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Connecticut DUI victim turns injuries into action
Shelley Merrill of Norwich poses next to an X-ray of her neck, showing some of the injuries she suffered after a drunk driver crashed into the vehicle in which she was a passenger in 2007.By Michelle...
View ArticleCT State Police to step up DUI patrols for Superbowl Sunday
From CT State Police press release:This Sunday, Feb. 2, friends and families will gather to watch the big game and to enjoy festivities surrounding the Super Bowl. The parties and gatherings can make...
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DCF social worker: Demand driving supply in human trafficking
Audrey Morrissey tells her story of surviving sex trafficking at a state Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in Connecticut conference at the CT Convention Center in Hartford Wednesday. Mara Lavitt — New...
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Friends, family of victims come together for New Haven prayer vigil
People who lost loved ones to violence in the city came together to pray and support one another at a prayer vigil at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church Thursday night./ Rich Scinto — New Haven...
View ArticleHuman trafficking conference examines resources, process
By Rachel Chinapen Register Staff NEW HAVEN >> A health care provider may easily identify a patient as a victim of human trafficking but may not know how to intervene when the trafficker is...
View ArticleNew Haven man who saw mom slain as child works to turn life around
By Shahid Abdul-KarimRegister Staff NEW HAVEN >> Larry Davis watched as his mother, Nakia Arrington, was strangled to death. He was 4 at the time. Moments later, Davis witnessed his mother’s...
View Article25 years after Torrington crash, family reflects on death caused by drunk...
By Isaac Avilucea TORRINGTON >> Twenty-five years later, pain has given way to forgiveness, but sisters Susan Suhanovsky and Honoria Williams still haven’t forgotten the day their father, Herman...
View ArticleFamily of slain Shelton teen Kristjan Ndoj still without answers in shooting
By Michelle Tuccitto Sulloand Patricia Villers SHELTON >> Franga Ndoj, whose grandson Kristjan was fatally shot in March, took a framed color photograph of him down from a shelf in the home they...
View ArticleNew Haven neighbors join together to combat crime
By Luther TurmelleRegister StaffNEW HAVEN >> For a few hours Tuesday might, a block-and-a-half of Orchard Street took on a festive atmosphere as residents held a celebration they said was a going...
View ArticleVigil planned for missing persons
NAUGATUCK - An annual vigil devoted to all state missing person cases will take place at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24 on the Green, on Church Street in Naugatuck.The day marks both the 10-year anniversary of the...
View ArticleAs Connecticut population ages, elder abuse rises
By Patricia VillersRegister Staff As Connecticut’s population ages, a disturbing statistic is emerging in the state: Abuse of the elderly is on the rise and nationwide, millions of seniors are at risk...
View ArticleJune 2015 eyed for Kathy Hardy arson murder trial
By Evan LipsRegister Staff BRANFORD >> Federal prosecutors in the arson murder case of a local mother slain nearly a decade ago have proposed a court schedule, with a potential jury trial date...
View ArticlePanel seeks input from crime victims
HARTFORD - The Victims’ Rights Enforcement Advisory Commission, established by Governor Dannel Malloy, has released a survey soliciting input from victims of crime in Connecticut.“As part of our...
View ArticleOn the Road to Remember ....
Check out this blog post by Donna Gore, on the recent On the Road to Remember Tour, which stopped in Connecticut to bring attention to missing person cases.
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Connecticut releases third deck of cold case playing cards for inmates
ROCKY HILL >> A third deck of cold case playing cards is now available to inmates in the Connecticut correctional system. State authorities have received more than 470 tips from inmates since the...
View ArticleShooting violence decried at New Haven vigil celebrating life of Erika Robinson
By Shahid Abdul-KarimNEW HAVEN >> A candlelight vigil in honor of Erika Robinson was held in front of the former Key Club Cabaret Sunday, marking the one-year anniversary of her shooting death....
View ArticleSeymour teen battling brain tumor receives handicapped-accessible van
By Jean Falbo-SosnovichRegister CorrespondentSEYMOUR >> The young woman battling a brain tumor, Nina Poeta, received a brand new handicapped-accessible van Wednesday, courtesy of Harte Family...
View ArticleSurvivors of Homicide plans holiday event/fundraiser
It’s time to start thinking about holiday decorations. Spruce up your home with a fresh evergreen bough, while supporting Survivors of Homicide, Inc. They also make a great gift for family, friends,...
View ArticleSeymour teen who touched the lives of many dies at 17 of cancer
By Keldy OrtizRegister StaffSEYMOUR >> Nina Poeta, a Seymour High School senior who touched the lives of many in the community as she battled cancer, has died, according to her school. She was...
View ArticleHundreds of kids harmed by detergent ‘pods’ mistaken for toys, candy
By Lindsey TannerAP Medical WriterAccidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years,...
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