Animal control officers were on the lookout for a dog running loose when the dog jumped in the 45-degree water near East Haycock Point Rd.
After a thorough investigation, it was found the sounds were caused by duck hunters legally hunting in the marsh on Branford River: Police
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Police said they were responding to "a large group yelling at each other and making threats..."
The man is also accused of physically and sexually assaulting an employee of the business, police said.
A driver was hospitalized after crashing into a bank in Branford, according to officials.
Monday night, a 58-year-old New Haven man, angry over a food order, pulled a loaded Glock inside a Branford Subway shop, police said.
A 42-year-old Hamden man charged in East Main Street/Mill Plain Road crash Saturday night that left motorcyclist with serious injuries: PD.
The victim told police that multiple items were stolen from his room overnight while he was sleeping.
A "planned fight" involving girls with 70 students gathered in school lot, Dunkin' next door led to injuries, arrests, teen tased by police.
Police responded to a “large” fight involving multiple high school students Monday afternoon in Branford, according to officials.
Fire officials said a driver was rescued from a car that was "precariously positioned" on a seawall after crashing into a tree in Branford.
The teen "forcefully bumped" the victim away from her shopping cart and stole her purse, police said.
Authorities said both dogs received emergency treatment for severe anemia due to flea infestations and for being underweight.
In a wooded area in Branford, the victim was held for 3 hours, "subjected to a series of brutal and heinous acts," police said.
After a two-hour-plus BFD operation to save him, the rescued, and uninjured, Branford man was charged, per the Patch-obtained police report.
Jonathan Vega, 25, of New Haven, faces myriad charges in connection with the Monday incident.
Initially linked to Guilford, police found it was a Branford man they were investigating, one with "substantial amount" of child porn: PD
After a witness on Sunset Beach summoned help, the fire department's Marine, Rescue & Drone teams went to the aid of the 30-foot craft.
Branford resident among the four injured in four separate shootings in New Haven over the weekend, all injures were non-life-threatening: PD
"We request the public avoid the area and thank the public for their patience as we clear the building," police said.
At 3:20 a.m., a neighbor called 911 then "alerted sleeping residents," for a fully-involved garage fire on Wilford Ave.: Branford Fire Dept.
The motorcyclist died after a crash with another vehicle, according to police.