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Simsbury Man Charged With Killing Wife During Domestic Incident
A Connecticut man is behind bars for allegedly killing his wife during a domestic incident.
The murder occurred in Hartford County around 11:30 a.m., Friday, April 26, on Wildwood Avenue in Simsbury.
According to Lt. Brad Chase of the Simsbury Police, the department received a 911 call from a resident describing a physical altercation between Hartford County residents Qiu Rongfang, age 49, and Ding Sheng Lin, age 50, both of Simsbury.
When police arrived, they found Rongfang with life-threatening injuries, Chase said. She was transported to Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, where she was…
Plainville Man Charged With Southington Gas Station For Second Time
A Connecticut man was charged with robbery after allegedly entering a Fleet gas station and demanding money from the clerk eight years after he robbed the same store, police said.
Hartford County resident Gregory West, age 40, of Plainville, was charged on Monday, April 22, for the incident that took place around 10 p.m., April 21, in Southington.
According to Lt. Keith Egan of the Southington Police, West entered the station and demanded the cash register drawer from the clerk.
When the clerk initially refused, West threatened harm, and Egan said the employee handed over some cash. …
Star Donovan Clingan's Dad, An Eversource Worker By Day, Watches UConn Defend National Title
The University of Connecticut's men's basketball team has its second straight NCAA championship, and standout center Donovan Clingan's father, an Eversource supervisor, was there to witness both titles.
The No. 1-seeded Huskies defeated the Purdue Boilermakers in the title game 75-60 on Monday night, April 8 in Glendale, Arizona, winning the program's sixth national title, with all coming since 1999.
There to see both impressive wins in person was Eversource electric field operations supervisor Bill Clingan, the father of Hartford County's own 7-foot-2, 280-pound center …
Wife Of Slain UConn Professor Who Hid Body In Burlington, Pleads Guilty
The wife of a University of Connecticut professor has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and keeping his body in the basement for several months to keep cashing his paychecks.
Hartford County resident Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, age 76, of Burlington, pleaded guilty Monday, March 11, to manslaughter and larceny, according to Sharmese L. Walcott, Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney.
Kosuda-Bigazzi was arrested in February 2018 after her husband, Pierluigi Bigazzi, age 84, was found wrapped in plastic trash bags and duct tape in the basement of the couple's Burlington home, court documents…
Taylor Swift's Relatives Include This Famous Amherst Resident, Ancestry Reveals
From one “tortured poet” to another: the uber-famous Taylor Swift is related to another famous wordsmith, who happens to be from Massachusetts.
Taylor Swift, the internationally-loved pop star who recently announced her upcoming album “The Tortured Poets Department,” was discovered to be related to iconic poet Emily Dickinson, NBC’s TODAY Show announced on Monday, March 4.
According to Ancestry, who revealed the star-studded lineage to TODAY, Swift and Dickinson are both descendants of a 17th-century English immigrant, who was an early settler in Connecticut, in the Hartford County t…
Man, 21, Killed After Hitting Concrete Sign Support In New Britain, Police Say
A 21-year-old Connecticut man was killed after hitting a concrete sign support.
The crash occurred in Hartford County at 3:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 4 on Route 9 in New Britain.
According to the Connecticut State Police, New Haven resident Anthony Montminy, age 21, was traveling south of exit 37 in an Infiniti Q50 in the center lane of three when for an unknown reason, he veered across the left lane, into the left shoulder and entered the grassy median.
The Infiniti then collided with a concrete sign support and came to a final rest within the grassy median, police said.
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