A stolen car caused a four-way car crash and rollover, leaving multiple people injured in New Haven on Wednesday evening, according to police. The New Haven Police Department responded to an incident involving a stolen car after the owner left it running while unlocked.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said that bringing Officer Oscar Diaz back on the force "is something we don't have a choice in."
Oscar Diaz, one of four New Haven police officers fired after Richard "Randy" Cox was paralyzed while in custody, rejoins force after appealing termination.
A man was arrested early Thursday for allegedly slashing a man’s face during an argument in New Haven. Officers at 12:16 a.m. responded to the intersection of Temple Street and Chapel Street on the report of a stabbing and located a suspect and a man who said his face was slashed, according to the New Haven Police Department.
The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General is investigating Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting with a fatality.
Two West Haven police officers were shot as the officers were carrying out a search warrant out of West Haven for drugs at an apartment in New Haven early Wednesday morning and the suspect was shot and has died,
New Haven police said a man was arrested after a car theft Wednesday night after the car crashed into other vehicles near Fitch and Crescent streets.
Police are investigating a crash on Wednesday night on Southern Connecticut State University’s campus. According to the New Haven Police Department, someone stole a car and crashed it into several cars on Fitch Street near Crescent Street.
The West Haven Police Department was executing a search warrant on Grand Avenue in New Haven when two officers were shot, police said.
Thomas Goethe, 43, of Waterbury, is a convicted felon who police arrested Tuesday. He allegedly had two loaded guns, over 200 rounds of ammo and various drugs.
A pair of Connecticut police officers executing a search warrant on Wednesday were shot and wounded by a suspect, who was killed in the exchange of gunfire, police said.
Residents voted to hire a new parks director as investigations continue into how the department handled allegations of child sex abuse by a former town worker.