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Commuter Trains Collide After Derailment In Bridgeport; More Than 60 Injured

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:00 EDT

— More than 60 people were injured, five seriously, when an eastbound Metro-North commuter train derailed near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line Friday night, colliding with a train heading in the opposite direction.

Source: Police Investigating Whether Remains Are Those Of Missing ECSU Student

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY and DENISE BUFFA, cdempsey@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:03:00 EDT

State police are investigating whether human remains found in a wooded area Friday are those of missing Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Wiley.

Schools Locked Down In Torrington While Police Searched For Suspect

Staff reports — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:27:10 EDT

Two Men Arrested Friday Afternoon

Three schools were placed into lockdown Friday afternoon as police searched for a suspect who fled when officers tried to arrest him.

Hartford Police Make Arrest In October 2011 Shooting

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:34:47 EDT

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Police have made an arrest in connection with a double shooting from October 2011.

Hartford Police Officer Plans 26-Hour Bike Ride To Honor Sandy Hook Victims

By DAVID OWENS, dowens@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:00 EDT

When he's not working, it is likely Hartford Police Sgt. James Elliott can be found on a bicycle. He rides up to 18,000 miles a year, maintains a busy race schedule and does a couple of 12- or 24-hour races.

Willimantic Church Parishioners Pull Together After Fire

By HILDA MUÑOZ, hmunoz@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:10:52 EDT

Doreen Ellis said she ran into a couple of former students outside St. Mary Roman Catholic Church on Thursday night and reviewed a lesson with them as they cried at the sight of the fire-damaged church.

Middletown Police Officer Demoted, Suspended

By SHAWN R. BEALS, sbeals@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:52 EDT

A decorated police lieutenant has been demoted to patrol and suspended for 30 days without pay for inappropriate conduct.

Focus Of Braddock Trial Shifts To Checks

By DAVE ALTIMARI, daltimar@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:35 EDT

The trial of the campaign finance director for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan has provided must-watch political theater, thanks in part to the vulgar, sometimes crude, and grandiose testimony of Harry Raymond Soucy, the government operative who supplied the campaign with money while conspiring to hide the sources.

West Haven Man Sentenced For Stealing From Dead Relative

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:53:56 EDT

A West Haven man was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for stealing more than $300,000 from his dead aunt, state officials said.

Fire Burns Interior Of Willimantic Church

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:40:00 EDT

No Injuries; Investigators At Scene

A fire that burned for hours heavily damaged the interior of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church on Valley Street Thursday night, sending clouds of smoke into the air and causing a partial roof collapse, but causing no injuries.