This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe University of Connecticut student wanted for two homicides, kidnapping and others crimes was apprehended without incident Wednesday night near a Maryland truck stop, police said.Police said Peter Manfredonia was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Maryland’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office near the Pilot Travel Center, a truck stop on Halfway Boulevard in Hagerstown, Md.**UPDATE**Suspect, Peter Manfredonia has been found & is in custody. CSP Eastern District Major Crime are on scene in Hagerstown, MD. No injuries to...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe University of Connecticut student wanted for two homicides, kidnapping and others crimes was apprehended without incident Wednesday night near a Maryland truck stop, police said.Police said Peter Manfredonia was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Maryland’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office near the Pilot Travel Center, a truck stop on Halfway Boulevard in Hagerstown, Md.**UPDATE**Suspect, Peter Manfredonia has been found & is in custody. CSP Eastern District Major Crime are on scene in Hagerstown, MD. No injuries to...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWATERTOWN —State Police have charged a teen with murder following an assault on Route 8 Tuesday that left his coworker dead, the agency said Wednesday.Elijah David Bertrand, 19, has been charged with murder in the death of 28-year-old Nathan D. Burk, of Waterbury.State Police confirmed in a tweet around 2:30 p.m. that 19-year-old Bertrand had been arrested.Plymouth police Capt. Ed Benecchi said Bertrand was apprehended by Plymouth police officers at a Valero gas station on Main Street.He said police “received information” Bertrand...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWATERTOWN —State Police have charged a teen with murder following an assault on Route 8 Tuesday that left his coworker dead, the agency said Wednesday.Elijah David Bertrand, 19, has been charged with murder in the death of 28-year-old Nathan D. Burk, of Waterbury.State Police confirmed in a tweet around 2:30 p.m. that 19-year-old Bertrand had been arrested.Plymouth police Capt. Ed Benecchi said Bertrand was apprehended by Plymouth police officers at a Valero gas station on Main Street.He said police “received information” Bertrand...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateVariants from the United Kingdom and New York comprised 85 percent of Connecticut’s COVID cases sampled last week, according to a new report.About half of the cases sampled contained the U.K. variant known as B.1.1.7, Gov. Ned Lamont warned.“It could be as high as 50 percent now,” Lamont said Thursday during his pandemic briefing. “The bad news is it’s highly infectious, so while over half of our population has been vaccinated, it’s spreading fast in the other half of the population.”“The good news is the vaccines work — it works...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateVariants from the United Kingdom and New York comprised 85 percent of Connecticut’s COVID cases sampled last week, according to a new report.About half of the cases sampled contained the U.K. variant known as B.1.1.7, Gov. Ned Lamont warned.“It could be as high as 50 percent now,” Lamont said Thursday during his pandemic briefing. “The bad news is it’s highly infectious, so while over half of our population has been vaccinated, it’s spreading fast in the other half of the population.”“The good news is the vaccines work — it works...WW…

HARTFORD — City police have arrested a 19-year veteran of the force accused of illegally accessing information through computer systems.Zachary Freeto was charged with first-degree computer crime Monday, Lt. Aaron Boisvert said in a press release Tuesday.The alleged incidents came to light after the department’s internal affairs division began investigating Freeto for an “off-duty incident” in Enfield.Investigators discovered “that Officer Freeto may have wrongfully accessed computer information on multiple occasions,” Boisvert said. The department launched two investigations, one criminal,...…HARTFORD — City police have arrested a 19-year veteran of the force accused of illegally accessing information through computer systems.Zachary Freeto was charged with first-degree computer crime Monday, Lt. Aaron Boisvert said in a press release Tuesday.The alleged incidents came to light after the department’s internal affairs division began investigating Freeto for an “off-duty incident” in Enfield.Investigators discovered “that Officer Freeto may have wrongfully accessed computer information on multiple occasions,” Boisvert said. The department launched two investigations, one criminal,...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA Connecticut COVID vaccination plan that partly “inspired” the president’s national timeline for all American adults to be eligible for the shot could be sped up even more, Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday.While Lamont did not provide specifics, the governor said he hopes to accelerate the eligibility for each of the age groups.“Give us a few days to get back to you, but I think we’re going to try and accelerate along the way,” Lamont said, speaking at a press conference in Danbury during a visit to a vaccination clinic for child care...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA Connecticut COVID vaccination plan that partly “inspired” the president’s national timeline for all American adults to be eligible for the shot could be sped up even more, Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday.While Lamont did not provide specifics, the governor said he hopes to accelerate the eligibility for each of the age groups.“Give us a few days to get back to you, but I think we’re going to try and accelerate along the way,” Lamont said, speaking at a press conference in Danbury during a visit to a vaccination clinic for child care...WW…

Connecticut front-line essential workers and those with preexisting medical conditions that put them at higher risk for COVID-19 complications will be the next groups eligible to get vaccinated, Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday.“Right now, we’re running through the 65 and above group, I’d like to think in 10 days or so ... we’ll be able to make an announcement in terms of the next group,” Lamont said.The Lamont administration has indicated that announcement will provide more details on how the vaccine will be rolled out to those populations. Both groups include a broad swath of people....…Connecticut front-line essential workers and those with preexisting medical conditions that put them at higher risk for COVID-19 complications will be the next groups eligible to get vaccinated, Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday.“Right now, we’re running through the 65 and above group, I’d like to think in 10 days or so ... we’ll be able to make an announcement in terms of the next group,” Lamont said.The Lamont administration has indicated that announcement will provide more details on how the vaccine will be rolled out to those populations. Both groups include a broad swath of people....WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateResearchers at the Yale School of Public Health have confirmed at least one case of COVID-19 in Connecticut that contained a mutation that could make the virus less susceptible to vaccine.The mutation, known as E484K, has been detected in strains of the virus that were first documented in South Africa and Brazil, .Researchers in the United Kingdom have also first detected there, known as B.1.1.7.Dr. Tara Alpert, a postdoctoral fellow studying the spread of the novel coronavirus at the Yale School of Public Health, said the E484K...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateResearchers at the Yale School of Public Health have confirmed at least one case of COVID-19 in Connecticut that contained a mutation that could make the virus less susceptible to vaccine.The mutation, known as E484K, has been detected in strains of the virus that were first documented in South Africa and Brazil, .Researchers in the United Kingdom have also first detected there, known as B.1.1.7.Dr. Tara Alpert, a postdoctoral fellow studying the spread of the novel coronavirus at the Yale School of Public Health, said the E484K...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDennis House, the former longtime anchor at WFSB-TV Channel 3, will return to television early next year as chief political anchor for WTNH-TV Channel 8, based in New Haven.The news, first reported by the Hartford Courant Monday afternoon, was confirmed by House on Twitter later that evening. “BREAKING: I’m coming back to television news,” House tweeted.Welcome to the team, ! We're thrilled to have you: — WTNH News 8 (@WTNH)In early September, House he had parted ways with WFSB after 28 years. In November, he said he had been at...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDennis House, the former longtime anchor at WFSB-TV Channel 3, will return to television early next year as chief political anchor for WTNH-TV Channel 8, based in New Haven.The news, first reported by the Hartford Courant Monday afternoon, was confirmed by House on Twitter later that evening. “BREAKING: I’m coming back to television news,” House tweeted.Welcome to the team, ! We're thrilled to have you: — WTNH News 8 (@WTNH)In early September, House he had parted ways with WFSB after 28 years. In November, he said he had been at...WW…

A 78-year-old Waterbury man pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in federal court Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the district of Connecticut said, after agents found more than 500,000 child sex abuse files on a storage device at his home.John Perugini appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez by video and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography a press release said.Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations learned that Perugini “had been paying for access to a commercial website that...…A 78-year-old Waterbury man pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in federal court Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the district of Connecticut said, after agents found more than 500,000 child sex abuse files on a storage device at his home.John Perugini appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez by video and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography a press release said.Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations learned that Perugini “had been paying for access to a commercial website that...WW…

MONTVILLE — State Police have arrested a Norwich man in connection with the armed robbery of a Chinese restaurant last year, after they linked his DNA to a blood stain found near the crime scene.But in an interview with detectives who came to take a DNA sample under a search warrant, 38-year-old Gregory Blue first said police planted the evidence — before claiming a phlebotomist dropped his DNA on the scene with an airplane.State police charged Blue on Friday with first-degree robbery with a dangerous instrument, second-degree assault resulting in serious physical injury and second-degree...…MONTVILLE — State Police have arrested a Norwich man in connection with the armed robbery of a Chinese restaurant last year, after they linked his DNA to a blood stain found near the crime scene.But in an interview with detectives who came to take a DNA sample under a search warrant, 38-year-old Gregory Blue first said police planted the evidence — before claiming a phlebotomist dropped his DNA on the scene with an airplane.State police charged Blue on Friday with first-degree robbery with a dangerous instrument, second-degree assault resulting in serious physical injury and second-degree...WW…