Christine Dempsey

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Christine Dempsey

VERNON - A Vernon man who turned in front of a speeding police car two years ago, resulting in a crash that killed his fiancée, is expected to be sentenced Wednesday at state Superior Court in Rockville. Phillip Vargas pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, second-degree assault with a motor vehicle and risk of injury to a child, court records show. The collision happened on April 2, 2023, as Vargas started to turn left from Hartford Turnpike onto Bolton Road.

1 week ago | ctpost.com | Christine Dempsey

Surviellance video shows the Nissan Sentra Phillip Vargas was driving in 2023 turned into the path of an oncoming police car.  Manchester Police Department/contributedManchester Police Departmetn/ContributedVERNON — The driver who turned in front of a speeding police car two years ago, resulting in a crash that killed his fiancée, was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday at state Superior Court in Rockville.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Christine Dempsey

GLASTONBURY - A woman reported missing last July was found dead more than seven months later in her own home, buried in piles of debris, police said Tuesday. Mary A. Notarangelo, 73, was found on Feb. 24 as excavation of nearly floor-to-ceiling piles of debris was underway at her Toll Gate Road house. The cause and manner of her death is undetermined, a staff member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Tuesday.

1 week ago | darientimes.com | Christine Dempsey

GLASTONBURY — A woman reported missing last July was found dead more than seven months later in her own home, buried in piles of debris, police said Tuesday. Mary A. Notarangelo, 73, was found on Feb. 24 as excavation of nearly floor-to-ceiling piles of debris was underway at her Toll Gate Road house. The cause and manner of her death is undetermined, a staff member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Tuesday.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Christine Dempsey

GLASTONBURY - A deadly disease will force a Glastonbury police dog to retire July 1, according to the department. Officer Neal Cavanaugh said his police dog and pet, Soleil, has been diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy, an incurable disease of the spinal cord that leads to paralysis and, eventually, respiratory failure. Soliel has been his K-9 partner since 2019. "Since getting Soleil in 2019, she has taught me more than I could ever explain.