Waterbury

Waterbury police have arrested a third suspect in the shooting death of a man outside of Waterbury Superior Court last month. Police said they have obtained a warrant charging 26-year-old Nicholas Chiapponi, of Glastonbury, with the murder of 26-year-old Jarron Chapman, of Waterbury. Chiapponi was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday, according to police. He has been charged…

A woman has died and a man is injured after a crash in Waterbury early Saturday morning. Officers responded to a crash in the 700 block of Frost Road around 5 a.m. Police said a vehicle went off of the road and hit a telephone pole. During the crash, the front passenger was reportedly ejected from the vehicle. The 19-year-old…

Waterbury police are investigating after a body was found floating in a pond Thursday morning. Officers responded to Fulton Park on Cooke Street around 8 a.m. after getting reports of a body in the pond there, according to police. Emergency crews removed the body on a man from the water. Police said there do not appear to be any circumstances…

A man was shot while leaving Waterbury Superior Court on Thursday morning and he has died, according to police. Officers responded to the shooting at 400 Grand St. around 11:45 a.m. and they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Police said they believe the victim, a 26-year-old Waterbury man, was at court proceedings earlier in the day and…

A woman has died after crashing into a tree with her two toddlers inside the vehicle in Waterbury Tuesday morning. Police were called to Jersey Street for a reported crash just after 8:30 a.m. The driver, 23-year-old Jermiyiah Pegues, of Waterbury, was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Pegues’ two children, both 3 years old, were taken…

Police have made a third arrest in the killing of a teen in Waterbury in November. Officers arrested a 16-year-old from Hartford on Monday. He was wanted in connection with the Nov. 18 shooting death of 18-year-old Joseph Zavala. Officers received a report that a gunshot victim had been dropped off at the emergency room at Saint Mary’s Hospital around…

One person has serious injuries after a crash in Waterbury early Thursday morning. Police said officers responded to reports of a hit-and-run involving a gray SUV and a city refuse truck in the area of North Main Street and Lakewood Road at 4:13 a.m. One person was extricated from the SUV and has serious, life-threatening injuries, police said. That person…

Waterbury police have arrested another suspect in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in Waterbury in December. Police said officers found 22-year-old Jordan Robinson, of Waterbury, lying in Kenyon Street just after 4:30 p.m. and he died soon after he was transported to Saint Mary’s Hospital. Robinson graduated in 2020 from Cheshire Academy, where he was part of the…

A 22-year-old man is dead after a shooting in Waterbury on Sunday afternoon and police are investigating his death as a homicide. Police officers responded to Kenyon Street at 4:39 p.m. after receiving reports that someone had been shot and they found a man lying in the road, unresponsive. He was brought to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he died...

It was a victory for a group of Ben & Jerry’s factory workers in Waterbury, Vermont, after they voted to unionize. The Waterbury employees will now join the Local 371 UFCW, the union for food and commercial workers, and are the second group of workers to organize, according to the Boston Globe. The first group of Ben & Jerry’s...

A teen is hospitalized after being shot inside the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury Friday evening. Authorities were called to Union Street at 5 p.m. after getting a reported of shots fired in the food court. Officers said they found a 17-year-old male inside the mall with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of…

Fire officials said two young girls were crossing the street when they were hit by a car in Waterbury Thursday evening. The fire department said the two girls were walking home from an after-school program on Sunnyside Avenue around 5 p.m. when they were struck. Police said Friday morning that one of the girls is 7 years and the other…

A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting that left an 18-year-old dead over the weekend in Waterbury. Officers received a report that a gunshot victim had been dropped off at the emergency room at Saint Mary’s Hospital around 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. Police said 18-year-old Joseph Zavala, of Waterbury, had been shot and was in critical…

A Waterbury family is on edge after more than 20 shots were fired into their home on Sunday, including their newborn’s nursery. The Hernandez family moved to Waterbury from New York and have lived in their Wadsworth Street home for the last two years. They said they moved to Connecticut to give their children a better life. Their sense of…

A 43-year-old Torrington man has died after the pickup he was driving collided with an SUV, then crashed into a church in Waterbury early Sunday morning. Police said a pickup and sport utility vehicle collided around 3:43 a.m. in the area of West Main Street and Church Street, then the pickup hit Saint John’s Episcopal Church at 16 Church St….

Two men are facing murder charges in connection to the shooting death of a 17-year-old in Waterbury last month, police said. The teen, identified as Maki Mazon, was seriously hurt after being shot on July 31. He was pronounced dead over a week later, according to authorities. Officers said they were called to the area of Newport Drive on a…

A 14-year-old young woman has died and three teenage boys have severe injuries after the stolen car they were in collided with an SUV in Waterbury early Friday morning, according to police. Police said a Hyundai Sonata that had been stolen in Waterbury early Friday morning and a Ford Escape collided at the intersection of East Main Street and Baldwin…

One person has died and two others are injured after a shooting at a social club in Waterbury early Sunday morning. On Tuesday, police arrested a Waterbury man in connection to the incident. Officers on patrol on Watertown Avenue were notified of a large crowd outside of The Bunker Social Club around 4 a.m. According to police, an adult male…

A homicide investigation is underway in Waterbury on Wednesday morning. Police responded to Hillside Avenue at Kellogg Street around 4:30 a.m. after getting a report of someone who was unresponsive. Authorities said the woman was later determined to have been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman’s identity has not been released. The Waterbury Police Department...

Police are investigating a homicide after a man who had been shot crashed into a restaurant in Waterbury early Friday morning and died at the scene. Officers responded to North Main Street, near East Farms Street, around 2 a.m. to investigate reports of gunshots and they found a vehicle that had crashed into Ingpirca Bar and Restaurant on North Main…