The exhaust system components contain rare valuable metals.
Credit: Ansonia Police Dept.
Ansonia police believe this vehicle was involved in the theft of catalytic converters from local vehicles. February 27, 2021 Author: Associated Press, Bill Flood Published: 7:33 PM EST February 28, 2021 Updated: 7:33 PM EST February 28, 2021
ANSONIA, Conn. Police in Ansonia are investigating the recent thefts of several catalytic converters from cars, echoing a statewide uptick. Five converters were stolen from four locations over the last several days.
Similar thefts have been reported in New Haven, Wallingford, Vernon and Stafford. Thieves often target the converters because they contain rare metals like palladium that are in high demand around the globe. The number of thefts spiked last year during the pandemic, according to published reports.
Police: New Haven man shot in leg in Ansonia
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A file photo of an Ansonia, Conn., police cruiser.Ansonia Police / Contributed Photo
ANSONIA A New Haven man suffered a non-life-threatening injury in a shooting on Fourth Street Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot on Fourth Street near North Main Street just before 2 p.m.
First responders found a 39-year-old man on Fourth Street who had been shot once in the leg, police said. The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Police said the shooter was described as a tall, thin man last seen running down Fourth Street toward Star Street.
Ansonia police: Stolen car linked to 2 purse thefts
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A file photo of an Ansonia, Conn., police cruiser.Ansonia Police / Contributed Photo
ANSONIA Two purses were stolen from separate cars Monday afternoon within the span of about an hour, according to police.
Police officers took reports about two purses being stolen from cars around 1 p.m. one at the Shell gas station on Great Hill Road, the other at Stop & Shop on Division Street.
Police said the purse stolen from the gas station was taken as the driver was pumping gas.
The suspect vehicle in both instances, police said, was a gray Kia Sorrento. Investigators believe it might have been stolen out of Stratford earlier Monday.
Ansonia police search for missing teen
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Kevahri Thompson, 14, was last seen around 9 a.m. Tuesday wearing flannel pants, a white T-shirt and a red sweater, Lt. Patrick Lynch said.Ansonia Police / Contributed Photo
ANSONIA City police are looking for a missing teen who was last seen Tuesday morning, according to police.
Kevahri Thompson, 14, was last seen around 9 a.m. Tuesday wearing flannel pants, a white T-shirt and a red sweater, Lt. Patrick Lynch said.
Police described the boy as 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds with black shoulder-length braided hair and brown eyes.
The teen’s family believes he could be in the area of Houston Avenue in Ansonia or Trumbull Avenue in Bridgeport, Lynch said.
Photo: Police release age-enhanced image of missing Ansonia child Vanessa Morales
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Ansonia, Conn. police Friday Jan. 15 2021 released this age-enhanced photo of Vanessa Morales, who has been missing since Dec. 2, 2019.Contributed /Ansonia Police Department
ANSONIA Police released a digitally-aged image of Vanessa Morales, the toddler who has been missing for more than a year.
Morales, who would now be nearly 2 1/2, went missing Dec. 2 2019.
On that day, police said they found her 43-year-old mother, Christine Holloway, beaten to death in her Ansonia home during a welfare check.
Police named Morales’ father, Jose Morales, as a suspect in Holloway’s killing and later charged him with murder and tampering with evidence in February 2020.