Waterbury

The Naugatuck woman who plead guilty in December for murdering a paraeducator in Waterbury back in 2022, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. Heather Anderson was sentenced to serve a minimum of 25 years behind bars for the October 2022 killing of Shelley Stamp, a 34-year-old para-professional at Waterbury Public Schools. “It’s unforgiveable,” Judge Joseph B. Schwartz…

The family of Shelley Stamp prepared to face their daughter’s murderer in court on Wednesday for a sentencing hearing. Stamp was randomly attacked in Waterbury in October 2022. She was a para-professional at Waterbury Public Schools and worked with children with special needs including autism. Stamp also waitressed to make extra money and was returning home from work when the…

One person has died and two others are injured after a shooting at a social club in Waterbury early Sunday morning. On Tuesday, police arrested a Waterbury man in connection to the incident. Officers on patrol on Watertown Avenue were notified of a large crowd outside of The Bunker Social Club around 4 a.m. According to police, an adult male…

A homicide investigation is underway in Waterbury on Wednesday morning. Police responded to Hillside Avenue at Kellogg Street around 4:30 a.m. after getting a report of someone who was unresponsive. Authorities said the woman was later determined to have been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman’s identity has not been released. The Waterbury Police Department...

A 26-year-old man has died after a shooting in Waterbury early Sunday morning and his death is being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called to North Main Street at Division Street around 5 a.m. after getting a report of shots fired. When police arrived to the area, they said they found an unoccupied vehicle in the road and evidence…

A car crashed into a convenience store in Waterbury on Saturday and the entire incident was captured on video. The crash happened at the 7-Eleven on Baldwin Street around 3 p.m. Store manager Suhel Ahmed said everyone was okay. In a video provided by Ahmed, a car can be seen driving through the front of the store and multiple items…

A man and a woman are dead after a driver lost control and hit multiple cars and then a house in Waterbury on Sunday night. Officers were called to a report of a crash at the intersection of Long Hill Road and Transit Street around 11:10 p.m. According to investigators, the driver lost control and hit two unoccupied, parked vehicles…

A man is in critical condition after an early morning shooting in Waterbury on Monday. Officers were called to Burton Street around 5:06 a.m. after getting a report of a shooting with a gunshot victim. The person who was shot, identified by police as a 21-year-old man, was taken to Saint Mary’s Hospital. Authorities said he is in critical...

A New York driver who reported his car stolen with his child inside in Connecticut ended up under arrest himself Friday after police said he lied about the child in hopes of getting a faster response. Waterbury police say it happened shortly before 9 a.m. Friday at a gas station. Police say the driver told 911 that his 11-year-old was...

A Waterbury police officer has been fired after an Internal Affairs investigation into his conduct during an encounter with a citizen while directing traffic last month.

The Naugatuck father accused of killing his 11-month-old daughter has been taken into custody, police said. Waterbury Police arrested Christopher Francisquini Friday afternoon at about 3 p.m. Francisquini is accused of killing his baby daughter Camilla Francisquini. He had been on the run for two weeks and was taken into custody in the area of 400 Grand St. in Waterbury….