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Man Siphoned Fuel from Trucks: Cops

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Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel have been stolen from trucks at a business on Rye Street in South Windsor in recent weeks, so police set up surveillance to figure out who was behind it.

Police identified a suspect early Sunday morning.

When Felix Ortiz, 51, of Hartford, arrived at the business just after midnight and began opening fuel tank caps on the Mack truck tractors, a police officer assigned to do surveillance on the building was there to witness it, police said.  

Other police officers were called to respond to the business and took Ortiz into custody.

When officers further investigated, they found Ortiz’s vehicle was equipped with two large fuel holding tanks and a small electric pump to siphon fuel, according to police.

Ortiz was charged with sixth-degree criminal attempt to commit larceny, second-degree criminal trespass and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Ortiz was later released on a $5,000 non-surety bond and is due in Manchester Superior Court on June 19.
 



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Malloy to Hold "Crisis Summit" on Metro-North

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Gov. Dannel Malloy will be meeting with executives from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metro-North on Monday for what his office is calling a "crisis summit" after several several service disruptions.

The most recent problem was with the Walk Bridge in South Norwalk. Over the course of a week, it failed to close twice and service was interrupted as crews scrambled to mke repairs.

Malloy is traveling to New York to meet with officials from the rail service and will be meeting with the media afterward.

“This is now the second major failure in two weeks, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and causing unacceptable delays. Let me be clear, this is outrageous," Malloy said in a statement on Friday. "In speaking with MTA and Metro-North, my administration has stressed that every procedure, protocol and engineering solution must get the immediate attention of the most qualified team of experts. It is of the upmost importance that these operating, maintenance, alternative service and customer protocols be completely critiqued and that near term solutions be found to ensure reliable service for Connecticut commuters.

Commuters were frustrated on Friday evening as the trip home was delayed.

"I pay for a monthly ticket. I shouldn't have to walk," said Mary Fareira, of Waterbury, who followed the crowd from South Norwalk to East Norwalk after a mechanical problem stopped train service.

Twenty-four buses were sent from the Bronx to transport passengers between South Norwalk and East Norwalk on Friday, according to Metro-North. 

Amtrak service on both the Northeast regional and Acela lines was also affected and trains were held at Penn Station for several hours.

Metro-North officials said the bridge is 118 years old, but the state has invested more than $1.5 million in recent years to improve bridge reliability.

Malloy said the recent problems with the bridge heighten the need to replace the bridge, which he called "a central link to the entire Northeast Corridor."

"We simply cannot afford peak service disruptions like this, which is why we have requested and are aggressively pursuing federal Resiliency funding for this exact purpose," Malloy said.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) echoed Malloy's sentiments and said he plans to "work with the full delegation to ensure Connecticut's transportation infrastructure receives the immediate attention and funding it needs and deserves."

The bridge also had a similar problem in 2011, in some cases keeping passengers on the train for two hours before they could transfer to a bus.



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Westboro Protests at DC High School

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About a dozen members of the Westboro Baptist Church were met by several hundred counter-protesters outside a northwest Washington high school Monday -- days after the school’s principal came out as gay to students during the Pride celebration that sparked the church’s protest plan.

Holding signs that read "We are Wilson High School" and "Love Always Wins," students from Wilson High School and other nearby schools lined the sidewalk outside of the school for a peaceful counter-protest. They were joined by another several hundred community members, who were stationed across the street. 

Westboro, known for its public crusade against gay people at military funerals, said the school should be "hanging its head in shame" for hosting the event, writing on their website, "You say 'You can't hide tiger pride?' and you're right. You are incapable of being ashamed of your sin."

A handful of the church's members showed up for the protest, standing down the street from the counter-protest in front of the school.

D.C. Police were on hand to make sure the church members stayed away from students, and vice versa.

"We kind of took it together to be proud of who we are," said student Aiden Parisi, "and be happy that what we're doing is making an impact, that obviously this group has to come protest us."

"My announcement probably didn't lessen their enthusiasm to be here today, but we're all about acceptance, love and accepting people for who they are," Cahall said Monday.

Hundreds of community members also joined the students in their protest, running up and down the block with a rainbow flag and holding signs that read, "Love always wins."

Monday's protest is just one of 12 the church has planned in the D.C. area. The church also plans to protest outside the White House, the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and other sites.

5 Injured in West Haven Ambulance Crash

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Five people have been transported to local hospitals after an ambulance was involved in a crash in West Haven on Monday morning.

Police said people were seriously injured when an ambulance bringing a patient to the hospital and a car collided at as Boston Post Road and Pruden Street.

All members of the ambulance crew, a firefighter who was in the ambulance, the patient in the ambulance and the driver of the other vehicle were transported to area hospitals, police said.

Police are investigating.  They have not determined who was responsible for the crash.

 



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Crash Closes Route 83 in Ellington

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LifeStar medical transport helicopter responded to a crash in front of 516 Somers Road in Ellington on Monday.

Somers Road, which is also known as Route 83, is closed between Billings Road and Strawberry Road, according to the Department of Transportation.

A driver veered off the road and down an embankment, according to fire officials.  The driver was in the only one in the car.

The victim was flown to the hospital.  There is no word on that person's condition.

Gunman Barricaded in LA Home

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A man armed with what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle surrendered after an hours-long standoff in North Hollywood that followed a high-speed pursuit on Southern California freeways.

The man directed his rifle at officers during a high-speed pursuit from east of downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, pulled over, ran through a neighborhood and climbed onto the roof of a house. He barricaded himself inside the house until 3 p.m.

The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Nolan Perez, came outside of the North Hollywood house with two dogs and lay down on the ground before SWAT officers took him into custody in the backyard, according to Los Angeles police. He was then taken out of the patrol car and trasnferred into an ambulance.

He was believed to be the only person in the house during the standoff.

Perez was wanted in connection with a criminal threats report filed on Monday, officials said. He was located Monday morning in El Sereno and fled after encountering officers, police said.

The manhunt and standoff forced hours-long lockdowns at nine schools and evacuations near the barricade location in the 11600 block of Hartsook Street, just blocks from the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station.

"We're going to make every attempt we can to make contact with this suspect. We don't want anybody to get hurt here, including the suspect," LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman said. 

The standoff began after a pursuit that reached speeds around 100 mph on several freeways near downtown LA before extending north into the San Fernando Valley. The driver of the Nissan sedan encountered traffic on the northbound 5 Freeway and used the emergency lane next to the center divider to pass several vehicles.

At one point, Perez appeared to wave the rifle out a window before exiting the freeway in North Hollywood and stopping on a street near Magnolia Boulevard and Irvine Avenue.

Dressed all in white, he could be seen carrying the weapon and what appeared to be a clip of ammunition when he sprinted from the car and across several residential yards, then climbed onto the roof of a house. He leaned against the weapon, paced around and kneeled down on the roof before jumping off into a back yard about 15 minutes later.

"It was a little bizarre, how calm he was," a resident said.

There were no reports of shots fired in the residential area just west of the 170 Freeway, where an LAPD helicopter circled overhead.

Authorities blocked off an area that includes Magnolia Boulevard to the north, Otsego Street to the south, Tujunga Avenue to the east and Colfax Avenue to the west.

Oakwood School, Joyces Toluca Lake Preschool, Walter Reed Middle School, North Hollywood High School and Colfax Charter Elementary School were among the schools locked down during the search. Police established an evacuation plan so parents could pick students up from Oakwood School, which is adjacent to the street on which authorities said the subject is barricaded.

"It was very reassuring to know she was all right," said parent Robin Share, who was texting with her daughter at Oakwood School during the lockdown. "She was in the middle of a final exam and wanted to finish. She's determined."

Aerial video showed children walking hand-in-hand as they were escorted to nearby North Hollywood Park to be reunited with parents. All LAUSD school lockdowns were lifted early Monday afternoon.

Backpack With Access Health Data Given to GOP State Rep

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Connecticut's health insurance marketplace found out that a backpack full of confidential documents, including residents' Social Security numbers, had been left lying in the street in Hartford last week from a Republican lawmaker, Access Health CT officials said Monday.

Now Connecticut House Republican leaders are criticizing the state-run health care exchange for an "appalling lack of oversight."

The backpack, found outside the Access Health CT office on Trumbull Street in Hartford on Friday, contained four notepads with handwritten names and birth dates of about 400 people, along with the Social Security numbers for 151 people, Access Health CT Chief Marketing Officer Jason Madrak said over the weekend.

The person held responsible is an employee of a company called Maximus, the call vendor for Access Health CT, which was created in the wake of the 2010 health care overhaul.

He apparently left the bag behind when he left a deli after work on Thursday evening and got a ride home, Ilene Baylinson of Maximus said. He left the deli around 4:30 p.m. on Monday and Access Health CT officials found out about it around noon on Friday, when they received a call from the office of state Rep. Jay Case. 

Madrak said a member of Case's staff contacted Access Health CT and "indicated that they were in possession of a backpack that looked like it contained information related to some of our members and customers."

Access Health CT officials contacted Hartford police at 2:15 p.m. to report the incident so they could begin investigating. Then, they reached out to Maximus, the Health and Human Services, the state attorney general and then the media.

The Maximus employee came forward after seeing a news report on the backpack on Friday night, according to officials. 

He told his employer that he left the deli around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and realized at home that he did not have the backpack, so he called the person who gave him a ride home. When it did not turn up, he continued to look for it when he went back to work on Friday. 

The Maximus employee went home and came forward after seeing a news report on the backpack on Friday night.

“It strikes me as odd that someone felt compelled to compile the data into a notebook and take it from the intake offices,’’ Cafero said in a statement.

Access Health officials are contacting the individuals whose personal information might have been compromised.

Representatives from the health care exchange said individuals whose names were on the notepads will be offered free credit monitoring, fraud resolution, identity theft insurance and credit report security freezes.

"Obviously, we take this matter extremely, extremely seriously and we are extremely sorry that this is taking place. We are working, literally around the clock and as fast as humanly possible to make sure that we eleviate this and, more importantly, working very quickly to put the proper procedures in place to make sure something like this does not happen again," Madrak said.

The owner of the backpack is on administrative leave and “has had all system access privileges revoked,” according to Madrak.

Baylinson said the employee responsible is remorseful, passed a background check and went through security training. There is no reason to believe the information was used for fraudulent purposes, she said.

“This disturbing development highlights the concerns we raised three months ago during a hearing that we were afraid something like this might happen,’’ Cafero said in a statement. “We were told by Access Health CT overseers that our proposals for background checks and other safeguards were not needed, that the security situation was in hand. Clearly, that was not the case.’’

Questions remain on why anyone would be taking notes on information from residents who enroll in the program. The notes can be used to help customers navigate the enrollment process, Madrak explained in the news release.

There is a shredder onsite and employees are supposed to shred any personal information and not take it home.

The company is investigating and in the process of moving toward a "paperless office," so this does not happen again.

"The bottom line is that one of our team members made a mistake. He violated our corporate policies and procedures for personal data," Baylinson said.

He has been placed on administrative leave, Access Health CT officials said on Sunday, and Maximus said the company is moving toward a "paperless" office.

Teen Stole School Bus: Cops

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Naugatuck police arrested a teen accused of stealing a school bus early Saturday morning.

An officer stopped Kevin Monagan, 18, of Middlebury, around 2 a.m. on Saturday when he noticed a school bus with no headlights near North Church and Bridge streets in Naugatuck, police said.

Monagan first told the officer that the “NAPA” auto parts store gave him the bus, police said.

The officer, knowing the Student Transportation of America bus lot off of Hotchkiss Street is located next to a NAPA auto parts store, continued to probe and asked Monagan about how he managed to obtain the bus.

Monagan he eventually admitted he broke into the bus and drove off with it after finding the keys, police said.

As police investigated, they found out that the bus, as well as another in the bus lot, had been vandalized.

Monagan was arrested and charged with first-degree larceny, criminal attempt at larceny in the first degree, criminal trover in the second degree, criminal mischief in the second degree, criminal trespassing in the third degree, operating a school bus without the proper license classification, operating a motor vehicle without having headlights illuminated and failure to stop for a traffic signal.

He is being held on a $25,000 surety bond and will be arraigned in Waterbury.

It’s not clear if he has an attorney.



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Man Loses Finger in Fight with Mom

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A New Jersey man blew off his finger with a shotgun shell Sunday night because he was trying to scare his mother during a fight about his excessive drinking, police said.
 
Police in Toms River say the 43-year-old man and his mother were arguing at their home at about 8 p.m., when he concocted a plan to scare her with a loud noise.
 
Police say he went out to a backyard shed, where he put a shotgun shell inside a metal pipe and struck it with a hammer. The contraption exploded and blew off his left index finger.
 
He was taken to the hospital. No charges have been filed. 

Woman Charged With Assaulting Teen Over Drone

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A Westbrook woman is facing assault charges after an altercation with a 17-year-old flying a drone at Hammonasset State Park last month.

Andrea Mears, 23, is accused of assaulting the Austin Haughwout on May 12 after she noticed Haughwout was flying a quad copter with a camera attached over the Middle Beach at Hammonasset in Madison.

Haughwout captured the alleged assault on video using his phone.

"Can someone call the cops? I'm being assaulted," Haughwout can be heard saying on the video.

The video appears to show Mears allegedly grabbing Haughwout's face and ripping his shirt.

"Maybe you shouldn't be taking pictures of people on the beach," Mears says on the video.

Mears called police first to report the teen using the drone over the beach.

NBC Connecticut spoke with Mears on Monday and she claimed Haughwout assaulted her first and that he edited and manipulated the video to make it appear she was the aggressor.

Houghwout told NBC Connecticut he was trying to protect himself.

"I was just holding her away so she couldn't cause severe injuries to me," Haughwout said.

Mears was charged with third-degree assault and breach of peace. She appeared in court on May 28.



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Tilting Bridge 911 Call: "Crazy"

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A 911 recording shows a Delaware man tried to warn state transportation officials and law enforcement about a tilting interstate bridge nearly two months before the river crossing was shut down.

In the April 15 call obtained by NBC10.com on Monday, Charles Allen Jr. describes how the heavily-traveled 4,800-foot-long bridge crossing the Christina River in Wilmington had begun to separate and lean.

"It's kind of a crazy emergency," he said. "The two roadbeds are lifting up opposing each other, and it doesn't look right. Something's wrong."

Allen, who regularly travels across the bridge on his commute, told the operator that he had tried to contact the Delaware Department of Transportation using several numbers, but could not get in touch with anyone.

"I don't want to be rude and use this number for something that's not [an emergency], but it appears to be an emergency today," he said.

The operator told Allen that she would pass along the information to police. However, it's unclear what happened next with the man's warning.

The tilting wasn't addressed by transportation officials until June 2 -- more than six weeks later. That Monday, state transportation officials issued an emergency shut down of the bridge after a contractor, working on another project, noticed the bridge was leaning 2 feet to the side.

DelDOT officials eventually chose to close the bridge indefinitely. They said the decision was made out of an abundance of caution and to prevent a possible failure and collapse. Engineers are still working to determine what is causing the bridge's supports to tilt.

Allen's 911 call didn't come to light until after the man came forward following the closure.

The contractor's warning was also deferred for two days before action was taken. The state's transportation secretary expressed regret over the slow action regarding the contractor's notification, but said the bridge was not in imminent danger of collapse.

A DelDOT spokesperson said the agency's priority is getting the bridge fixed, but that they would release a statement on the 911 call later on Monday.



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Suspect in Global Internet Child Porn Ring Might Be in CT

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Federal agents who have been working on one of the largest online global child exploitation investigations in history believe the last person they are looking for in the case is a Connecticut man named Shaun. 

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations division has been running the investigation, Operation Round Table, and they are asking for the public’s help to further identify the man.

Based on clues, federal special agents believe he has degrees in electrical engineering and construction management, is proficient with computer programming, works construction management and travels out of town regularly.

Authorities have identified 251 minor victims in 39 states, including Connecticut, and five foreign countries.

In March, 14 people suspected of producing and distributing child pornography were arrested. Authorities now believe “Shaun” is the only remaining person suspected of running is the site.

He is known to go by “Rnold” and “Rnold Kvistniak,” according to a wanted poster from ICE. Authorities believe his real name might be Shaun, and he might be between 40 and 50 years old.  

He might previously have worked as a director of IT or information security.

Federal authorities believe he might also have a family member living in Hamburg, Germany, whom he intended to visit in late spring.

If you have any information to help with the investigation, call the toll-free HSI Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or fill out the online tip form.

Tips can also be submitted through ICE’s Operation Predator smartphone app.

Do not attempt to apprehend the suspect personally.



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2nd Stabbing Blamed on Slender Man

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A Cincinnati woman attacked by her 13-year-old daughter is blaming the fictional online demonic entity Slender Man for the girl's behavior.

Slender Man is the same character police say two Wisconsin 12-year-old girls claim influenced them to stab another girl earlier this month.

The woman told NBC affiliate WLWT that her 13-year-old daughter attacked her with a knife in their kitchen.

"She had her hood up and had her hands covered with her sleeves and the mask," the woman said, adding that her daughter was "someone else during [the] attack."

The woman says she discovered disturbing references to Slender Man in her daughter's writing.

"We found things that she had written and she made reference to Slender Man. She also made references to killing," the mother told WLWT. "She even created a world for Slender Man in the game Mine Craft."

Slender Man, a tall, faceless being in a black suit, is a fictional character notorious for stalking and terrorizing children.

The Cincinnati woman says her daughter's attack may have been an attempt to appease Slender Man, and believes the Wisconsin incident may have pushed her over the edge.

The girl is being held in a juvenile detention center. Her mother suffered minor injuries, including cuts to her face and neck, as well as a wound to her back.

Pet Pig Saves Family From Fire

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A pet pig is being credited with saving its owners' lives during an early-morning fire Sunday in Mount Carmel, Illinois.

The family pig, named Lucky, jumped into action just after the fire broke out in a mobile home at about 4:40 a.m., NBC affiliate WFIE-TV reported.

"He started screaming," homeowner Ina Farler said. "He would jump down, run to the door and then jump back up on the bed and hit me really hard. I sat up to see what was wrong with him, because he usually doesn't do that through the night. When I sat up, I realized the room was really smoky."

Farler said the heat from the fire was so intense that she knew she had to get out immediately. She was able to grab her two grandchildren with the help of a neighbor.

The family is staying in a hotel while they figure out what they're going to do next, but they're feeling lucky that their pet pig was there for them.

"They're loving. They can be very protective, actually," Farler said of pet pigs. "He loves my grandkids to death."



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Horse Crashes Into Taxi in NYC

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A carriage horse bolted on the streets of midtown Monday evening, galloping through Central Park and down several streets before slamming into a yellow cab, denting its door, police say.

Carriage operator Christina Hansen said the 7-year-old horse named Pumpkin somehow got out of its bridle, which is connected to the reins. Once the bridle was off, Pumpkin's driver had no way to stop him. 

"He ran up to the park, and at that point, it's pretty predictable what's going to happen. He's going to run the route he usually takes," said Hansen. 

Pumpkin took off near 59th Street and ran his entire route through Central Park, the equivalent of the Kentucky Derby, according to Hansen. He was slowing down near the zoo off Fifth Avenue when a bicyclist jumped into the driver's seat to try to stop him. It only caused the horse to speed up, slamming the carriage into a cab on Central Park South. 

William Paul, a tourist from Florida, saw the cyclist trying to steer Pumpkin to the side of the street before the horse crashed into the side of the taxi and came to a stop. 

"The horse was very frightened and shaky," he said. 

No one was hurt, and Pumpkin is expected to be OK. But the unusual scene provided a platform for both supporters and opponents of the horse-drawn carriage industry to reiterate their positions.

"Thank God no one was hurt this time, but what is it going to take for people to see that horses do not belong in New York City traffic?" said Allie Feldman of NYCLASS, an advocacy group that opposes horse-drawn carriages.

Mayor de Blasio vowed to end horse-drawn carriages in Central Park when he was elected, and wants to replace them with old-fashioned electric cars. He has met with resistance from carriage-horse operators and their allies, and the City Council has not yet introduced legislation banning the carriage horses. 

 


Alert Issued for Missing Hartford Teen

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Shantel Senior, a 16-year-old Hartford girl, has been missing since Monday and Hartford police are asking for the public’s help to bring her home safely.

Shantel left home around 6 p.m., shortly after her sister left for work, and said “I’m not coming home,” residents told police.

She has made suicidal comments in the past, but did not on Monday night, according to police. 

Shantel is 5-3 and weighs 180 pounds. Her hair is red and her eyes are brown.

She was wearing blue jeans, a long-sleeve blue shirt when she left. 

Anyone with information about Shantal’s whereabouts is asked to call the Hartford Police Department at 860-757-4461.
 



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Toddler Killed After Dolphin Statue Falls on Him in San Francisco

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A toddler died after a heavy metal sculpture tipped over on top of him near San Francisco's Fisherman’s Wharf on Friday afternoon, according to police.

The 2-year-old boy was visiting San Francisco from Utah with his family.

Police responded about 11:30 a.m. Friday to the 200 block of Jefferson Street after a dolphin statue outside the Majestic Collection Art Gallery toppled onto the boy, San Francisco police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.

Apparently, the boy had been playing on the statue just outside the store when it fell on him, Shyy said.

Medical crews arrived and the boy was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died later that afternoon, Shyy said.

Shyy said the boy was with his mother, father, an older sister and other family members.

The boy was identified as Kayson Shelton, of Draper, Utah, which is near Salt Lake City, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.

Kayson's father, Scott Shelton, is a podiatrist who went to school in the Bay Area. He told NBC Bay Area he and his family were walking down Jefferson Street when his son walked up to the dolphin statue.

"He wanted to go up and touch it,” Shelton said in telephone interview Monday, “and he stepped with a foot on the base of it and the statue came down on top of him.”

The boy's father said his son had a bloody nose right away, but the family thought Kayson was going to be fine. Minutes later, the boy passed out and an ambulance was called. The family praised EMTs' response time, but the child’s internal injuries were too great. Doctors couldn’t save him.

Scott Shelton said the sculpture was an irresistible attraction for any toddler. “I think any 2-year-old would go towards anything like that,” he said.

Police officials said the sculpture’s owner had been warned not to put it out on the sidewalk.

“Last year during the America’s Cup, this specific business was advised about this statue,” Shyy said.

But officers said the gallery ignored the warning and its owners were issued a citation Friday. A San Francisco Police Department spokesperson was unable to specify what sort of penalty the citation carries.

An online fundraising website has been set up for Kayson's family to help with funeral expenses and other costs.

As of Monday afternoon, more than $7,100 had been raised toward a $10,000 goal. Donations can be made online to his parents Toni and Scott Shelton here

The gallery’s owners sent the Shelton family their condolences in a statement Monday that said they are cooperating with the San Francisco Police Department in the investigation of Friday’s “tragic accident.”

 

Bay City News contributed to this report.



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Man Charged in Fatal South Windsor Crash Was Drunk and Speeding: Cops

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Police have charged a man in a crash that killed a man in South Windsor in February and said he was drunk and speeding.

Adam Lincoln, 24, of South Windsor, hit a tree in the front yard of a volunteer firefighter’s Hillside Drive home, according to police.

One of the passengers. Sgt. Ryan Martin, a 25-year-old U.S. Marine from South Windsor, was transported to Manchester Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Lincoln and another passenger, Konrad Kryla, 26, also of South Windsor, were transported to the hospital for treatment. 

Lincoln’s blood alcohol content was .171 at the time of the crash, police said, and he had been traveling well in excess of 25 miles per hour.

Members of Metro Traffic Services and the South Windsor Police Department investigated and police obtained search warrants for evidence and medical records.

Lincoln was arrested on a warrant Monday and charged with manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle, assault in the second degree with a motor vehicle, operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to maintain proper lane.

He was held on $250,000 surety bond and appeared in Manchester Superior Court later Monday morning.
 



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Dad Was Drunk Before Crashing Into Pool: Police

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A New Britain dad is accused of driving under the influence when he crashed his car into a swimming pool in Ledyard, seriously injuring his children who were in the car at the time.

The crash happened just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 25.

Police said Marcus Harvin, 25, of New Britain, lost control of his 2005 Acura, went off Route 12, hit a utility pole and traffic control box, went through a metal guard rail on the opposite side of the road, then crashed upside down in a swimming pool on Baldwin Hill Road in Ledyard.

Harvin was arrested at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. At first, he was charged with reckless driving, first-degree reckless endangerment and failure to obey an officer's signal.

On Tuesday, more charges were added, including second-degree assault with a motor vehicle, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Police said Harvin's children who were in the car are 2 and 4 years. Ledyard officers responded and helped rescue Harvin. Groton and State Police were also on scene.

The 2-year-old, who suffered a serious arm injury, was later transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital, police said. The 4-year-old suffered a fractured leg and has been released from the hospital. Harvin was also treated at the hospital and released.

After the crash, Dominic Ceravolo was cleaning up the mess left behind from the early Sunday morning crash that left debris scattered on the road.

"I just can't believe how they got out of there. Very lucky," Ceravolo said.

Harvin was scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court on June 10, but he did not appear in court on Tuesday. The case was continued until June 24.

Hamden Man Threatens to Blow Up House

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A Hamden man was arrested after police say he filled his home with natural gas in an attempt to “blow up the house" on Saturday.

According to police, David May, 46, pulled a gas line from a wall in his home at 43 Pembroke Road. When they arrived, police say there was strong gas odor.

According to reports, May’s wife left the home after he allegedly told her that he planned to blow up the house.

The investigation revealed that May and his wife were involved in a domestic dispute. According to officers responding to the scene, May answered the door with a cigarette in his mouth and a lighter in his hands.

Officers say May lit the lighter, attempting to ignite the house. Officers confirmed that May was the only person inside the house at the time.

Hamden Police evacuated several homes in the area. The Hamden Fire Department concluded that the gas line for the clothes dryer had been tampered with, causing gas to enter the house.

May was charged with Criminal Attempt to Commit Assault, Threatening, and other charges.

May is on a $250,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court today.

 

 

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