Crime & Safety

Hartford/Tolland County Cop Corner: FBI Presents Local Crime Stats, Truck Runs off Highway

Click on the headlines to see the top police stories for the week.

It was another busy week for state and local police in Hartford and Tolland counties as a chief decided to retire amid an e-mail scandal, a wanted woman ran amok from an area hospital and a man allegedly traveled to Connecticut to have an illicit encounter with a minor.

Something called a "United Nations" package delivery scam emerged and police were investigating several crashes.

Here are the top cop stories for the week:

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What type of crimes took place locally last year? The FBI on Tuesday narrowed that down with details on more than 5.6 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System in 2015.

Here are the statistics for:

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