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Warrants: Conn. murder suspect threatened victim

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:19:24 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A Connecticut man charged with murdering his college student girlfriend and dismembering her body had threatened to kill her after she tried to break up with him, according to newly released arrest and search warrant affidavits.

Conn. woman accused of fatally pinning ex with car

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:09:25 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A Connecticut woman has been charged with murder after police said she ran down her ex-boyfriend with her car and crushed him against a cinder-block garage wall.

Bridgeport lawmaker changes plea in hit-and-run

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:43:24 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Bridgeport lawmaker Christina Ayala has entered a no contest plea to motor vehicle charges stemming from an August hit-and-run accident in the city.

Some upset over allocation of Sandy recovery funds

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:14:19 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Bridgeport's mayor says the governor's plan for allocating $72 million in federal funding to recover from Superstorm Sandy isn't adequate for the city's needs, while officials and homeowners in other municipalities are also raising similar concerns.

Man shot to death at Bridgeport housing complex

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:26:13 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Bridgeport police are investigating the death of a man who was found shot outside his home at the P.T. Barnum housing complex.

7 Conn. school districts share $250,000 in aid

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:55:06 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Seven Connecticut school districts will share $250,000 in federal aid to offset expenses resulting from Superstorm Sandy.

Man draws 60 years in burning death of Conn. woman

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:23:41 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A 35-year-old man convicted of murder in the beating and burning death of a Bridgeport woman has been sentenced to the maximum 60 years in prison.

Man sentenced to 20 years in stabbing of neighbor

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:59:23 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A 50-year-old Bridgeport man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing to death a neighbor who had asked him to turn down his reggae music.

NY woman pleads guilty to Newtown shooting fraud

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:48:05 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A New York City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to engaging in a fraudulent fundraising scheme in which she posed as the aunt of a child killed in the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in December.

GPS in phone helps police track robbery suspects

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:08:37 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Bridgeport police used the GPS tracking system in a stolen phone to help them find two robbery suspects.

Bridgeport suspends manager of Sikorsky Airport

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:58:44 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Bridgeport's mayor has suspended the manager of Sikorsky Airport while the city investigates why taxpayers paid for a driveway leading to a mansion of an airport neighbor.

Bridge repair causes 2-hour delays on I-95

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:36:33 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A crew doing paving work on Interstate 95 in Stamford accidently damaged the highway, forcing emergency repairs that resulted in a 19-mile backup during the morning commute.

Bridgeport police find man dead in street

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:37:10 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Bridgeport police have blocked off a section of Oakleaf Street while they investigate an apparent homicide.

Conn. lawmakers seek expansion of video gambling

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:37:19 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - A coalition of Democratic state lawmakers wants to expand video gambling in Connecticut to keep jobs and revenue from moving out-of-state.

Plans would turn Bridgeport lot into greenhouse

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:08:24 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Antonio St. Lorenzo and Sean Richardson looked out at a tangled urban jungle.

Officials to seek more spending after Conn. crash

Wed, 29 May 2013 10:58:29 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Several Connecticut officials are calling on the federal government to spend more on rail safety and reliability following a commuter train derailment near Bridgeport.

Metro-North track foreman fatally struck by train

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:00:42 -0400

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut - A track foreman was struck and killed Tuesday by a train at a Metro-North station under construction in Connecticut, the railroad said.

Woman, 6-year-old niece hurt in hit-and-run

Tue, 28 May 2013 09:05:26 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A 60-year-old woman and her 6-year-old niece have been seriously hurt in a hit-and-run accident in Bridgeport.

'Unusual condition' seen before Conn. train wreck

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:10 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash.

Lawsuit filed in Conn. train collision

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:14:13 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North Railroad.

5 arrested in Conn. $4M jewelry heist, kidnapping

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:34:47 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Five people have been arrested in the robbery of more than $4 million in jewelry, watches and diamonds from a Connecticut store in an elaborate heist that began with the kidnapping of store employees more than 40 miles away, federal authorities said Thursday.

Norwalk man gets 10 years in drug trafficking case

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:12 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A Norwalk man who served time in prison for his involvement in the 1993 slaying of a 7-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years for his role in a ring that distributed cocaine in the southwestern part of the state.

Tracks had been inspected 2 days before accident

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:04 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Federal officials say the section of railroad track in Connecticut where two commuter trains collided last week had been inspected two days before the accident.

Boyfriend of Eastern student facing murder charge

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:59:04 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - The lawyer for a Bridgeport man charged with killing an Eastern Connecticut State University student says his client will plead not guilty.

Slow morning commute in wake of train accident

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:38 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Connecticut transportation officials say the morning commute went about as well as they could have hoped following Friday's train collision outside Bridgeport that disrupted rail service into New York.