Sammy Westfall
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Stanford admissions worker with Yale ties arrested for attempted murder

James Shirvell ’14 — a former dean’s fellow at Yale-NUS College — allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a knife while on LSD.

Five firearms found under vacant building floor

Two people working in the basement of a vacant building discovered five high-power firearms hidden beneath the building’s floorboards on the afternoon of March 9, […]

Lacy’s $1 million bond decreased

At the New Haven Superior Court on Wednesday, Mark Lacy — a Yale Hospitality general manager facing charges of aggravated sexual assault and threatening — was granted a lower bond.

New Haven outreach program changes hands

New Haven Director of Youth Services Jason Bartlett announced at a Feb. 27 City Hall press conference that the city awarded the contract to run […]

YPD, FBI set to run summer law enforcement program

The Yale Police Department and the FBI are gearing up for the fourth annual Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy, which will be held in July […]

Yale, New Haven prepares for snow storm

After the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the greater New Haven area on Sunday, the University and the city of New […]

Car crash closes Prospect Trumbull intersection

A small black Mazda car crashed into a fence at the intersection of Prospect St. and Trumbull St — feet away from the Malone Engineering […]

More details revealed about Lacy case

New details about the criminal case of Mark Lacy, a Yale Hospitality general manager who until this month ran the Pierson College dining hall, have been revealed in his court file.

Community gains clarity on CRB creation

In a large circle in the basement hearing room of New Haven’s Hall of Records on Monday, 50 community members discussed the next vital step […]

Officials remove “thin blue line” flag

A flag in the Connecticut State Capitol has renewed a debate about the relationship among police, politicians and members of the “Black Lives Matter” movement. […]

JE stairwell vandalized with profanity

Late on Saturday night, students of Jonathan Edwards College were surprised to find profane graffiti in their dorm entryway.