Wolcott

A Wolcott police officer was rescued from his sinking cruiser after it slipped into a swollen pond on Tuesday, according to police. The officer drove to the sports complex on Spindle Hill Road around 5:45 a.m. to do a routine check of the building. Because of recent rains, water from the pond came up into the roadway, making it difficult…

Burglars rammed a car into a gun shop in Wolcott early Friday morning and stole nine guns, according to police, and investigators have released video of the brazen break-in.

Burglars rammed a car into a gun shop in Wolcott early Friday morning and stole nine guns, according to police, and investigators have released video of the brazen break-in.

A burglar rammed a car into a gun shop in Wolcott early Friday morning and stole nine guns, according to police.

Burglars rammed a car into a gun shop in Wolcott early Friday morning and stole nine guns, according to police, and investigators have released video of the brazen break-in. Officers responded to a burglary alarm call at Sportsmen’s Outpost at 415 Wolcott Road at 5:24 a.m. Friday and an officer found a damaged small blue Hyundai Elantra that had been…

A man being evicted from a home in Wolcott shot and killed his estranged wife and adult son dead before the son’s friend shot and killed the man inside a Wolcott home Thursday night, according to police.

A mother, father and son are dead after a dispute broke out inside of a Wolcott home, according to police. They released the names on Friday morning. 

A mother, father and son are dead after a dispute broke out inside of a Wolcott home Thursday evening, police said.

A mother, father and son are dead after a dispute broke out inside of a Wolcott home Thursday evening, police said. Wolcott police said they responded to a home on Bound Line Road after receiving a 911 call about a shooting. Investigators believe that a father, mother, son and his friend were all at the home helping the father move…

We often hear that no two snowflakes are alike. That was showcased by a Wolcott woman who put her micro-photography skills to use this past weekend. Jennifer Rossi caught some amazing images of singular dendrite snowflakes during Saturday’s light snow. Dendrites are snow crystals with branches that resemble a tree. There are many types of dendrites, including stellar dendrites,...

Jennifer Rossi, of Wolcott, took hi-res images of perfect dendrite snowflakes during our small snow event this weekend.

Police have arrested a man accused of waving a machete out his car window while driving in Wolcott on Thursday. An officer was flagged down by a driver who said the person behind them had a machete in the area of Nichols and Wolf Hill roads. It happened just after 11 a.m. The police department said they later saw a…

Wolcott police have arrested a suspect after a Wolcott man was scammed out of $60,000, according to police. They said their investigation uncovered a romance scam and the suspect they arrested was in the United States from China on an expired student visa. Wolcott police said the 28-year-old man who now lives in Flushing, New York is part of a…

An investigation is underway after a reported bomb threat at Representative Jahana Hayes’ house on Thanksgiving. Hayes says she was notified by Wolcott Police Department that they received a threatening email about a pipe bomb being placed in the mailbox of her home around 7:45 a.m. State police, U.S. Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms were notified. According...

A man has been arrested in connection to a deadly crash that happened in Wolcott earlier this year. The Wolcott Police Department said they arrested Luis Sanchez-Sagbay, of Bristol, on Wednesday for a crash that happened on Jan. 21. Officers responded to a report of a one-car crash on Wolcott Road around 2:30 a.m. Investigators said a vehicle with three…

A 53-year-old man who died while in Wolcott police custody on Halloween in 2023 died by suicide rather than use of force when police deployed stun guns, according to a report the Office of the Inspector General released on Friday afternoon. Robert Scott Brown died at 5:04 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2023, while in police custody and the Office of…

A man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man in the head in Wolcott Thursday night. The police department said they were called to Saddle Road at about 7:30 p.m. for a reported stabbing. Authorities said the men got into an argument via text message. Then, the suspect met with the other man and the two got into…

A Wolcott man plead guilty Monday to a felony charge in connection with the breach at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. 2021. Richard Markey, 39, was arrested in July 2023.

An abandoned kayak prompted a search for a person in the Scoville Reservoir in Wolcott last week and on Sunday, a body was recovered. Police responded to the reservoir around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday after getting a report of a tipped over, abandoned kayak in the water. A dive team was called in and searched in the water until 9:15 p.m.,…