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Published April 9, 2021 •
Updated on April 9, 2021 at 11:02 am
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State police are investigating what the are calling a suspicious death in Bridgeport.
State police said Bridgeport State’s Attorney Joseph Corradino asked for assistance from the State Police–Western District Major Crime Squad just before 3 p.m. Thursday to investigate the circumstances around an untimely death just after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday while Bridgeport Tactical Narcotics Units were carrying out a search warrant on Chestnut Street in Bridgeport. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
State police said personnel from Bridgeport Police Department went into the apartment and they were inside for a short time with a female occupant before an officer looked out an open window and saw a man lying on the ground, “having apparently jumped out of the window from an elevated height.”
Officer who shot man outside Meriden motel identified
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A Connecticut State Police cruiser on Dec. 9, 2019.Kendra Baker / Hearst Connecticut Media
MERIDEN The Meriden police officer who shot and wounded a 24-year-old man last week outside a local motel was identified Thursday in a preliminary report filed by the New London State’s Attorney.
Detective Eric Simonson shot Kenneth Strothers on Feb. 12 as police were trying to take Strothers into custody near the Flamingo Inn on North Broad Street, New London State’s Attorney Paul Narducci wrote in the two-page report.
Authorities said Strothers ran from the motel around 8:53 a.m. when he saw police officers while leaving a room there. Officers caught up to Strothers outside a nearby storage facility.
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PLYMOUTH A Terryville woman accused of fatally shooting her 15-year-old daughter and seriously wounding her 7-year-old son in November pleaded not guilty Thursday in New Britain Superior Court to murder and attempted murder charges.
Naomi Bell, 44, waived her right to a probable cause hearing and entered the pleas during a brief hearing at New Britain Superior Court she took part from a prison via video conference.
Madeline Bell. Contributed
Probable cause hearings are required for persons charged with crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment. The case now enters a pre-trial phase that could take months before it moves to trial or a plea agreement.