Windsor Locks detectives are investigating a scam that targets online auction bidders while duping others into converting victims’ payments into cryptocurrency.
Ellington officials have boosted overnight police patrols to curb car and catalytic converter thieves, a persistent problem in town and throughout the state.
A suspect in "swatting" calls to police in Connecticut and other states told 911 dispatchers that he had killed his mother, was about to kill his two sisters and would gun down any officers who came to the scene, Windsor Locks police said.
For the second time in two weeks, a Windsor Locks police officer had a close call with a catalytic converter thief fleeing from the scene of the crime, police said Wednesday.