Bantam News

A federal appeals court says it is disturbed by allegations that some prosecutors have long denied low-income defendants their right to arraignment and free legal representation when they first appear in court.

An arrest three years ago in the case of a missing wallet has resulted in the unusual demand by a federal appeals court that Connecticut justify the way criminal defendants are presented in the crowded, lowest tier of the state's criminal court system.

New Milford resident Neil Fergus, 41, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $1 million bond in a New Haven jail.

Life Star helicopter is responding to a report that someone received a severe electric shock at a local trash chute manufacturing company.

A Connecticut man who shot a fellow hunter by accident while killing a pheasant is set to be arraigned before a state judge.

In an apparently desperate move to satisfy a craving for alcohol, accused substance abuser Paul Hosey drank enough hand sanitizer Oct.

In June of 2009 the Connecticut State Police initiated a criminal investigation into a reported sexual assault.

A former school official in Washington who was charged in June with sexually assaulting three victims was arrested today and charged with abusing a fourth victim, state police said.

Soil temperature currently is moving downward toward the low 50s. This movement is both normal and expected for this time of the year.

Police say a Connecticut man told his girlfriend to ``eat dirt'' after shoving some into her mouth.

Police say a Connecticut man told his girlfriend to ``eat dirt'' after shoving some into her mouth.

Watch out, Wood's Pit in Bantam, Smokin' with Chris in Southington and Uncle Willie's in Waterbury .

What's a best-selling Canadian novelist like Linwood Barclay doing writing a thriller set in Milford, Conn.? That was the question I asked myself recently as I read the riveting "Fear the Worst" , the latest novel by former Toronto newspaperman Barclay.

Jose M. Pomavilla, 21, was arraigned Monday in Bantam Superior Court on charges of third-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree threatening and first-degree unlawful restraint.

Raymond Warren, 25, was arrested by Torrington police Tuesday, the Register Citizen reported.

Robert Reinhardt, 44, of Telford, Pa., surrendered today to state police at Troop L in Litchfield.

Robert Reinhardt, 44, of Telford, Pa., surrendered today to state police at Troop L in Litchfield.

Even in this time of deprivation, one thing there never seems to be a shortage of is shocking, sad news.

Raymond Warren, 25, was arrested by Torrington police Tuesday, the Register Citizen reported.

The former dean of a well-known Connecticut prep school was arraigned Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted three students there.