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Ansonia, Conn. police look for missing 2-year-old and her mother
A missing 2-year-old girl and her mother have been found safe, according to Ansonia police. The police department said a 26-year-old and her daughter were reported missing when they didn’t come home Thursday. They were last seen on Tuesday, and have since been located. The mother and her daughter were headed to New Haven and hadn’t been seen for days....
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Inspector General finds fatal shooting by police in Connecticut was ‘questionable'
The Office of the Inspector General has determined that the 2024 Bridgeport police shooting of a man in Ansonia who died was questionable but said there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution. Jonathan Mark Lewis Bell, 41, was injured in the shooting on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 and died at the hospital, officials said. The Inspector General has...
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Husband found not guilty of murdering wife in Ansonia due to mental defect
A man charged in connection with his wife’s murder in Ansonia has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, according to officials. The woman, a mother of three young children, was found dead at her home on Root Avenue on Nov. 9, 2021. Officers received a 911 call with yelling and commotion in the background, and...
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Driver pulled from fiery crash by nearby residents in Ansonia, Conn.
A driver crashed into multiple parked vehicles before his car caught on fire in Ansonia on Monday night and police said he was pulled out of his vehicle by nearby residents. The crash happened at Kingston Drive and East Main Street around 10:45 p.m. According to police, the car was heading north on East Main Street when the driver left…