Crime

Newtown police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on the front and side walls of a local synagogue.

(MERIDEN,Conn./WTIC) - Meriden Police Detectives with assistance from Connecticut State Police and the Waterbury Police Department have found human remains in Waterbury as they investigate the disappearance of Perrie Mason.The woman was reported missing earlier this week. Police say no positive...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut police officer with a history of domestic violence arrests has been fired. Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez announced that Officer Steven Figueroa had been terminated, effective Wednesday afternoon. In a statement, Perez said an investigation determined...

(BRISTOL,Conn./WTIC) - Bristol Police have made three arrests in connection with a serious assault which occurred during a party at 76 Bartholomew Street Monday night.When officers arrived around 11 pm they found the victim on the ground suffering from a serious head wound.The victim, whose name...

Shelton police have arrested a local man in a sexual assault investigation involving an underage girl.

A Connecticut judge has ruled that a murder case against a slain doctor's wife can proceed, despite officials viewing some of her documents that were protected by attorney-client privilege.

A man has been charged in connection with an online bomb threat at a Connecticut minor league baseball stadium amid a dispute between the team's owner and a Muslim civil rights group.

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) _ A 22-year-old Central Connecticut State University student who authorities say showed interest in committing a mass shooting has been arraigned on state weapons charges. Brandon Washol, of Norwalk, remained jailed Friday on $250,000 bond after appearing in Superior Court,...

The number of people who have said they were sexually abused as children by employees, volunteers and others at Boys and Girls Clubs of America affiliates adds up to 250 victims in 30 states.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) _ A former nurse has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a patient abuse scandal at Connecticut's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital. A judge on Wednesday sentenced Mark Cusson, a former nurse at the state-run Whiting Forensic Hospital in...