Police provide all information. Charges are allegations, not convictions. All are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Branford police say an alleged shoplifter, Wallingford man, 31, pulled knife on a Stop & Shop employee who tried to stop him from leaving.
Police said they found a loaded firearm with a high capacity magazine, a large amount of narcotics, and material indicative of drug sales.
Police said officers were on scene at Walsh Wednesday afternoon in response to a threat that was called in to the school.
No one hurt in near-simultaneous house fires on Creek Court in Indian Neck and in the Stratton Woods complex off of Brushy Plain Road.
Firefighters knocked down the fire before it could spread to a surrounding building.
Police provide all information. Charges are allegations, not convictions. All are presumed innocent, unless proven guilty.
Jason Turoczi, 40, used the identity of his dead grandmother and parents to make the unemployment claims, according to the DCJ.
“Unfortunately this is a common occurrence and has been identified as a cause of several major fires in town over the years:” Fire Chief
Max Peters of Branford, a passenger in a Volvo involved in a 2-vehicle crash at Trumbull & Orange streets at 1 a.m., was pronounced dead: PD
Branford is one of 6 towns in the "proactive" traffic enforcement program that saw 426 infractions, 48 misdemeanor summonses issued.
FB photo post alleges a man in Branford is robbing, attacking people who refuse him money is fake and found across US, Canadian FB pages.
Christopher Jardine, 55, of Guilford, didn't pay construction biz' employee withholding, used $1M on boat, Range Rover, luxury goods: Feds.
Heading into holiday weekend, Branford patrol cars feature red ribbons to raise awareness, remind folks to "celebrate the holidays safely."
Friday night, a woman, hit while crossing E. Main St. near Windmill Hill Road, was seriously injured, taken to the hospital where she died.
Police seek witnesses to a Friday night E. Main St./Windmill Hill Road crash and caution about a scam asking people to buy BPD merchandise.
Michael Holm, 43, possessed, distributed child sexual abuse photos, videos, some depicting sexual abuse of infants, toddlers: Justice Dept.
The April 2021 active shooter siege in Branford was among myriad incidents recalled at a ceremony honoring police officers and dispatchers.
Police provide all information. Charges are allegations. not convictions. All are presumed innocent unless proved guilty.
A Branford officer saw a masked man robbing Sapphire Fuel clerk with a sawzall blade and, after a struggle, arrested Pherris Harrington, 26.