Officials said the 45-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday afternoon and later died at a local hospital.
Todd Purdue of Meriden, faces myriad charges, including selling crack, after cops tried to stop him when license tag didn’t match car: NHPD.
On Monday, Tywan Groomes, 45, of New Haven, smashed a store window, stole an ax, and then went on a window-smashing spree, police said.
Holmes, 41, of New Haven, shot and killed Curtis McCray on Shelton Ave., Oct. 26, 2019: New Haven Superior Court jury.
The state inspector general’s office has begun a preliminary investigation into a man’s death after a standoff situation in New Haven.
The man used an axe to smash windows and doors at a number of State Street locations Monday, police said.
Police originally responded for a welfare check.
While in jail and on trial, he "worked with others to make threatening social media posts to intimidate" people testifying against him: Feds
Police SVU investigators had been searching for Cynthia Chamberlain, last seen Feb. 10. On Tuesday, her body was found by kids in a park: PD
A West Haven man was shot in December 2025, and an East Haven man was shot on Feb. 28, both in New Haven.
At Goffe Terrace crosswalk over Grasso Blvd, silver sedan hit family stroller with 2 kids; child, 7, was seriously injured, driver fled: PD
The victim told police the man who stabbed him at the Church and Temple streets' stop was someone with whom he had "prior altercations."
"At one point, Roger Harrison blocked the driveway so the victim was unable to leave and made several threats of shooting them:" NHPD
Kristen Powers, 44, of Southbury, was told "multiple times" that Avelo wouldn't let her on plane to Tampa due to "level of intoxication:" PD
A 17-year-old in the car with Noah Evanko-Weber, 19, of Shelton was also charged for "his role in organizing a street racing event." NHPD
At around 8:50 a.m., firefighters were called to a fire with "heavy smoke" inside the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science building.
Bella had severe abdominal bleeding, fractured leg, ruptured lung, chronic rib fractures; owner claimed a showerhead fell on its head: NHPD
Martin Onofre-Mendez, 50, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for "distributing" cocaine from a New Haven restaurant: David X. Sullivan.
The two shooting victims are 17 and 22 years-old, police said.
A woman’s body was left wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of a Cadillac for around 20 hours as those who were with her decided what to do.
A man was arrested after police said he was threatening people with a knife in New Haven.
When last seen in front of 169 Davenport Ave. in New Haven, Cynthia Chamberlain was wearing black Puma sneakers and a white jacket.: NHPD
One firefighter suffered minor injuries, a total of 11 people were rescued in the now under-investigation fire that began on 3rd fl.: NHFD
A woman died at a motel. A man and "several others" dumped her body at a park, according to police.
The pedestrian was struck by a hit-and-run driver and ended up boarding a bus to East Haven and later died, police said.
New details are included in a redacted 10-page arrest warrant affidavit released by state police about former Chief Karl Jacobson’s arrest.
The former police chief resigned in response to “allegations of theft and the misuse of public funds."
Described as a "critical program," Confidential Informant account funds "were stolen, misused by former Police Chief Karl Jacobson:" Mayor.
Turns out, Patch learned, that the threat came from the East Rock Brewery but wasn't a threat. It was a trivia team name suggestion. Yeah.
1 a.m. ShotSpotter drew cops to James St. and a large group dispersing from area of Mill and Chapel, where the 2 were reportedly shot: NHPD
The arrest took place less than two hours before the man was due to appear in court on charges of intending to sexually assault a child.
Two New Haven men, 20 and 27, and a West Haven man, 53, all charged in connection with shooting that left a New Haven woman, 35, injured: PD
A DNA hit linked the New Haven assault to a 2021 Waterbury rape, leading SVU investigators to arrest, charge Moses Watkis, 36, of Waterbury.
Cops were called to 300 block of Winthrop at around 6 p.m., and found teen gunshot victim in a convenience store bathroom with leg wound: PD
Yale computer science professor David Gelernter "will not teach his class" a Yale spokesperson told Patch late Tuesday night.
Cyrus Griffin, 14 when charged with murder, got 30 years in prison. On parole in 2024, he was pulled over in ME, found with gun, drugs: Feds
A total of three suspects were involved in the armed carjacking, police said.
Late Tuesday night, two broke into apartment, assaulted the victim with a fire extinguisher, robbed them then fled in victim's car: NHPD
Ezequiel Garro, found asleep in a car with a gun on seat in 2023 by West Haven cops, pleaded guilty in 2025 to drug, gun trafficking: Feds
Just after 1 a.m., cops went to the 300 block of Howard Ave., found the woman suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wound: PD