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Police & Fire
Shelton spa settles sex assault suit
A Shelton spa at the center of more than a half-dozen sexual assault complaints agreed Thursday, June 27, to pay a settlement to an alleged Stratford assault victim. Cocco Spa of Shelton, which...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Echo Hose Ambulance receives top service award
Police & Fire
Volunteer Spotlight: Morgan Kozar
Police & Fire
Seymour man takes plea deal in Shelton, Oxford stickups
Police & Fire
Woman arrested for leaving 3-year old in hot car
Police & Fire
Firefighters battle Canal Street fire Monday
Police & Fire
Shelton man accused of writing fake inheritance note
Police & Fire
Shelton PD investigates Wheels burglary
T he Wheels Convenience store located at 18 Old Stratford Road in Shelton was burglarized o n Saturday, May 4, at approximately 3 a.m. , according to Shelton police. The van , pictured above, pulled in front of the store and a man pried...
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Fire trucks return with station floors repaired
Echo Hose Hook & Ladder’s floor replacement is complete, and for the first time in about a year, all apparatus are back under one roof. The floor replacement work, performed by Bridgeport-based Merritt Construction, began in November and was...
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Echo Hose Ambulance earns Governor's Award
All that hard work has paid off for the Echo Hose Ambulance Corps. The local ambulance corps — which not only tend to patients during transport but also offers extensive community outreach programming — has been chosen by the "Council of Regional...
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Police: Shelton home health aide took $22,000 from elderly dementia patient
A home health aide accused of taking more than $20,000 from an elderly dementia patient was charged by city police on Wednesday. Jennifer Poitevien, a 30-year-old Shelton resident, was charged with first-degree larceny, credit card theft and...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Shelton PD: Two arrested in ID theft, credit card scheme
Two New York men face a host of charges in connection with an alleged identity theft and credit card scheme, according to local law enforcement. Shelton police state that the arrests of 19-year-old Jahquane Rennix from Queens, N.Y., and...
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Shelton PD look to identify larceny suspects
City police are asking for the public’s help to identify two individuals from an incident at a local store. Although police did not provide much information, the department is looking to identify the two to talk to them about a larceny at Stop &...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Sex offender gets five years for drugging, sexually assaulting Shelton 15-year-old
A sex offender accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Shelton girl was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Miguel Feliciano, 28, had pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine to second-degree sexual assault on Dec. 23,...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Troopers: Driver drove 106 mph on Route 8, had drugs
A 21-year-old man is facing drug and motor vehicle charged after a State Police trooper clocked him driving at 106 miles per hour on Route 8 in Shelton Wednesday, March 13, police said. Matthew Santiago was driving without a license and had...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Police: Monroe man kicked in door, assaulted ex
A Monroe man was arrested after he allegedly kicked in the door of his ex-girlfriend’s home and assaulted her in front of her son. In a prepared statement, Shelton Police Detective Richard Bango said 34-year-old Monroe resident Scott Ralston...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Shelton men arrested in copper theft at Fairfield Hills
Two Shelton men are charged with burglary, larceny and criminal mischief in connection with the theft of copper from a building on the Fairfield Hills campus in Newtown. On the evening of Wednesday, March 13, police were called to a secured...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Police: Serial Fairfield County burglar targeted ATMs
The Monroe police department is the most recent to file charges against a Shelton man law enforcement states is a suspect in several burglaries throughout Fairfield County. Joshua Moore, 40, was charged by Monroe police on Thursday, Feb. 28,...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Judge denies Shelton sex assault suspect’s bond reduction request
Nicholas Davila is “adamant” he didn’t rape an acquaintance as she slept in a Shelton home. But a judge rejected his request to have his bond lowered so he can return to his job while the charges are pending. Davila, 40, has been behind bars...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Shelton EMS members earn life saving honors
The Bridgeport Hospital EMS Department recently presented several members of Echo Hose Ambulance with life saving awards for excellence in patient care. These awards were presented during the department's quarterly EMS continuing education...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Volunteer Spotlight: Capt. Donald Zak
The following is be a monthly article spotlighting the volunteers who serve the residents of the city of Shelton. Name: Captain Donald A. Zak Where do you live? Shelton Where do you volunteer? Shelton Fire Department, Huntington Fire Co. #3....
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Volunteer Spotlight: Austin Hathaway
The following is be a monthly article spotlighting the volunteers who serve the residents of the city of Shelton. Name: Austin Hathaway Where do you live? Shelton Where do you volunteer? Huntington Fire Company #3 (Shelton Fire Department) Why...
By Brian Gioiele
Police & Fire
Shelton man to serve 9 months for sexually assaulting minor
The girl told investigators she was watching a movie with her mother’s boyfriend and her little sister in their Shelton home when the boyfriend asked her sister to go downstairs. Then he got up and locked the door. The girl, 12 at the time,...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Adams market donates to ambulance corps
Echo Hose Ambulance recently benefited from the generosity of Adams Hometown Market of Shelton and its customers who donated to the “Round Up” campaign during December. The “Round Up” raised more than $3,900 for Echo Hose Ambulance to assist with...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Man arrested for downtown area burglary spree
A New Haven has been charged in connection with five burglaries of office buildings, private residences and vehicles in the downtown Shelton area. Clinton McDevitt, 47, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 31, on five counts of third-degree burglary, one...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Shelton man arrested in stabbing incident
A Shelton man was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 23, in connection with an incident in which one man was hit by a vehicle and another was found with stab wounds the previous night. Carmelo Rivera, 26, was arrested for criminal attempt/murder and...
By Shelton Herald
Police & Fire
Man arrested for sexually assaulting teen relative
A Shelton man was charged today with sexually assaulting one of his underage relatives. Victor Santos, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of fourth-degree sexual assault. He was held on a $50,000...
By Brian Gioiele