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Police ID Woman Killed In CT Double Shooting Police have released the name of a woman killed in a shooting at a Connecticut home that also left a man critically wounded. Katie Liljedahl died at an East Pond Meadow Road home in Westbrook on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Connecticut State Police said. The other victim, a man in his 40s, remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Troopers found John Bongiovanni, 37, of Haddam, outside the home around 5:25 p.m., authorities said. He faces charges of murder and attempted murder. He was being held on a $3 million bond.  The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Liljedahl’…

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CT Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant CT Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant CT Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant
CT Man Charged After Fatally Stabbing Dog During Domestic Dispute: Warrant A Connecticut man faces a felony animal cruelty charge after police say he stabbed a woman’s pit bull during a domestic incident, forcing the owner to euthanize the animal.  Aaron Lehet, 37, was charged in September following the July 10 incident at a Spring Street home in Middletown, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates. The dog, named Appa, was euthanized after a veterinarian determined that surgery was unlikely to save him, the warrant said. He suffered a chest wound about 2 inches wide and 4 inches deep, and the vet believed the a…

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by Josh Lanier
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CT Woman Threatened To Share Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says CT Woman Threatened To Share Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says CT Woman Threatened To Share Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says
CT Woman Threatened To Share Officer’s 'Sex Videos', Warrant Says A Connecticut woman threatened to send intimate videos of a police officer to his department and children unless his wife paid her money over a family dispute, according to an arrest warrant. Adele Kaoud, 50, of Redding, was charged with second-degree harassment over texts she allegedly sent Aug. 4. She gave the Westport officer’s wife two weeks to pay up, the warrant says. Kaoud pleaded not guilty Thursday and posted a $2,500 bond. The wife reported the messages Aug. 10. The group texts included her brother and her two adult children, according to the warrant. The officer's wife told pol…

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Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges
Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges Nearly three decades ago, a newborn baby boy was found dead inside a Long Island movie theater bathroom. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, his mother was arrested hundreds of miles away in Hampton, Virginia, as detectives cracked the 1996 cold case. Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby in November 1996 when she was 29 years old, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, 1996, the newborn was found inside a toilet in the women's bathroom o…

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Police ID Man Killed In CT Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Police ID Man Killed In CT Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Police ID Man Killed In CT Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median
Police ID Man Killed In CT Crash After Hitting Guardrail, Concrete Median Connecticut State Police have identified the 67-year-old man who was killed in a Route 2 crash earlier this week.  Richard G. Fusco was killed in a crash at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, near the Exit 2 ramp in East Hartford, according to Connecticut State Police.  Fusco was driving west when his car veered out of its lane and hit a metal guardrail along the right shoulder, police said. The car then went across both lanes and struck the concrete median, a police report said.  It's unclear what caused him to hit the guardrail.  He died at the scene.  State Police …

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Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances
Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances Patrick Stewart, the iconic British stage actor who became a familiar face in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the "X-Men" films, has died at 86, his representatives announced.  Stewart died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak told The Hollywood Reporter Thursday.  His family shared a statement on social media that he died following “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.” He is survived by two adult children and his wife, singer Sunny Ozell.  Bush Novak told THR that loved ones gathere…

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CT Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars CT Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars CT Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars
CT Prison Escape Costs Woman Another 10 Months Behind Bars A woman who escaped from a federal prison in Connecticut has only managed to extend her time behind bars, authorities announced.  Xiaoqin Yan, 32, of China, was sentenced to an additional 10 months in federal custody on Wednesday, Oct. 28, after she escaped from the low-security FCI Danbury on Dec. 10, 2024, according to the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.  Police captured Yan the same day she escaped.  Yan is in prison for setting fire to an Alabama prison in 2021. She was convicted two years later of arson and possessing a firearm while in the countr…

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by Josh Lanier
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Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In CT Crash, Police Say Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In CT Crash, Police Say Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In CT Crash, Police Say
Driver Flees After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian In CT Crash, Police Say Connecticut Police are asking for the public's help after a pedestrian was hospitalized with severe injuries in a hit-and-run crash.  Officers found the man on Liberty Street near Delay Street in downtown Danbury just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, authorities said.  Authorities did not provide an update on the victim's condition Thursday.  Police closed the street for about two hours as they investigated the scene.  A passerby reported seeing a white Mercedes Sprinter van with a Connecticut license plate heading toward Town Hill Avenue. Police have not confirmed w…

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by Josh Lanier
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2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of CT Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' 2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of CT Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' 2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of CT Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though'
2 Young Fans Hijack Portnoy's Review Of CT Pizzeria: 'We're In America Though' Two kids left Dave Portnoy stunned after he wolfed down two slices from a Connecticut pizzeria for his most recent One Bite Pizza Review.  The Barstool Sports founder visited Randy's Wooster Street Pizza in Manchester last week for his One Bite Pizza Review series that was posted on Wednesday, Oct. 28. He also stopped in at Mulberry Street Pizza in Manchester during the same trip, scoring it an 8.2. He ranked Randy's an 8.1, a respectable score, and one lifted after Portnoy admitted he grades New Haven-style apizza harsher than any other kind of pie.  Dave tries Randy's Woos…

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PhD Student Who Killed Infant, Abused Twin Baby Brother Sentenced PhD Student Who Killed Infant, Abused Twin Baby Brother Sentenced PhD Student Who Killed Infant, Abused Twin Baby Brother Sentenced
PhD Student Who Killed Infant, Abused Twin Baby Brother Sentenced A former PhD student from New Jersey who killed her friend’s infant son and abused his twin brother was sentenced in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Oct. 28, court records show. Nicole Elizabeth Virzi, 32, of Saddle Brook, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of children in the death of 6-week-old Leon Katz and injuries to his twin brother. Leon was alert, behaving normally, and had no head injuries when his parents left him with Virzi at their Pittsburgh apartment, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 29. His p…

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1 Dead, 1 Critical In CT Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond 1 Dead, 1 Critical In CT Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond 1 Dead, 1 Critical In CT Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond
1 Dead, 1 Critical In CT Shooting; Man Held On $3M Bond A shooting at a Connecticut home left one person dead and another in critical condition, police said.  John P. Bongiovanni, 37, was found outside of an East Pond Meadow Road home in Westbrook shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Officers found two people inside with bullet wounds, Connecticut State Police said.  One victim died at the scene. A helicopter took the other to Hartford Hospital, where police said the victim remained in critical condition Thursday.  Authorities did not release the deceased's name.  Authorities charged Bongiovanni with murder and c…

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CT Cops Nab 5 Juveniles After They Ditch Stolen Car Behind Police HQ CT Cops Nab 5 Juveniles After They Ditch Stolen Car Behind Police HQ CT Cops Nab 5 Juveniles After They Ditch Stolen Car Behind Police HQ
CT Cops Nab 5 Juveniles After They Ditch Stolen Car Behind Police HQ Five juveniles trying to get away from Connecticut police picked an unlikely place to ditch their stolen car: behind police headquarters. The incident began around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, when officers responded to a report of suspicious activity near Sols Point Road in Clinton.  The juveniles tried to drive away when police arrived, but officers acted quickly.  An officer deployed Stop Sticks and disabled one of the car’s tires, police said. The juveniles continued along East Main Street before parking behind police headquarters. All five juveniles bailed out of the car and&…

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