COPS & COURTS
VANIKA MAHESH, ÁNGELA PÉREZ & RAZEL SUANSING
Man steals tip jar from Koffee?, sparks conversation about policing at the shop

On Tuesday afternoon, a shoplifting incident occurred at the local New Haven café Koffee? when an individual stole a tip jar and threatened to kill […]

April 16, 2021

The Koffee? sign on their building
RAZEL SUANSING
NHPD, City Hall launch campaign against ATV, dirt-bike riders

In preparation for a summer of all-terrain vehicle, or ATV, and dirt bike riders driving on city streets, the New Haven Police Department and City […]

April 16, 2021

The front of City Hall from the Green.
TALAT AMAN & RAZEL SUANSING
Abolition Alliance at Yale releases report on Yale Police Department activity

Last week, a coalition of student groups released a report analyzing the activities of the Yale Police Department and reiterated their calls for the abolition […]

April 15, 2021

Police officers stand across from protestors.
RAZEL SUANSING
Judiciary Committee votes for sweeping solitary confinement reform

After successfully pushing to close the state’s only maximum-security prison this year, Connecticut activists are advocating for more reforms in the state’s solitary confinement practices. […]

April 15, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING
Amid rise in violent crime, NHPD to hold gun buyback program on Saturday

Amid a rise in violent crime, the New Haven Police Department will once again hold its gun buyback program that was put on pause last […]

April 14, 2021

Swords to Plowshares Secretary Pina Violano shows her necklace made from pieces of destroyed guns
CHRISTIAN ROBLES & RAZEL SUANSING
BOE passes recommendation to keep school resource officers, invest in psychologists, social workers

After nearly a year-long debate over the fate of school resource officers, or SROs, in New Haven Public Schools, the Board of Education has accepted […]

April 14, 2021

TALAT AMAN & MADISON HAHAMY
Interpol issues red notice for Qinxuan Pan, expanding scope of search

As the search for Qinxuan Pan continues, U.S. Marshals are widening their scope and recently secured a “red notice” through Interpol for his arrest on […]

April 7, 2021

The façade of NHPD in the daytime.
TALAT AMAN & RAZEL SUANSING
NHPD Assistant Chief Herb Sharp, spokesperson Anthony Duff retire

Two police officers with over four decades of experience have announced their retirement from the New Haven Police Department. Captain Anthony Duff ’88, the former […]

April 1, 2021

The façade of NHPD in the daytime.
RAZEL SUANSING
State legislature moves forward with prison gerrymandering bill

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee approved legislation to abolish prison gerrymandering on Wednesday. The legislation now awaits a vote in the […]

March 31, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING & ISAAC YU
Pedestrian struck at Chapel and High Street intersection

At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a 31-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of Chapel and High Street in front […]

March 30, 2021

DOMINIQUE CASTANHEIRA
Community supports Oriental Pantry after break-in

Around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oriental Pantry — an Asian market on Orange Street — was broken into and robbed. The community has since rallied […]

March 26, 2021

Yoon-ock Kim prepares bibimbap in the kitchen area of Oriental Pantry