Pedestrian Dies After Foxon Blvd. Crash
by | Apr 1, 2025 1:29 pm | Comments (10)
(Updated) A 29-year-old pedestrian named Juan Kortright died Monday from injuries he suffered after getting struck by a car on Foxon Boulevard on March 26.
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Dad Awaits Reunion With Kidnapped Daughter
by | Mar 12, 2025 4:59 pm | Comments (3)
Carlos Reyes-Couvertier with his daughter Andrea 25 years ago.
When Carlos Reyes-Couvertier found his long-lost daughter after 25 years of searching, he felt a surge of joy — while sensing a long road toward healing ahead.
“We have some sense of happiness, but the chapter is not closed yet,” he said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
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Mayor, Union Prez Ink 6-Year Police Contract
by | Feb 7, 2025 7:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Mayor and union prez Cotto haven't always seen eye-to-eye.
In a matter of minutes, with two strokes of a pen, a contract that had taken the city over two years to finalize with the police union was finally made official Friday afternoon.
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Videos Show Fatal Cop-Shooting Scene
by | Feb 3, 2025 5:08 pm | Comments (10)
West Haven Officer Robert Rappa's body-worn camera footage. Note: Videos show graphic violence.
5:30 a.m. at the Mill River Crossing housing complex. Police enter an apartment with a key. “My baby!” a woman cries out. Gunshots ring out. A 35-year-old man is killed, two cops injured.
That scene is depicted in videos and a “preliminary report” released Monday by the state Office of Inspector General.
Inspector General Robert J. Delvin released the documents regarding a Jan. 29 early-morning shoot-out that left 35-year-old Aaron Freeman dead and two West Haven police officers injured. An officer — it’s unclear yet which one — killed Freeman, after Freeman allegedly shot first.
Cop Raid, Shoot-Out Leave Renters Shaken
by | Jan 30, 2025 4:17 pm | Comments (8)
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Mill River Crossing, where an early-morning police shoot-out left a suspect dead.
Free counseling from area therapists. A new police officer in residence. And (hopefully) fixing the broken intercom system.
Those were some of the solutions that leaders of New Haven’s housing authority offered to residents of Mill River Crossing at a resident-only meeting held on the property Wednesday evening — after a man died and two cops were injured during a shoot-out with police in the building early that morning.
Troopers Arrest 4 In Pro-Palestine I-95 Shutdown
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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Top Cops Swap Jobs
by | Jan 7, 2025 5:13 pm | Comments (5)
Two of New Haven’s top cops are swapping jobs, as part of an effort to prepare them for possible futures as police chiefs.
Homicide, Stabbings, & A Stolen Amazon Truck
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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New Police Union Contract Approved
by | Nov 19, 2024 12:07 pm | Comments (10)
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Ismail Abdussabur: Looking forward to "more time at home."
The Board of Alders unanimously approved a long-awaited, six-year police union contract — to applause from an audience of police officers who have worked for two years without a contract.
New Police Union Contract Advances
by | Oct 30, 2024 5:10 pm | Comments (5)
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Union Prez Cotto and Chief Jacobson: “This is a game changer.”
A proposed new six-year police union contract would boost not only salaries but also officers’ morale and mental health, thanks in part to an overhauled time-off system in the agreement.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson made that pitch on Tuesday evening to the Board of Alders Finance Committee, which unanimously voted to recommend the tentative labor deal’s approval.