Wolcott

A man has been arrested in connection to a deadly crash that happened in Wolcott earlier this year. The Wolcott Police Department said they arrested Luis Sanchez-Sagbay, of Bristol, on Wednesday for a crash that happened on Jan. 21. Officers responded to a report of a one-car crash on Wolcott Road around 2:30 a.m. Investigators said a vehicle with three…

A 53-year-old man who died while in Wolcott police custody on Halloween in 2023 died by suicide rather than use of force when police deployed stun guns, according to a report the Office of the Inspector General released on Friday afternoon. Robert Scott Brown died at 5:04 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2023, while in police custody and the Office of…

A man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man in the head in Wolcott Thursday night. The police department said they were called to Saddle Road at about 7:30 p.m. for a reported stabbing. Authorities said the men got into an argument via text message. Then, the suspect met with the other man and the two got into…

A Wolcott man plead guilty Monday to a felony charge in connection with the breach at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. 2021. Richard Markey, 39, was arrested in July 2023.

An abandoned kayak prompted a search for a person in the Scoville Reservoir in Wolcott last week and on Sunday, a body was recovered. Police responded to the reservoir around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday after getting a report of a tipped over, abandoned kayak in the water. A dive team was called in and searched in the water until 9:15 p.m.,…

The threat of bad weather has forced organizers to postpone Friday’s opening of the Wolcott Country Fair. Organizers said they want to ensure the safety of fair-goers, vendors, and staff. The fair will now open Saturday at 10 a.m. Bands that were scheduled to play Friday night have been rescheduled to Sunday, fair officials said. The fair will also...

An abandoned kayak has prompted a search for a person in Scoville Reservoir in Wolcott on Wednesday night. Police responded to the reservoir around 6:15 p.m. after getting a report of a tipped over, abandoned kayak in the water. A dive team was called in and searched in the water until 9:15 p.m., according to police. No one was found….

A man is facing fraud charges in connection to the untimely death of a woman in Wolcott earlier this year, according to police. Police said 37-year-old Alexandra Standish was run over in a driveway on Central Avenue early on the morning of Feb. 10. Authorities said 41-year-old Edward Pratte, of Southington, was arrested in Meriden on Friday on an active…

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash in Wolcott on Wednesday. The crash happened on Wolcott Road at Boundline Road. Investigators believe the motorcyclist likely missed a curve in the road and crashed. Police said the motorcyclist is in critical, but stable condition. The investigation is ongoing.

Do you recognize this dog? Police are asking for information from the public after a dog was left on the side of the road in Wolcott over the weekend. The female dog was found by police near Diamond Road and Nichols Road on Sunday around 11 a.m. The Wolcott Dog Pound said she was found with a container of food,…

A community is praying and mourning after a fiery crash in Wolcott left one teen dead and four others injured over the weekend. All of them have ties to the local high school. “It’s just like crazy to think that this could actually happen.” The shock remains for Lilly Byram as she visited this makeshift memorial on Spindle Hill...

A community is praying and mourning a day after a fiery crash in Wolcott left one teen dead and four others injured. All of them having ties to the local high school.

One teen has died and four others are seriously injured after a fiery crash in Wolcott on Saturday night.

One teen has died and four others are seriously injured after a fiery crash in Wolcott on Saturday night. Officers received a report around 10 p.m. that a vehicle had gone off of the road in the 700 block of Spindle Hill Road and hit a tree. While police were heading to the crash, dispatchers reported the vehicle was now…

Wolcott police have arrested a man who is accused of dumping a nursing dog on the side of the road and selling her puppies, which were just days old and too young to be removed from their mom.

Wolcott police have arrested a man who is accused of trying to break into two homes by throwing a rock at a window at one and cutting window screens at another. Police said the attempted break-ins happened on Ferro Road early on the morning of April 4. One victim told police they were asleep when someone threw a large rock…

Wolcott police have arrested a man who is accused of dumping a nursing dog on the side of the road and selling her puppies, which were just days old and too young to be removed from their mom.   A passerby found the young mother dog running up Spindle Hill by the intersection of Mad River Road in April, Wolcott…

Woodtick Road in Wolcott will be closed for several hours after a crane hit two poles and took down multiple transformers on Friday. The police department said it happened near the Waterbury line. A crane delivery to a nearby business left and hit two poles, creating a hazmat situation, according to police. Safe Harbors is responding to the scene to…

A dog is dead, two people are seriously hurt and several others are hospitalized after a car crash in Wolcott Friday night. Police said they responded to the area of Wolcott and Mad River roads at about 5:15 p.m. A car with two adults inside collided with a truck, which was traveling north on Wolcott Road. There were three kids…

A nursing mother dog who was found abandoned in Wolcott last week has been reunited with another one of her puppies over the weekend and three puppies are still missing. Wolcott Animal Control appealed to the public for help locating the lost puppies and on Friday, they said three of seven puppies were recovered. Another one of the puppies was…