STAMFORD (AP) — An Oregon man has been charged with stealing deposits Connecticut homeowners had made for generators after Superstorm Sandy. Local media reports that 56-year-old John Mech, of Seaside, Oregon, took a $7,500 deposit from a Stamford homeowner for…

HARTFORD (AP) — A Stratford man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for running a large-scale fencing operation. Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Matthew Harwood will report to prison March 19 after being sentenced Thursday to 18…

HARTFORD (AP) — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and two U.S. Senators want the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reverse a surprise decision that rescinds temporary housing benefits to 36 Puerto Rican families living in the state after being displaced…

NEW BRITAIN (AP) — A 15-year-old shot by police is facing armed robbery charges. Local media reports Caleb Tisdol’s name was made public Thursday after being charged as an adult in Hartford Superior Court. He faces first-degree robbery, larceny, threatening…

EAST HAVEN (AP) — A 21-year-old West Haven man has been charged with getting an underage high school student pregnant. Local media reports that Joshy Alberto Garcia was charged this month with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to…

SALEM (AP) — A former attorney has been charged with stealing $426,000 from his clients. State Police say 65-year-old John Butts, of Salem, has been charged with first-degree larceny after taking funds from two people he had represented in probate…

NEW BRITAIN (AP) — A 15-year-old shot by police is facing armed robbery charges. The Hartford Courant reports Caleb Tisdol’s name was made public Thursday after being charged as an adult in Hartford Superior Court. He faces first-degree robbery, larceny,…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A bank manager accused of stealing more than half a million dollars from the accounts of elderly clients has been sentenced to just over a year in prison. Forty-seven-year-old Carrie Caesar was sentenced Thursday after pleading…

HARTFORD – Leaders of a new state panel recommending how to make Connecticut more financially stable are optimistic the General Assembly will seriously consider their recommendations because there’s recognition a crisis is at hand. Jim Smith and Robert Patricelli, co-chairmen…

SALEM, Conn. (AP) — A former attorney has been charged with stealing $426,000 from his clients. Connecticut State Police say 65-year-old John Butts, of Salem, has been charged with first-degree larceny after taking funds from two people he had represented…

BRIDGEPORT (AP) [–] Authorities in Bridgeport are investigating the discovery of two decapitated chickens inside a courtroom. Judicial marshals and maintenance staff investigating a putrid smell made the grisly discovery Wednesday morning in the public seating area of a courtroom…

HARTFORD (AP) — A Connecticut man accused of fatally stabbing a man who bumped into him has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The Hartford Courant reports that 21-year-old Tequile Walwyn faces up to 10 years in prison under the terms of…

GREENWICH (AP) — A former theater teacher at a Connecticut private school has been sentenced to two years’ probation for sending inappropriate text messages to a 15-year-old student. Local media reports that 25-year-old Jesse Lozano, of New York City, pleaded…

HARTFORD AP) — Federal prison officials say former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has been transferred from a Pennsylvania prison to a halfway house to finish his sentence for campaign fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The 60-year-old Republican, who…

HARTFORD — Democratic and Republican leaders are expecting the legislature to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on the Medicaid Savings Program. The governor’s veto of legislation that restored income eligibility limits appears unlikely to stand because veto-proof majorities of the House…

HARTFORD – A new analysis of firearm fatalities finds Connecticut continues to have the fifth lowest rate of gun deaths in the United States. The Violence Policy Center determined the state had 4.81 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2016 based…

HARTFORD – House Minority Leader Themis Klarides is calling on the legislature to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on the Medicaid Savings Program. Malloy on Tuesday vetoed legislation that veto-proof majorities of the House and Senate approved last week. The legislature…

HARTFORD – Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont is making a second run for the state’s highest office, eight years after his first unsuccessful attempt. Lamont, 64, ended the speculation Wednesday about his plans and he announced that he will be seeking…

HARTFORD (AP) — The U.S. Marshals service is increasing its reward from $1,500 to up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of an inmate who escaped from a Connecticut state prison. Twenty-five-year-old Jerry Mercado escaped from the Carl…

DARIEN (AP) — Police have arrested two 19-year-olds for selling drugs to high school students via social media. The Connecticut Post reports police arrested the men Saturday in Darien during a sting involving an undercover officer. Lt. Jeremiah Marron Jr….