Justin Muszynski

1 week ago | courant.com | Justin Muszynski

A man wanted as a fugitive in multiple states who was arrested last week has been charged in two stabbings in Bridgeport. Nicholas Allwood, 27, was charged Monday with attempted murder and two counts each of first-degree assault and carrying a dangerous weapon, according to the Bridgeport Police Department. Police said Allwood has been accused of stabbing the same man twice. The first incident was reported at the intersection of Iranistan Avenue and State Street on Feb. 10.

1 week ago | courant.com | Justin Muszynski

A man who tried eluding state troopers during a pursuit that began in East Hartford struck a trooper and lost control of his vehicle before crashing into a guardrail on Sunday, state police said. The incident began unfolding at 12:50 a.m. when a trooper on Interstate 84 East spotted a driver in a black Acura MDX SUV fail to stay in one lane as he took the exit ramp to Route 2, according to Connecticut State Police.

1 week ago | courant.com | Justin Muszynski

A homicide investigation is underway in New Haven after a woman was found dead at a cemetery on Friday. Police received a 911 call at 7:50 p.m. reporting a suspicious death at Evergreen Cemetery at 769 Ella T. Grasso Boulevard where responding officers found a dead woman who had suffered a number of wounds, according to the New Haven Police Department. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Naysha Mendez of New Haven, was found on a dirt path near the crematorium.

1 week ago | courant.com | Justin Muszynski

A woman was charged with DUI over the weekend after state police alleged that she was driving the wrong way on Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill. Troopers received multiple 911 calls on Saturday around 3:23 a.m. reporting a driver in a gray sedan going north in the southbound lanes, according to Connecticut State Police. When troopers responded to the area they found the vehicle, which was now being driven in the correct direction but very slowly between the right lane and the shoulder.

1 week ago | courant.com | Justin Muszynski

A garbage truck caught on fire in North Haven last week when a lithium ion battery exploded, sending the driver to the hospital with burn injuries. Crews responded to the report of a garbage truck fire on Quinnipiac Avenue on Friday at 10:30 a.m. where firefighters encountered light smoke coming from the rear of the truck and found multiple bystanders spraying it down with a garden hose, according to the North Haven Fire Department.