Rob Polansky

Rocky Hill

Digital Content Producer at WFSB-TV (Hartford, CT)

Emmy award winning senior content producer for @WFSBnews. Former news producer. @CCSU alum. Avid @celtics fan. Views are my own. 🇺🇲🇺🇦

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Man accused of sexually assaulting teen girl at child’s birthday party

1 month ago | kktv.com | Rob Polansky |Emily Van de Riet

COLCHESTER, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A man in New Hampshire has been arrested after a 14-year-old girl revealed to her therapist that she was sexually assaulted at a birthday party, according to state police. Troopers arrested 39-year-old Michael Parkinson of Clearmont, New Hampshire on Friday. The alleged assault happened at a birthday party for the victim’s younger brother in Colchester, Connecticut in April 2024.
Woman, 83, arrested for deadly hit-and-run, police say

1 month ago | wdbj7.com | Rob Polansky |Emily Van de Riet

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – An 83-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run that happened in Connecticut in November. West Hartford police said they arrested 83-year-old Sue Deffenbaugh on charges of evading responsibility and failure to exercise reasonable care near a vulnerable user on a public way. The crash happened on Nov. 8, 2024. On that day, police said they responded to an intersection for a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.
Woman, 83, arrested for deadly hit-and-run, police say

1 month ago | kktv.com | Rob Polansky |Emily Van de Riet

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – An 83-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run that happened in Connecticut in November. West Hartford police said they arrested 83-year-old Sue Deffenbaugh on charges of evading responsibility and failure to exercise reasonable care near a vulnerable user on a public way. The crash happened on Nov. 8, 2024. On that day, police said they responded to an intersection for a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.
Woman, 83, arrested for deadly hit-and-run, police say

1 month ago | ky3.com | Rob Polansky |Emily Van de Riet

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – An 83-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run that happened in Connecticut in November. West Hartford police said they arrested 83-year-old Sue Deffenbaugh on charges of evading responsibility and failure to exercise reasonable care near a vulnerable user on a public way. The crash happened on Nov. 8, 2024. On that day, police said they responded to an intersection for a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.
Man posted videos riding motorcycle at speeds over 190 mph, police say

1 month ago | fox5vegas.com | Rob Polansky

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A Connecticut man was arrested after police say he posted videos of himself driving over 190 mph on a motorcycle throughout the state. Connecticut State Police identified the driver as 22-year-old Brice Bennett. Police said an anonymous complaint about the driver was made to the governor’s office on Dec. 19, 2024. Troopers said Bennett’s reckless driving was happening regularly and that he recorded videos from a camera mounted on his helmet.
Biological mother of man allegedly kept captive by stepmother breaks silence after son’s escape

2 months ago | fox5vegas.com | Rob Polansky

WATERBURY, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - The biological mother of a man who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother in Connecticut for approximately 20 years has released a statement. The mother did not want to be identified, but she said in a statement that she gave up custody of her son when he was 6 months old. “Thirty-two years ago, due to personal reasons, and for the full benefit of my son, I made the gut-wrenching decision to give full custody to my ex-husband.
Biological mother of man allegedly kept captive by stepmother breaks silence after son’s escape

2 months ago | actionnews5.com | Rob Polansky |Owen Kingsley |Zoe Strothers

WATERBURY, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - The biological mother of a man who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother in Connecticut for approximately 20 years has released a statement. The mother did not want to be identified, but she said in a statement that she gave up custody of her son when he was 6 months old. “Thirty-two years ago, due to personal reasons, and for the full benefit of my son, I made the gut-wrenching decision to give full custody to my ex-husband.
Child kidnapped from Connecticut in 1999 discovered alive in Mexico

Mar 5, 2025 | fox5vegas.com | Rob Polansky

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A woman who was abducted as a child from Connecticut in 1999 has been found alive in Mexico. Officials said Andrea Michelle Reyes, now 27, was abducted from her father in New Haven in October 1999 when she was just 23 months old. Police said she was abducted from her home by Rosa Tenorio, her non-custodial parent. The New Haven Police Department announced Tuesday that Reyes has been found alive in Mexico.
12 taken to hospital after feeling nauseous at middle school; district searches for a cause

Mar 3, 2025 | fox5vegas.com | Rob Polansky

THOMPSON, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Officials in a Connecticut school district are searching for an answer to what caused 12 people to become sick at a middle school. Emergency crews were called to Thompson Public Schools on Thursday morning. Thompson Public Schools Superintendent Melinda Smith told WFSB that the 12 people were transported to three different hospitals for “not feeling well.”Of the 12, Day Kimball Hospital confirmed to WFSB that five people were students.
12 taken to hospital after feeling nauseous at middle school; district searches for a cause

Mar 3, 2025 | actionnews5.com | Rob Polansky |Luke Hajdasz |Owen Kingsley

THOMPSON, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Officials in a Connecticut school district are searching for an answer to what caused 12 people to become sick at a middle school. Emergency crews were called to Thompson Public Schools on Thursday morning. Thompson Public Schools Superintendent Melinda Smith told WFSB that the 12 people were transported to three different hospitals for “not feeling well.”Of the 12, Day Kimball Hospital confirmed to WFSB that five people were students.