COPS & COURTS
YOLANDA WANG, JAEHA JANG & BAALA SHAKYA
Two Yale students sue DHS over terminated visa status records

A class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Connecticut seeks to reinstate active status for four international students in the state, including two Yale graduate students.

April 25, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Charges for alleged racial slur use dropped against Buckley Institute leader

Lauren Noble ’11 was charged with three misdemeanours last summer for allegedly using a racial slur against a New Havener, but a federal judge dismissed charges last month.

April 25, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Judge sides with Trump in lawsuit challenging recall of place of worship protection

The future of the lawsuit, which includes the parent denominations of three local houses of worship, remains to be seen.

April 24, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
New Haven violent crime trending downward

New Haven’s annual CompStat crime report showcased a general downward trend in violent crime metrics — particularly murders and confirmed shots fired — in 2024, a shift that has progressed into 2025 according to the New Haven Police Department.

April 24, 2025

MAIA NEHME
New state bill would expand access to absentee ballots in prisons

Criminal justice advocates are pushing for all Connecticut prisons to carry absentee ballots, eliminating administrative barriers to voting for eligible incarcerated people.

April 22, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Police officer charged with child pornography possession

Otilio Green, now on leave from the Yale Police Department, faces state and federal charges for child sexual abuse material linked to his Verizon Wireless account.

April 8, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Individual arrested in Bass for carrying two fake weapons

Yale Police Department Lieutenant Jay Jones said that the arrested individual was “probably not” a Yale affiliate, though the police chief said their identity is yet undetermined.

April 4, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Arrested Berkeley trespasser charged with burglary, possessing burglary tools

A judge ordered the arrested suspect to stay off all Yale properties at their arraignment on Thursday.

April 3, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
“At their wits’ ends”: City officials push for harsher state penalties for reckless drivers and street takeovers

In an April 1 press conference, city officials advocated for state lawmakers to pass three bills that would institute stronger penalties for reckless driving and street takeovers.

April 1, 2025

MAIA NEHME
Man arrested for threatening comment made outside Westville Synagogue

The New Haven Police arrested an individual for making an antisemitic threat at an individual just outside a synagogue building.

March 31, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
No cover-up in alder hit-and-run case, chief concludes

Two years after a car crash involving Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola prompted civilian complaints and a lawsuit, the police department exonerated responding cops of misconduct accusations.

March 27, 2025