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WATERBURY POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT

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Waterbury Police Officers identified the suspect driver in the fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred on Dec. 28th, 2025, as Dion Schontten, 23, of Waterbury.

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WATERBURY POLICE ARREST MAN FOR DUI

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On Jan. 7th, 2026 at 1:45 a.m., Waterbury Patrol Officers responded to the area of 1021 Pearl Lake Road for reports of a single car MVA. There, officers observed that the operator of a Jeep Grand...

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SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN GROVE STREET HOMICIDE

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Waterbury resident Kendren Barnes, 47, has been identified as one of the individuals involved in a physical disturbance that took place at 144 Grove Street, Dec. 27th, which left one victim dead....

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