Bob Connors is the managing editor of digital at NBC Connecticut.
He has been at the station for more than 30 years and began his career there as a show producer before moving to the digital team in 2010.
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Suspect shot by Meriden officer during fatal baseball bat attack has died, police say
Meriden police say an investigation is ongoing after a shooting occurred at a home on Sagamore Road Sunday morning. At around 10 a.m. on Sunday, police say they received reports of an active domestic violence situation involving some type of weapon. Upon arrival to the scene, officers observed a male violently striking a victim to the head with a baseball…
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Arrest made connected to fatal March canoe accident in East Haddam
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection EnCon Police have made an arrest in connection to a fatal canoe accident in East Haddam in March. Two people were in the canoe on Lake Hayward when the canoe capsized. One was rescued by a good Samaritan, but the other went under the water. The body of 20-year-old Dominick Tocci of Woodstock...
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Husband charged with murder in killing of Winsted, Conn. woman
Police have arrested the husband of a Winsted woman who was found dead in a home on Monday. Leon Stetson, 67, is charged with murder, home invasion, and violation of a protective order. Officers responded to the home on Oak Street around 9:45 p.m. on Monday and found Carrie Stetson dead inside. Leon Stetson was also found with serious injuries....
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Police identify Mass. student who died after being pulled from pool at Conn. event venue
An eighth-grader is dead after a reported drowning at High Meadow event venue in Granby, according to officials. Granby police said they received a report of a drowning around 2:30 p.m. According to police, a Simsbury officer was working a private detail at the High Meadow venue and helped the student. They were taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center...
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Jury awards New Haven man $38 million for wrongful conviction in 1990 double murder
A federal jury awarded a man $38 million on Friday for a wrongful conviction for a 1990 double murder. Stefon Morant sued the City of New Haven for the conviction for which he spent more than two decades in prison. He was released in 2015 after his conviction was overturned. The jury reached its decision after more than two days...
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Police file new arrest warrants for former Conn. daycare worker accused of sexual assault
Police have prepared two new arrest warrants for the former employee at an Avon daycare accused of sexually assaulting children at the facility. The warrants for Jan Carlos Berrios-Otero, 29, were filed at Torrington Superior Court and are being reviewed by a judge, according to Lt. John Schmalberger, of the Avon Police Department. Each warrant charges Berrios-Otero with one count...
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Ashford, Conn. man charged after breaking into woman's apartment naked: Police
A man is under arrest after a frightening incident at an apartment in Ashford. According to state police, a woman woke up on her couch around 2:25 p.m. on Wednesday to find a man naked and masturbating above her. She was able to shove the man out of her apartment and immediately called 911. She told police that she met...
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Former Hartford police officer charged in shooting death of Steven Jones
The former Hartford police officer who shot and killed Steven Jones in February has been charged with first-degree manslaughter, according to Connecticut Inspector General Eliot D. Prescott. Joseph Magnano was arrested on Monday, Prescott said in a news release. Magnano shot Jones nine times on Friday, Feb. 27, after police were called to a home on Blue Hills Avenue for...
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3 killed in fiery crash on Route 15 in Stratford, Conn. on Sunday
Three people were killed in a crash on the Merritt Parkway in Stratford on Sunday morning. According to state police, three cars were traveling in the right lane of Route 15 South around 4:50 a.m. when the third car in line, a Lexus, slammed into the back of a Honda Civic, which then collided with the Chrysler 200 ahead of...
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Former Avon daycare worker charged with sexual assault worked at other locations, company says
The former worker at an Avon daycare charged with sexually assaulting several children also worked at other daycares, according to a message sent to parents by the company. Jan Berrios-Otero, 29, was arrested on April 1 after an administrator at the BrightPath Avon Early Learning and Child Care Center contacted police about possible inappropriate contact involving a child. Police investigated...
