Candidates outline public safety approaches
Three homicides in three weeks. Though the city’s overall crime rates have declined over the past few years, this recent spate of violence highlights public safety as one of the most pressing issues...
View ArticleCorpse found under student apartments
After more than a month of complaints from Yale students, a body found last week in a Park St. house has been removed and is being reported as a natural death. According to residents of the second- and...
View ArticleAfter defeat, Elicker stays optimistic
After conceding defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral election, Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 remained resolute in his desire for a redefined New Haven. Toni Harp ARC ’78 racked up 54.66 percent of the city...
View ArticleNHPD launches communication network
Last week, the New Haven Police Department announced the establishment of a regional CompStat system, which connects Connecticut police departments through an open and efficient network. Every Thursday...
View ArticleJuly murder suspect arrested
The suspect of a local July 3 homicide has been arrested, ending a months-long investigation and bringing justice to the victim’s family. At a somber press conference held on Friday afternoon, New...
View ArticleNHPD provides support to neighborhood groups
In ongoing effort to integrate the New Haven Police Department with New Haven’s neighborhoods, the police department will arm neighborhood block-watch groups with additional information to help them...
View ArticleKey Club shooter arrested
The man suspected to be behind one of the Elm City’s largest 2013 shootings was arrested by the New Haven Police Department on Tuesday. In the early morning hours of Oct. 26, shots rang out at the Key...
View ArticleNHPD, YPD go digital
Last week, the New Haven and Yale Police Departments joined the social media revolution with BlueLine, an online professional network linking police officers and departments from across the country. A...
View ArticleDeveloping: Suspected gunman on campus
This was a developing story. Updates were posted here until 3pm today. The complete story can now be found here. Reports of a gunman on campus were “confirmed” near Old Campus, where freshmen dorms are...
View ArticleCampus given all-clear after lockdown
A tip regarding plans for a shooting on Yale’s campus Monday brought SWAT teams to the University and forced a five-hour-plus lockdown, which ended only when New Haven and Yale Police Department...
View ArticleProfessor found dead in New Haven jail
This article has been updated to reflect the version published in print on Dec, 2, 2013. Over a week after Yale assistant professor Samuel See was found dead in a New Haven jail cell, few details have...
View ArticleGun scare shuts down campus
A tip regarding plans for a shooting on Yale’s campus Monday brought SWAT teams to the University and forced a five-hour-plus lockdown, which ended only when New Haven and Yale Police Department...
View ArticleProfessor found dead in jail
Over a week after Yale assistant professor Samuel See was found dead in a New Haven jail cell, few details have emerged — and many questions remain — surrounding the cause of his death. See was...
View ArticleStudents, colleagues remember See
Samuel See, an assistant professor of English at Yale known by many as a compassionate teacher and gifted scholar, was found dead on Nov. 24 in a New Haven jail cell, according to spokespeople for the...
View ArticleDeStefano targets bar and nightclub violence
With the last few months of his tenure, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. is making one last push to curb violence around bars and nightclubs. In the wake of the Oct. 26 shooting at the Key Club Cabaret that...
View ArticleClub violence continues at Owl’s Nest
The latest instance of nightclub violence in the Elm City, a problem that has plagued the city throughout 2013, has left one man in serious condition. Anna Mariotti, the city’s public information...
View ArticleNewtown report reveals details, but no motive
The 20-year-old man who shot 20 children and six teachers and school employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. last December, kept among his personal belongings a spreadsheet...
View ArticleNewtown tapes released amidst controversy
The 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012 were made public Wednesday, providing a unique glimpse into the panic gripping the school’s faculty and students...
View ArticleNewtown, one year later
Photography by William Freedberg. “It’s just your average small town,” said Newtown High School senior Kacey Caplan. On Dec. 14, 2012, a day residents now call simply “12/14,” the small Connecticut...
View ArticleSee’s death meth-induced
This is a developing article. The latest update occurred at 8:32 p.m. on January 6. Samuel See, the Yale assistant professor found lifeless in jail on Nov. 24, died from a heart attack induced by...
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