More Than 30 Animals Rescued From 'Inhabitable' Home
Animal control officers saved more than 30 animals from a single “inhabitable” Connecticut home.
On Monday, Oct. 26, six area animal control divisions teamed up to conduct a search and seizure warrant at 200 Blue Hills Ave., in Hamden.
Officers rescued 26 cats, 6 dogs, 2 caged squirrels, and an owl. They found four deceased animals: a dog, two cats, and a woodchuck, Hamden Police said.
Upon entering the residence, police said officials were confronted by two large rats. By the end of the search and seizure, the Quinnipiac Valley Health District official declared the residence “inhabitable,…
Man Who Smuggled Kilos Of Heroin To Connecticut By Mail Sentenced To Prison
An Arizona man who smuggled heroin to Connecticut in car-haulers and commercial delivery has been sentenced to four years in prison by U .S. District Court Judge Victor Bolden.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Rubio, 41, a Mexican citizen who was living in Arizona, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 21, to 48 months in prison for trafficking narcotics into Connecticut, the U.S. Attorney’s office, Connecticut said.
In 2018 the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Task Force and New Haven Police began investigating the trafficking or large quantities f heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico, to Ari…
Covid-19: CT Now Has 13,989 Cases, 671 Fatalities: Breakdown By Towns, Cities, Counties
The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Connecticut is now 13,989, up by nearly 2,000 from two days ago.
Of the total number of cases as of late Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 6,213 (44 percent) are in Fairfield County. For a breakdown of COVID-19 cases and fatalities by county, see the first image above.
Here are the cities with the most cases in Connecticut:
Stamford 1,525 cases,
Bridgeport 859,
Norwalk 773,
Danbury 740,
New Haven 726,
Waterbury 638,
Hartford, 458,
Greenwich 328,
West Haven 319,
Stratford 281,
Hamden 269,
Shelton 260,
Milford 241,
Fairfield 2…
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In 14 CT Towns, Including Greenwich, Stamford
State officials announced that the West Nile virus has been detected in 14 towns throughout the state, including Greenwich and Stamford.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) said the infected mosquitoes were found across the region including Stamford, Chester, East Haven, Groton, Hartford, Manchester, New Haven, North Haven, North Stonington, South Windsor, Voluntown, West Haven, and Wethersfield.
In addition, eastern equine encephalitis virus-infected mosquitoes have been detected in two southeastern towns including Voluntown and Madison.
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