullets’ likely target.
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by | Feb 21, 2022 8:47 am | Comments (2)
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Greer's former yeshiva at 765 Elm: New "law day" is March 28.
A nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer won yet another month before the convicted sex offender’s victim can take ownership of the historic yeshiva building at the corner of Elm Street and Norton Street.
But with that delay, a state judge also ruled that Greer’s nonprofit cannot buy the Edgewood religious school out of foreclosure — even if it is able to scrounge up enough money by the selling off nearby multifamily rental properties.
by | Feb 19, 2022 10:50 am | Comments (5)
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Hamden's High Bazaar crew inside the Cellar On Treadwell: Saturday's event has been canceled, as announced via Facebook.
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High Bazaar is taking an indefinite hiatus, as the lead organizer of Hamden’s weekly commercial cannabis parties canceled Saturday’s event while he seeks “proper permitting” from town government.
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by | Feb 18, 2022 3:19 pm | Comments (18)
Interim Police Chief Renee Dominguez (right) with Mayor Elicker on Friday.
The Elicker Administration has picked a California-based search firm to help the city look across the nation for a new permanent police chief.
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by | Feb 17, 2022 8:54 pm | Comments (8)
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At G-Mart after shooting.
A 31-year-old man was shot outside a Fair Haven convenience store Thursday morning, then collapsed inside in a pool of blood.
by | Feb 17, 2022 2:38 pm | Comments (8)
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The Virgin Guadalupe watches over Luis Ramos Cruz.
Luis Ramos Cruz could depend on the church next door for a prayer service, an occasional bag of food pantry groceries, and — most recently — an eviction notice.
by | Feb 17, 2022 2:26 pm | Comments (1)
Working at times out of a shared Sherman Avenue home, Farouq Fasasi, Rodney Thomas, Jr., and Ralph Pierre spent years bilking elderly people from across the country out of millions of dollars.
Now it’s their turn to pay.
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by | Feb 16, 2022 5:03 pm | Comments (4)
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Attorneys Michael Keane and John Martin, with Dr. Steven Murphy outside federal court Wednesday.
A pandemic “profiteer” — or was it a pandemic hero? — sought justice Wednesday from the greed of cold-hearted faceless insurers … or were they his victims?
Judge Janet Bond Arterton will have to sort all that out after hearing arguments Wednesday involving the latest adventures of Dr. Steven Murphy.
The question at hand: Should doctors — even those criticized as pandemic hustlers — be allowed to sue insurance companies that balk at reimbursing them for the alleged costs of Covid tests?
by | Feb 16, 2022 12:58 pm | Comments (1)
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Altered .40 caliber handgun recovered by police.
Hamden police have made another arrest and confiscated a gun and narcotics in connection with an ongoing investigation into a 2021 double shooting.
by | Feb 15, 2022 3:40 pm | Comments (9)
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Existing covered area (in red); proposed new expanded areas (in blue).
Alders fast-tracked a city plan to expand ShotSpotter to the far east and west sides of town, as part of a proposed four-year, $1.67 million deal to try to help police better respond soon after someone fires a gun.