COPS & COURTS
REETI MALHOTRA
City police to increase downtown presence after Halloween homicide

Alexa Acevedo, an 18-year-old, was shot and killed downtown over Halloween weekend. Officials announced Thursday afternoon that city police would amp up their downtown presence to combat recent gun violence.

November 7, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Three struck, one dead in Halloween night shooting downtown

City police officers responded to reports of a shooting at Church and Center Streets early Saturday morning. An 18-year-old woman died, police said.

November 3, 2025

ADELE HAEG
Charges dismissed against anti-Trump overpass protester 

The state attorney reached an agreement with Katherine Hinds’ lawyers to drop the criminal charges. Protesters gathered outside the courthouse Monday to support her.

October 28, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Two Lynwood break-in attempts reported Monday

Two individuals at two homes on Lynwood Place reported attempted break-ins by an unidentified man just after midnight Monday morning.

October 21, 2025

ADELE HAEG & REETI MALHOTRA
Judge orders release of footage of man’s killing by officers in prison 

J’Allen Jones was killed by correctional officers in 2018. Following a seven-year-long battle led by the ACLU and Jones’ estate, a judge ruled on Friday that the Department of Corrections must release the video footage of the moments that led to Jones’ death in prison.

October 21, 2025

ADELE HAEG
Yale officials met with New Haven board on police oversight, city says

Yale Public Safety representatives on Thursday met with legal counsel for the New Haven Civilian Review Board to begin long-awaited negotiations about oversight of Yale Police, city officials told the News.

October 13, 2025

ADELE HAEG & REETI MALHOTRA
City police arrest 13-year-old in Newhallville killing of 15-year-old

The New Haven Police Department announced Friday that it had arrested a 13-year-old in connection with the Sept. 27 killing of Kaiden Phillips.

October 13, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Report says police who killed New Haven man last year were ‘justified’

Three officers shot and killed Jebrell Conley at a car wash in West Haven on Sept. 19, 2024, after Conley shot a firearm while the officers were attempting to carry out a felony arrest warrant.

October 2, 2025

ADELE HAEG & SABRINA THALER
Investigation goes on after 15-year-old shot near Newhallville school

As of Monday, no suspect had been arrested in the fatal shooting of Kaiden Phillips, 15 — the 14th homicide in New Haven this year.

September 30, 2025

SARA AGRAWAL
New Haven man pleads guilty to cocaine possession charge

City police and federal agents seized 225 grams of cocaine last October from Mariscos El Pescador, a Mexican seafood restaurant on Grand Avenue.

September 25, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA & ADELE HAEG
Activists say state response to overpass protests curbed political speech

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut claimed in a lawsuit last week that State Police violated the First Amendment rights of anti-Trump activists, after a 71-year-old protester was arrested twice over the summer.

September 23, 2025