Stamford

A Stamford elementary school teacher has been charged with a dozen counts of sexual assault for allegedly touching kids inappropriately. The police department said they arrested Andrew Park, who is accused of inappropriately touching 12 girls. All of the victims were Park’s students, according to police. On Feb. 23, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) notified the Stamford Police…

A Stamford police officer has been arrested for his role in a deadly crash that left a beloved pastor dead in July. Rev. Tommie Jackson was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox on July 26 when he was struck by a marked Stamford police patrol vehicle driven by Officer Zachary Lockwood. Lockwood...

An investigation is underway after a pastor was struck by a police cruiser and died while getting mail outside his Stamford home Wednesday. Reverend Tommie Jackson, 69, was a beloved member of the community. He was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox around 4:12 p.m. Wednesday when he was struck by a…

The man who died after he was hit by a police cruiser in Stamford Wednesday night was a local pastor, the assistant director of the Urban Redevelopment Commission and the husband of a Stamford police commissioner, according to the mayor’s office. Reverend Tommie Jackson, 69, was trying to cross Wire Mill Road in Stamford after retrieving mail from his mailbox...

Connecticut State Police are investigating after a reverend was hit by a police cruiser in Stamford and died. The Stamford Police Department said a resident was struck on Wire Mill Road at about 4:15 p.m. The resident, identified as 69-year-old Tommie Jackson, was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons said Reverend Tommie Jackson…

A Worcester, Massachusetts man has died after a crash on Interstate 95 in Stamford early Thursday morning. State police said 26-year-old Emmanuel Pierre, of Worcester, was driving a Nissan Rogue on I-95 North when he hit the guardrail near exit 8 in Stamford, crossed the highway and hit a concrete barrier just before 12:30 a.m. He was taken to Stamford…

A federal court cleared the way for the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of claims over the toll of opiods, seemingly without the threat of civil lawsuits.

A man has died after crashing into a support column of a parking garage in Stamford on Friday night. Investigators said 47-year-old Hector Ricardo Rivera-Salazar, of Stamford, was driving northbound on Houston Terrace around 11:45 p.m. At one point, his vehicle went across all lanes of traffic on East Main Street and entered a property before hitting a support column…

Former NBA guard and UConn basketball star Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop, police said.

The Stamford Police Department arrested a Stamford Public School substitute teacher, according to superior court records. The Police Department says the teacher was overpaid thousands of dollars by the district, but hasn’t returned the money. According to Connecticut Superior Court records, Stamford Police arrested Shalyn Coley, 24, of Stamford following an investigation between the department and Stamford Public Schools. Police…

A Stamford mother allegedly lied to police in an attempt to cover up the death of her 2-year-old son, according to court documents obtained by NBC Connecticut. The newly unsealed affidavit states that Iris Rivera-Santos willingly went to Cummings Park with the child’s father last month to bury the boy’s body. Rivera-Santos’ attorney told police she and her son...

Stamford police have arrested the mother of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found buried in a plastic bag in Cummings Park park last month. Stamford police have arrested 29-year-old Iris Rivera-Santos, the mother of 2-year-old Liam Rivera, who was found buried in the park on Jan. 2. Rivera-Santos was arrested at 9:45 a.m. Friday and charged with risk of…

A 26-year-old Stamford man is a suspect in the death of his 2-year-old son, Liam Rivera, who was found in a plastic bag buried in a park, according to Stamford police. Stamford police said they received a call at 11:50 a.m. Monday reporting a possible kidnapping and a child who might have been injured. Authorities learned the child might have…

A former CNN television producer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity at his Vermont ski house. As part of the plea deal, the government will drop the two remaining counts of enticement of a minor against John Griffin, 45, of Stamford, Connecticut. According to…

Two people have died after a vehicle hit them in Stamford early Saturday morning, according to police. Police said the two people were hit around 2:05 a.m. at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Main Street. According to the initial police investigation, 25-year-old Giovanni Vega Benis and 25-year-old Yuliana Arias Lozano, both of Stamford, were walking across Washington Boulevard when...

Firefighters rescued two small children from a fire in Stamford Wednesday. Officials said the 2- and 3-year-old children were semi-conscious when firefighters brought them to safety. The fire started in the kitchen of an apartment on Custer Street and a neighbor called 911 at 4:07 p.m. to report that a fire alarm was going off and there was the smell…