Author Archives: Lorenzo Ligato

City

City sees murder near Yale’s campus
By Lorenzo Ligato May 19, 2013 • 0
A Saturday shooting in the downtown nightclub district left two men injured and one dead, lifting New Haven's murder tally to a total of seven this year.
City

UP CLOSE | Fighting New Haven crime with social welfare
By Lorenzo Ligato April 25, 2013 • 0
As community policing continues, the city hopes to supplement its efforts with social and economic programs.
City

NHPD reinstates SVU unit
By Lorenzo Ligato April 10, 2013 • 0
In an ongoing effort to rebuild and strengthen the city’s police force, the New Haven Police Department has reinstated a unit dedicated to sexual and elderly assault.
City

Yale sued after tailgate death
By Lorenzo Ligato April 8, 2013 • 0
The estate of the victim of a the 2011 tailgate accident has filed a negligence suit against the University.
Homicides
City

Homicide spate plagues Elm City
By Lorenzo Ligato April 8, 2013 • 0
New Haven has been struck by three murders in the past nine days, lifting the city’s murder tally to a total of five homicides this year.
City

City sees two murders in five days
By Lorenzo Ligato April 5, 2013 • 0
Just four days after New Haven saw its first homicide since Jan. 23, another murder hit the city Wednesday afternoon.
Several fire trucks were seen around 7 p.m. outside of the Yale Central Power Plant.
City

Campus faces power outage
By Lorenzo Ligato and Nicole Narea April 4, 2013 • 0
An 80-minute outage swept the University’s campus amid Wednesday's clear weather.
nightclubs
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City sees first homicide in two months
By Lorenzo Ligato April 1, 2013 • 0
New Haven registered its third homicide of the year early Saturday, interrupting a 65-day murderless streak.
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. described the increase in police presence as a “major budgetary commitment” at Monday’s press conference.
City

New NHPD boots on the ground
By Lorenzo Ligato March 27, 2013 • 0
Forty new police officers will soon hit the streets of New Haven.
The Yale Traffic Safety Committee will work closely with the Yale College Council and the Yale Police Department to promote safer traffic conditions for pedestrians around campus.
City

With survey, University examines pedestrian safety
By Lorenzo Ligato March 8, 2013 • 0
The University is reaching out to students to improve pedestrian safety on campus.
February
City

Zero murders, 9 drug arrests for February
By Lorenzo Ligato March 1, 2013 • 0
The New Haven Police Department saw a successful end to the month of February — the city’s first murder-free month since August.
In a Wednesday talk, forensic scientist Peter Massey explained how advances in portable police technologies can accelerate criminal investigations.
City

Crime tech quickening forensics analysis
By Lorenzo Ligato February 28, 2013 • 0
Peter Massey said recent advances in forensic science have concentrated on developing devices that can be easily transported to the crime scene and yield immediate analysis results.
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. described the increase in police presence as a “major budgetary commitment” at Monday’s press conference.