Waterbury

A Waterbury police officer has been fired after an Internal Affairs investigation into his conduct during an encounter with a citizen while directing traffic last month.

The Naugatuck father accused of killing his 11-month-old daughter earlier this month appeared in court on Monday. In court, Christopher Francisquini was in handcuffs as he went before a judge. He is facing charges including murder with special circumstances and risk of injury to a child. The judge set his bond on the murder charge at $5 million and added…

The Naugatuck father accused of killing his 11-month-old daughter has been taken into custody, police said. Waterbury Police arrested Christopher Francisquini Friday afternoon at about 3 p.m. Francisquini is accused of killing his baby daughter Camilla Francisquini. He had been on the run for two weeks and was taken into custody in the area of 400 Grand St. in Waterbury….

If you live in New England and love donuts (what is there to not love about donuts?), you’ll want to keep reading. Yelp scoured the nation earlier this year for the best bakers of America’s glazed, iced, dipped, sprinkled, and cream-filled confections to create the “Top 100 US Donut Shops 2022” — and two shops in Connecticut and Massachusetts earned…

A Naugatuck police officer was shot while conducting an undercover operation in Waterbury Wednesday night, according to police. It happened just after 10 p.m. on Chase Parkway near the entrance ramp to Interstate 84 East. Officers assigned to the Connecticut State Police Violent Crimes Task Force were conducting undercover surveillance when a suspect or suspects in an unknown vehicle opened…

A man who is accused of driving through an active crime scene as police were investigating a fatal crash in Waterbury Tuesday night, hitting a police cruiser, leading police on a chase and throwing heroin from his car is being held on more than $1 million bond, police said. Police have identified the suspect as Myrice Hodge, 35, of Waterbury….

A car allegedly drove through an active crime scene and hit a police cruiser while officers were investigating a deadly crash in Waterbury. The incident happened on Chase Avenue Tuesday night. Police were investigating a pedestrian crash in the area when a car drove through the crime scene, hitting a police cruiser and another unoccupied car while trying to flee….

A 19-year-old member of the Connecticut National Guard was killed in a crash in Waterbury on Tuesday morning, three days before he was supposed to be getting married. Spc. Josue Alicea-Tirado, of Waterbury, was with C Co., 1-102nd Infantry, according to Major General Francis J. Evon Jr., the adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard. Alicea-Tirado was involved in...

A mother who lost one of her sons in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre testified Tuesday that her biggest fear is that people who believe the shooting was a hoax will harm her other son, who survived the attack at his school. Nicole Hockley and her former husband, Ian Hockley, were the latest family members of the 26 victims of…

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his first appearance Tuesday at a trial in Connecticut that will determine how much in damages he should pay for telling his audience of millions the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars empire acknowledged on the witness stand Wednesday that the show and website spread falsehoods about the Sandy Hook school shooting. “I don’t think that we disagree that there were false statements made,” Brittany Paz testified at a civil trial involving Jones’ claims that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was staged as...

A sister of a teacher killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent who responded to the school shooting became overwhelmed with emotion Tuesday as they described what it has been like to be accused of being crisis actors by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others. Carlee Soto Parisi and FBI agent William Aldenberg were the first…

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who for years claimed the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown was a hoax, is set to go on trial in Waterbury this week. This comes one month after a jury in Texas ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child killed in the shooting….

A Hartford Police detective is accused of shooting a man in Waterbury over the weekend while he was off-duty. Police were called to the area of Kingsley Court and Society Hill Road shortly before 5 a.m. on Sunday after getting a report of a gunshot victim. When officers arrived, they said they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound….

A New Jersey man is dead after a shooting at a nightclub in Waterbury early Saturday morning that also injured two other people. Police have identified the man who died as 38-year-old Adam Bellamy, of New Jersey. Officers were called to the Lit Ultra Lounge on West Main Street shortly before 2 a.m. after getting a shots fired complaint. When…

The owner of a restaurant in Waterbury who is accused of fatally shooting a man during a fight early Saturday morning has been arrested and is being charged with murder, according to police. Officers were called to Mikey’s Jamaican Restaurant on East Main Street around 1:40 a.m. after getting a shots fired complaint. When police arrived, they said they...

A mom and her baby daughter who were reported missing from Waterbury on Wednesday have been found safe and the silver alert has been canceled. Connecticut State Police issued a Silver Alert for the 15-year-old mom and her 8-month-old baby when they did not return after leaving home the night before. Police said Thursday that the mom and baby are…

A woman is seriously injured and two men have minor injuries after a wrong-way crash on Route 8 south in Waterbury late Monday night. State police said a Honda HRV was traveling the wrong way on Route 8 south near exit 34 around 11:52 p.m. when it collided with a Honda Pilot. The female driver of the Honda HRV suffered…

Police have arrested a man in connection to a shooting that injured a 2-year-old boy in Waterbury last week. Investigators said they identified 20-year-old Kharis Samuels, of Waterbury, as a suspect and obtained a search warrant for him. On Monday, Samuels turned himself in at Waterbury Police Department. Samuels is facing charges including assault, illegal discharge of a firearm, reckless…

A 2-year-old child was taken to the hospital with injuries after being shot in Waterbury.