Three Arrested in Middletown Smoke Shop Raids; 62 Lbs of THC, Kratom Seized
3 smoke shop employees arrested in Middletown March 14 after 62+ lbs of illegal THC products and synthetic Kratom found at 3 stores.
3 smoke shop employees arrested in Middletown March 14 after 62+ lbs of illegal THC products and synthetic Kratom found at 3 stores.
Pamela Fudala, 34, arrested on Washington Ave in North Haven March 14, 2026, after K9 Quella alerted to narcotics during a welfare check on two unresponsive occupants.
Woman shot in arm at a Howard Avenue apartment in New Haven at 10:46 p.m. March 14, 2026. Xavion Tyrek Battle, 29, arrested and charged with assault and firearm offenses.
Diamond Plumbing owner Amilcar Deandrade, 51, charged with manslaughter March 14 after worker Michael DiRocco died in a June 2025 Norwich trench collapse. OSHA fined $250K.
Norbert Stanislaw Zielinski, 57, arrested March 12 in Branford on CSAM charges after a 16-month ICAC probe. Bond $150K; court March 24.
Michael Holmes, 41, convicted March 13, 2026 of murdering Curtis McCray in New Haven in October 2019. Sentencing scheduled before Judge Keegan on May 22.
Two New York men suspected of catalytic converter theft were arrested early March 13, 2026, after fleeing West Haven police in a stolen Dodge Durango before crashing on I-95 southbound near Exit 25.
Yunior Benavides, 49, of Southington was arrested March 6, 2026 in West Hartford for illegal re-entry after being deported to the Dominican Republic in 2013.
Alyson Cranick, 44, of Columbia and former Region 19 school employee, sentenced March 12 to 20 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy.
West Haven man Adam Salgado Jr., 32, an Army soldier, sentenced to 6 years for receiving child sexual abuse material on Telegram. Must report to prison by April 16, 2026.
Luis Salaman, 44, of New Haven was sentenced March 12 to 14 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking and witness intimidation. The FBI investigation began in October 2021; co-defendant Jesus Seguinot received 6.5 years in 2025.
Wesley Pearson, 27, of Hartford was arrested March 10 for a $14,000 North Haven check fraud originally reported in May 2023. He faces second-degree larceny and forgery charges.