Meriden

Truckers, petroleum dealers brace for likely diesel tax hike

By SUSAN HAIGHJune 8, 2022 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The trucking industry, petroleum dealers and others are bracing for a possible double-digit increase in Connecticut’s diesel tax on July 1. The regularly scheduled adjustment comes as diesel prices are rising across the state.

Ex-officers decertified amid allegations of drinking on job

March 11, 2022 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The state Police Officer Standards and Training Council has revoked the law enforcement certifications of two former Norwalk officers accused of drinking alcohol on the job and not responding to calls.

Wrong way crashes kill 6 on Connecticut highways

February 26, 2022 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Six people were killed Saturday in two early morning crashes involving drivers traveling in the wrong direction on Connecticut highways, according to state police.

Police: Driver in stolen car traveled 110 mph on interstate

December 15, 2021 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A driver traveling 110 miles an hour on Interstate 93 in a car that was reported stolen fled from the vehicle after police successfully flattened the tires, and was arrested following a search, New Hampshire officials said.

Police seek witnesses to fatal chain-reaction crash on I-91

November 7, 2021 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — State police in Connecticut were seeking witnesses to a chain-reaction crash that killed one person and left several others hospitalized on Saturday.

Some Meriden residents advised to evacuate after acid spill

August 17, 2021 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Residents of a Meriden neighborhood were told to shelter in place or evacuate their homes after a chemical spill at a waste management plant.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said its emergency response unit was at the Tradebe facility on Gracey Avenue on Monday after receiving reports of an “unknown acid spilling from a tractor trailer into their outdoor containment area.”

State to use COVID-19 money for gun-violence prevention

By PAT EATON-ROBBJune 28, 2021 GMT

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he is earmarking $5 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to fight gun violence and fund crime-prevention programs in the state.

The money from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will be used to help pay for community outreach programs, regional law enforcement task forces and specialized police positions and fund real-time access to data from rapid-DNA and ballistics testing.

Hamden police say Meriden man arrested after police chase

June 6, 2021 GMT

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Meriden man was arrested Sunday after he hit a police vehicle with his car in Hamden and then led officers on a 14-mile (22-kilometer) chase to his home, police said.

Hamden police responded to a report of a driver who had passed out in his car at 4:30 a.m., Capt.

It’s back to school for Jill Biden and new education chief

By DARLENE SUPERVILLEMarch 3, 2021 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Jill Biden, the teacher in the White House, along with new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona went back to school Wednesday in a public push to show districts that have yet to transition back to in-person learning that it can be done safely during the pandemic...

Feds, Connecticut city settle over rejection of mosque plans

By DAVE COLLINSNovember 5, 2020 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have reached an agreement with Meriden, Connecticut, to resolve allegations the city illegally rejected an application for a proposed mosque.

Former Fulbright scholar leaves sanctuary after 598 days

By PAT EATON-ROBBMay 31, 2019 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Fulbright scholar who has been fighting deportation to his native Indonesia left the sanctuary of a Connecticut church Friday after 598 days...

Hundreds without power as high winds blow across CT

Jim ShayFebruary 25, 2019 GMT

Hundreds of power without power Monday as high winds blow across Connecticut.

Just after 6 a.m., Eversource reported 976 customers without electricity.

Towns with the most outages include Monroe with 204, Meriden, 164; Westbrook, 94; Waterbury, 80; Danbury, 64; New Milford, 64; Greenwich, 48; Redding, 33 and Newtown, 32.

Man says he beat mother, burned her body in fire pit

June 11, 2018 GMT

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with killing his mother told police horrific details about her death.

Police records released Monday during the Meriden Superior Court arraignment of 34-year-old Kyle Tucker said Tucker told police he bashed his mother's head with a baseball bat and then burned her body in a fire pit for eight hours.

Crash with ‘life-threatening injuries’ closes I-691

Jim ShayMay 29, 2018 GMT

An accident involving a tractor-trailer truck has closed part of I-691 in Meriden early Tuesday morning.

Trooper First Class Kelly Grant says one person in the crash has “life threatening injuries.”

Getting There: All aboard Connecticut’s new commuter rail line

Staff WriterApril 16, 2018 GMT

There’s finally some good news on transportation: A new commuter rail line — The Hartford Line — is set to open soon.

Decades in the dreaming and years in the planning, the state-owned commuter line will run 17 trains each weekday between New Haven and Hartford, stopping at State Street in New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden, Berlin and Union Station in downtown Hartford.

Man pleads guilty in $3M Fairfield jewelry heist

Jim ShayJanuary 20, 2017 GMT

Nearly four years after a brazen $3 million jewelry theft, a Pennsylvania man had pleaded guilty to charges in his role in the heist.

Timothy Forbes, 35, of Allentown, Pa., pleaded guilty Thursday in Bridgeport federal court to federal charges stemming from his role in a violent kidnapping and jewelry store robbery in April 2013.