Posted: Jul 4, 2020 / 11:03 AM EDTUpdated: Jul 8, 2020 / 09:57 PM EDTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — News 8 confirmed Independence Day morning the Christopher Columbus statue at Waterbury City Hall had been vandalized. The statue had been beheaded at the beginning of a day full of tension in the Brass City.Throughout the day, a steady stream of curious onlookers drove past city hall and the statue to catch a glimpse of it and take pictures. This comes just days after a fiery debate about its removal.RELATED:News 8 reached out to Mayor Neil O’Leary, and he released a statement Saturday...…Posted: Jul 4, 2020 / 11:03 AM EDTUpdated: Jul 8, 2020 / 09:57 PM EDTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — News 8 confirmed Independence Day morning the Christopher Columbus statue at Waterbury City Hall had been vandalized. The statue had been beheaded at the beginning of a day full of tension in the Brass City.Throughout the day, a steady stream of curious onlookers drove past city hall and the statue to catch a glimpse of it and take pictures. This comes just days after a fiery debate about its removal.RELATED:News 8 reached out to Mayor Neil O’Leary, and he released a statement Saturday...WW…

Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 06:50 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 10, 2020 / 01:41 PM ESTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A surprising new detail emerging from Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting on Marley Place in Waterbury.Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said Officer Charles Mauriello was accidentally . The chief said it happened while police were investigating a report of a stolen car that had allegedly been involved in a kidnapping in New Britain.Police there had been looking for a man named Robert Harrison. Chief Spagnolo said Harrison was seen walking up to the car in Waterbury and gunfire broke out when...…Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 06:50 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 10, 2020 / 01:41 PM ESTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A surprising new detail emerging from Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting on Marley Place in Waterbury.Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said Officer Charles Mauriello was accidentally . The chief said it happened while police were investigating a report of a stolen car that had allegedly been involved in a kidnapping in New Britain.Police there had been looking for a man named Robert Harrison. Chief Spagnolo said Harrison was seen walking up to the car in Waterbury and gunfire broke out when...WW…

Posted: Jul 31, 2020 / 08:23 PM EDTUpdated: Aug 2, 2020 / 04:21 PM EDTANSONIA, Conn. (WTNH) — Sunday marks eight months and counting for the nightmare consuming Jodi Jacobellis and her family: the disappearance of .“It’s been s tough eight months not knowing where Vanessa is, being without Chrissy,” Jacobellis said.Vanessa is Jacobellis’ niece who has been missing since Dec. 2nd, 2019 — the same day Vanessa’s mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead in their home. Police found her when responding to a welfare check. But, when they were at Holloway’s home Vaness was nowhere to be...…Posted: Jul 31, 2020 / 08:23 PM EDTUpdated: Aug 2, 2020 / 04:21 PM EDTANSONIA, Conn. (WTNH) — Sunday marks eight months and counting for the nightmare consuming Jodi Jacobellis and her family: the disappearance of .“It’s been s tough eight months not knowing where Vanessa is, being without Chrissy,” Jacobellis said.Vanessa is Jacobellis’ niece who has been missing since Dec. 2nd, 2019 — the same day Vanessa’s mother, Christine Holloway, was found dead in their home. Police found her when responding to a welfare check. But, when they were at Holloway’s home Vaness was nowhere to be...WW…

Posted: Jul 10, 2020 / 06:26 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 16, 2020 / 06:39 PM EDTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — The beheaded Christopher Columbus statue got a lot of attention in Waterbury on Friday. First, police announced an identity of the suspect they were looking for in the Fourth of July decapitation.Police said 22-year-old Brandon Ambrose from Port Chester, New York, climbed to the top of the statue and knocked off the head.RELATED:Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo told News 8 surveillance video revealed that around 2:30 a.m. someone dressed in dark clothing appearing to be a slender-built...…Posted: Jul 10, 2020 / 06:26 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 16, 2020 / 06:39 PM EDTWATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — The beheaded Christopher Columbus statue got a lot of attention in Waterbury on Friday. First, police announced an identity of the suspect they were looking for in the Fourth of July decapitation.Police said 22-year-old Brandon Ambrose from Port Chester, New York, climbed to the top of the statue and knocked off the head.RELATED:Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo told News 8 surveillance video revealed that around 2:30 a.m. someone dressed in dark clothing appearing to be a slender-built...WW…