Danbury

A woman serving time for a gun charge and setting fire to an Alabama church in 2021 managed to escape from a federal prison in Danbury for about 45 minutes before being captured, prison authorities said Wednesday. Xiaoqin Yan, 30, a Chinese national, has been at the low-security facility in Danbury since Nov. 20, where she’s serving 8 1/2 years…

Danbury police are looking for the public’s help finding a vehicle that may be connected to a moped crash that resulted in serious injuries. The crash happened just after 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 2. Officers responded to Padanaram Road for a reported crash with injuries. Authorities said the person on the moped was taken to the hospital with serious, but…

Steve Bannon, the right-wing talk show host and former advisor to former President Donald Trump, was released from prison in Danbury on Tuesday.

Steve Bannon, the right-wing talk show host and former advisor to former President Donald Trump, was released from prison in Danbury on Tuesday. A spokesperson with the Bureau of Prisons said Bannon was released in the morning. He had been in federal prison for four months. He was convicted of contempt of Congress in its investigation into the January 6…

Danbury police are looking for a second suspect in connection to the abduction of an 11-year-old in 1989. Authorities announced that they made an arrest in the decades-old cold case Wednesday. On Thursday, detectives said they are actively looking for a second suspect in connection to the incident. Authorities released the original composite sketch of the second suspect from 1989….

Danbury police have arrested a suspect in the abduction of a female victim in 1989. They are continuing to investigate several similar crimes that happened in the late 1980s, and they are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Danbury police have arrested a suspect in the abduction of a female victim in 1989.

Danbury police have arrested a suspect in the abduction of an 11-year-old girl in 1989. They are continuing to investigate several similar crimes that happened in the late 1980s and they are asking anyone with information to come forward. Danbury police said detectives investigated a series of crimes in the late 1980s that alarmed the neighborhood in the area of…

Federal officials are looking into connections between a shocking kidnapping in Danbury nearly two months ago to a massive cryptocurrency theft.

Federal charges have been filed against six men from Florida who are suspected in a carjacking and kidnapping in Danbury. According to court documents, the group planned the crime through group texts and one suspect booked the flights they took from Florida to commit the crimes. The investigation started when Danbury police received several 911 calls late in the afternoon…

Several people were rescued from a third floor apartment in Danbury after a fire broke out Wednesday afternoon. The fire department said they responded to Lions Condominium on Triangle Street just after 3:15 p.m. Responding crews found heavy smoke coming from the third floor of Building B. Firefighters saw several people trying to evacuate. Crews rescued a total of five…

Three officers are injured and six people have been arrested for their role in an alleged kidnapping that happened in Danbury Sunday night. Danbury police said it happened at 5:40 p.m. Officers were called to the area of Clapboard Ridge Road near Dogwood Lane for a reported disturbance. Responding officers were told that three men got out of a van,…

Multiple buildings in Danbury were evacuated on Sunday due to what city officials said was a “mudslide situation” and because of flooding. According to city officials, emergency and utility crews responded to 160 Shelter Rock Road for a mudslide/rockslide situation. Firefighters had to evacuate eight units of a condo complex there. The incident is reportedly under control and is isolated…

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has identified the two men whose bodies were found in Candlewood Lake in Danbury on Thursday. Muzha Medardo Vayancela, 26, and Loja Klever Guanuchi, 36, both of Danbury, had been missing since they jumped off a boat on Monday night, officials said. Five people were on the boat on Monday night when…

A 26-year-old man and a 38-year-old man, both residents of Danbury, had been missing since they jumped off a boat on Monday night, officials said.

Emergency crews and state departments continue to search for two missing men who went missing on Monday night.

Search and recovery efforts on Candlewood Lake in Danbury were suspended Wednesday evening for the two men who have been missing since Monday night. Officials with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said the men jumped into the lake from a boat and never resurfaced. DEEP said Tuesday that it sent out every asset it has in the region…

Storms caused extensive damage in Wethersfield on Tuesday night. 

Two men remain missing after jumping from a boat on Candlewood Lake Monday night.

Two men remain missing after jumping from a boat on Candlewood Lake Monday night. The rescue effort has turned into a recovery operation. Officials are out with an urgent warning to people heading out on the water this summer. The waters of Candlewood Lake in Danbury filled with first responders looking for two men ages 26 and 38. The Department…