Investigations

You knew it had to happen at some point.  The spike in reckless driving in our state has started to hit people in their wallet when it comes to car insurance. In fact, rate comparison website Insurify predicted our state may see an average premium increase approaching 35% by the end of the year. This seemingly never-ending stretch of poor,&#82...

A Wolcott man plead guilty Monday to a felony charge in connection with the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Richard Markey, 39, was arrested in July 2023. Federal officials said several U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department were at the “tunnel” leading to the lower west terrace exterior door after their positions were o...

Chances are you’ve heard about a major shock from electric rates in Connecticut.  In some cases, people have seen their bills go up by hundreds of dollars.  It has impacted Eversource customers the most, but those with United Illuminating are feeling it too.  NBC Connecticut Investigates looked at what is behind this rate hike. ...

Our state is on track to surpass the deadliest year on record when it comes to motorcycles. More than 36 riders have died since January according to an expert from UConn’s Transportation Safety Research Center. Eric Jackson, who studies traffic accident statistics with the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center at UConn, told NBC Connect...

Dr. Henry Lee is considered a hometown hero to many in Connecticut. He’s been called the godfather of forensic science and has worked on notable cases here and around the country, including the woodchipper murder, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and he investigated the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. But another case made headlines. Two Connecticut men w...

In our continuing series, “Reckless on Our Roads,” NBC Connecticut Investigates has tracked the increase in dangerous driving in our state, and the search for solutions. One idea getting adopted in some Connecticut towns and cities is automated traffic light enforcement with cameras – that means tickets and fines for red light runners. But wh...

While the opioid reversal medication is available without a prescription, buying it may not be as easy as it sounds. In 2023, more than 1,300 people in Connecticut died of an overdose. The vast majority, or 84%, involved fentanyl. So far, 2024 is following that trend. Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is designed to reverse the eff...

Connecticut has a lot of folks fired up about litter from mini liquor bottles, known as nips, that you find all over our state. They’re in urban settings, parks, homeless encampments – and even way out in the country in Winsted, where Rob Asselin lives. He said he picks up a bag full of them every night when he goes…

NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned that a car merging onto Interstate 95 South hit a fuel truck that later hit a tractor-trailer before all three vehicles caught on fire on Thursday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. State police said a Chevrolet Camaro was entering I-95 south from Route 7 when it hit the front of a fuel truck th...

State police say the cause of the large crash and oil tanker fire on I-95 in Norwalk remains under investigation. However, state public safety sources tell NBC Connecticut Investigates that reckless driving by the operator of a car appears to be involved the collision that has paralyzed one of our country’s largest traffic corridors. How much of a ...

For sure, the pursuit of NCAA basketball championships has got UConn nation all excited. Yet, the size of its fan base might be a bit overstated, at least according to one measure – social media followers. It turns out UConn teams have some of the highest percentages of fake followers in the country on the popular social media site Instagram&...

During our eight month “Reckless on Our Roads” exclusive investigation, we saw school buses and vans exceeding the speed limit, rolling through stoplights and stop signs, and making questionable lane changes. One of our state’s largest school bus companies told us our piece has reinforced its mission to keep drivers aware of how safe they need to b...