Category Archives: police
Webster Hill kid was lying
The story seemed shaky all along, and the schools’ reaction overblown in any case, but now we know that that the intruder story was a lie from the start, according to a story in today’s Courant. What bothers me most is … Continue reading
Filed under police, Public safety, Schools, Webster Hill
Why announce DUI checkpoints?
WEST HARTFORD — – The police department will set up a driving-under-the-influence checkpoint Friday evening in the area of New Britain Avenue and Shield Street, department officials said. Police plan to run the checkpoint between 6 p.m. Friday and 2 … Continue reading
Filed under DUI, police, Public safety
Home invasion on Exeter Avenue last night
See The Hartford Courant story.
Filed under crime, police, Public safety
Webster Hill intruder may be ID’d
Channel 30 is reporting that police “have identified a ‘person of interest’ who may have approached a 10-year-old fourth grader in the bathroom of Webster Hill Elementary School on Friday. “ The school went into lockdown mode Friday afternoon after … Continue reading
Filed under education, police, Public safety, Schools, West Hartford
Wild turkeys getting out of hand everywhere
A recent police blotter printed in The Mirror, the student paper at Fairfield University, contained several noteworthy items, but pay close attention to the second one: Thursday, March 22 7:00 p.m. Female students in Campion Hall reported items missing from … Continue reading
Filed under college students, Fairfield University, News, police, turkeys
Crazed turkeys in West Hartford
Finally, the Courant has a story you can sink your teeth into. We learn from today’s paper that in the past month a number of wild turkeys are raising hell near King Philip Drive. According to the paper, “the increasingly brazen birds … Continue reading
Filed under animal control, Hartford Courant, News, police, Public safety, turkeys, wild turkeys, wildlife
“The Great West Hartford Disaster!”
Is it the budget? No. Is it Blue Back Square? No. It’s just a meeting in May for residents who want to know what they could do to survive should there ever be: “THE GREAT WEST HARTFORD DISASTER!” ARE YOU … Continue reading
Filed under disabilities, disaster, emergencies, fire, police, Public safety, West Hartford
Hartford cop kills himself in West Hartford
Late Sunday night, an off-duty Hartford cop going through a bad breakup shot himself to death in front of his ex-girlfriend outside the Walgreen’s on Farmington Avenue, according to The Hartford Courant. Yuck. And what a shame.
Filed under Hartford Courant, News, police, Public safety
Blood and gore in West Hartford
Blood is sprayed on the apartment walls and flecked across the beige carpet. Bloody smears and handprints stain the hall and a child’s bedroom door. Wide swaths of gore smudge an ivory-colored couch. The phone on a nearby end table … Continue reading
Filed under crime, Hartford Courant, News, police, Public safety
An encounter with the West Hartford cops
One young blogger today details his experience with a recent police encounter that is quite typical of what I hear from many people in town. The police surely do look on the younger generation as likely criminals all too often, and … Continue reading
Filed under police, Public safety
