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Pan at an earlier court hearing.
Three years after Kevin Jiang was shot to death at Lawrence and Nicoll streets, his killer has pleaded guilty.
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by | Feb 27, 2024 3:00 pm | Comments (6)
Map "John" sent identifying bitcoin site where I should take the cash.
“We have to catch the fraudsters in the act,” “John” insisted.
Was John himself the fraudster?
by | Feb 22, 2024 4:30 pm | Comments (18)
"Mega" site where trap was laid.
The “Sugar Daddy” showed up as promised, but with a silver handgun.
“This is not what you think it is,” he informed his online-rendezvous partner. “This is a stick-up.”
by | Feb 20, 2024 4:34 pm | Comments (8)
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Social media postings by arrested alleged Exit 8 members, entered into evidence. The 8 ball is a reference to the gang.
A 19-year-old New Havener faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to participating in five shootings of rival gang members.
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by | Feb 16, 2024 12:20 pm | Comments (8)
I know. I was a dummy.
Turns out there are lots of dummies out there. Primed to be scammed.
by | Feb 12, 2024 1:43 pm | Comments (29)
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Sheila Harris: A "social butterfly" whom her daughter believes the police could have saved.
Sheila Harris was murdered by her domestic abuser minutes after five police officers left her home, and hours after she arrived, scratched up, at police headquarters to report a stolen gun.
Now Harris’ daughter Mercedes Harris is suing the city and 13 officers, arguing the police should have done more to protect her mom on the night of Aug. 19, 2023.
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by | Feb 9, 2024 4:51 pm | Comments (2)
Jesenia Rodriguez en route to Capitol: Putting in policy miles to protect future rideshare workers.
“It’s been a journey getting here,” Uber driver Jesenia Rodriguez said as she parked her boyfriend’s stoplight red Toyota across from the state Capitol building.
She was running late. First she had to drop her grandkids off at Jepson School. Then she missed three exits on her way into Hartford while fielding phone calls from fellow rideshare and delivery drivers.
But now she had arrived, with a message to deliver.
by | Feb 8, 2024 2:25 pm | Comments (11)
Bryan Ramirez-Guttierez's reserved seat at the Hillhouse High graduation he never got to attend.
Police have made arrests in a pair of hit-and-runs that caused the deaths of two New Haveners, including 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez-Guttierez last February.
by | Jan 31, 2024 4:28 pm | Comments (8)
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Zona on the stand: "This is a little emotional for me."
A jury listened as veteran cop Anthony Zona tearfully described how his department retaliated against him and harmed his reputation for alleged whistleblowing. Then the jury sided with his boss.
by | Jan 30, 2024 11:44 am | Comments (7)
Someone shot a 16-year-old to death Monday night.
by | Jan 29, 2024 5:03 pm | Comments (19)
The police chief has placed two officers on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of internal investigations into two separate off-duty motor vehicle arrests.
by | Jan 28, 2024 12:21 pm | Comments (6)
One person died in a car crash and a driver killed a pedestrian in a separate incident this weekend on New Haven’s streets.
by | Jan 25, 2024 12:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Social media postings by arrested alleged Exit 8 members, entered into evidence. The 8 ball is a reference to the gang.
New Haven has seen fewer shots fired these days — in part because of the arrest of a street gang “honcho” who has pleaded guilty to firing shots meant to kill.
by | Jan 24, 2024 3:06 pm | Comments (7)
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Seeking justice, Tony Zona readies for jury selection.
A Yale PhD student was asked on the witness stand if he could take a firm and fair stand in a trial of cop against cops.
“What is … ‘fair’?” the graduate student responded to attorneys as jury selection kicked off in a case that will test whether top cops can be held accountable for seeking to retaliate against alleged whistleblowers.
by | Jan 22, 2024 5:13 pm | Comments (14)
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Purple reign: $395 jeans on sale at Sneaker Junkies.
How do you make off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of jeans and hoodies from a store?
It helps to have four friends with you — and to shop Purple.
by | Jan 21, 2024 12:35 pm | Comments (24)
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Ofc. Diaz, Sgt. Betsy Segui, and Ofc. Ronald Pressley lifting Cox into wheelchair on June 19, 2022.
(Updated with union comment) State arbitrators have overturned the firing of the police officer who transported Richard “Randy” Cox on a fateful ride that ended up paralyzing Cox and costing New Haven $45 million.
Continue reading ‘Fired Cox Cop Van Driver Wins Arbitration’
by | Jan 18, 2024 5:28 pm | Comments (5)
A 32-year-old New Haven man is in custody after allegedly phoning in a fake bomb threat that led police to clear out three government buildings.
by | Jan 15, 2024 11:54 am | Comments (2)
Nobody stole any vehicles in West Hills, West Rock, Westville, or Amity during the first week of 2024.
by | Jan 12, 2024 11:32 am | Comments (49)
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City Plan chief Laura Brown Thursday night: Help us chart city's future.
The city invited the public to a launch party for a once-in-a-decade rewrite of New Haven’s primary land use document — and the community showed up.
by | Jan 11, 2024 4:31 pm | Comments (13)
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Chief Jacobson: "Moving in the right direction."
Downtown cops plan to continue reaching out to work with young people in 2024 following a teen-fueled spike in center-city in 2023.
by | Jan 11, 2024 1:39 pm | Comments (3)
An armed robber in a black leather Harley Davidson jacket held up Chico’s Fruits and Groceries on Ferry Street.
Continue reading ‘Robbery/Shooting Video Told A Different Story’
by | Jan 9, 2024 3:45 pm | Comments (8)
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Anesthesia's storefront: "Thirsty Trap" for sale?
The state is suing Chapel Street’s Anesthesia Convenience & Smoke Shop as part of a crackdown on stores allegedly selling illegal cannabis products.
Continue reading ‘State Sues Smoke Shop For Alleged Cannabis Sales’
by | Jan 8, 2024 9:14 am | Comments (15)
A cab driver looking to pick up a fare in Westville picked up two blows to the face and lost needed equipment instead.
by | Jan 6, 2024 8:22 pm | Comments (5)
A 45-year-old man named Gregory Perez became New Haven’s first homicide victim of 2024.
by | Jan 5, 2024 9:05 am | Comments (18)
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Handgun recovered from stolen Honda.
Edward didn’t have time for this.