2023-09-19 20:18:17
Has your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claim been denied? Attorney Michael Dolan serves clients through the entire process.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a program administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that provides financial assistance to individuals with disabilities who are unable to work. To ...
2023-04-20 23:37:28
ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who viciously and randomly attacked two people with a Samurai-style sword, killing one and severely wounding the other, was sentenced Thursday to 55 years in prison, the same sentence he received for a fatal shooting and kidnapping that occurred two days after the attack.
Peter Manfredonia struck 62-ye...
2020-12-17 00:00:00
HAMDEN — The town has released its $75,000 settlement agreement with an unarmed man who was shot at by a police officer last year.
The town released the document only after the New Haven Register filed a Freedom of Information request.
Paul Witherspoon III will receive $75,000 as a result of the Apr. 16, 2019, incident during which Hamden O...
2020-11-20 16:47:18
A year and a half after Hamden cop Devin Eaton opened fire on Paul Witherspoon outside his parked car, Witherspoon has reached a legal settlement with the town.
The Hamden Legislative Council passed a settlement agreement Wednesday evening after a long executive session.
The terms of the settlement have not been released, and both parties hav...
2020-09-17 17:55:13
As we launch into the stress of a new school year that just so happens to be occurring during a pandemic, perhaps there has never been a better time to run away from our problems. Or, at the very least, run for a few miles with our problems safely tucked in the back of our minds.
Running has enjoyed a renaissance during the pandemic as experien...
2020-09-04 21:47:05
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Normally, at this time, thousands would be preparing for the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race.
The pandemic won’t stop the runners from competing but, they might be a little lonely when they take to the streets.
The 43rd annual race will be held virtually from Sept. 4 – Sept. 7.
Participants can register for th...
2019-10-21 19:59:35
A Hamden police officer who fired shots at an unarmed couple in New Haven in April was arrested Monday and released on bond.
Devin Eaton, 29, has been charged with assault and reckless endangerment in the April 16 shooting incident.
Eaton and Yale University officer Terrance Pollock, who has not been charged, were investigating a report of a...
2019-09-20 13:18:54
Demetrius Anderson walked out of a Connecticut state prison in 2006. In 2019, US Marshals came to his home. They insisted he come with them to court because he still had a 16-month federal sentence to serve. Anderson's lawyer now says he reached a verbal agreement with prosecutors and the Bureau of Prisons to give Anderson credit for time "at liber...
2019-09-02 20:09:53
Thirteen-year-old Fair Havener Carlos Rojas beat his past best 5K time by over two minutes Monday as he joined around 5,000 runners for the city’s annual Labor Day road race.
Rojas, a rising eighth grader at Conte West Hills Magnet School in Wooster Square, didn’t win the 5K portion of the 42nd annual New Haven Road Race.
But, in his thir...
2019-08-28 20:04:05
When Michael Dolan stepped into the ring against former world light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson at the Ring One Boxing facility years ago … let’s just say it was a rather one-sided affair.
“Chad knows how to pull a punch,” recalled Dolan, who served as Dawson’s sparring partner at the time.
When the two run together through the...
2019-06-01 13:29:32
Officials are investigating after a ShotSpotter activation lead officers to discovering a gunshot victim.
Police say that Saturday morning at approximately 2:12 a.m., New Haven Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation of gunfire on Edgewood Avenue and Hotchkiss Street. Shortly after, a gunshot victim was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital....
2019-05-31 20:13:06
Friday, 8 AM May 31st. Michael Dolan lined up for his first ultra race on trails. The race started in Southwick, MA. Over 95% on trails. Most of the trails did not have good footing, and in some places the trails required climbing. For 31+ hours, he ran non stop, through the night, crossing streams, and dealing with darkness until he finished in Gu...
2019-05-07 20:06:20
EAST HAVEN — Mayoral candidate and Town Councilman “Big Steve” Tracey isn’t going to sue the town after all, over the wrecked wall in front of his Main Street bail bonds office.
“At Steve Tracey’s request, I have withdrawn the action against the Town of East Haven,” Tracey’s lawyer, Michael Dolan, said Tuesday in a news release.
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2019-04-24 00:00:00
The footage from a police body camera shows an officer drawing his gun and approaching a red Honda Civic near Yale University in New Haven. A black man with dreadlocks is seen stepping out of the car and raising his hands into the air.
Almost instantly, the police officer appears to start shooting. He moves to the side of the car and continues to ...
2019-04-19 20:07:40
Demetrius Anderson is fully, finally, a free man.
The 43-year-old Westville resident no longer faces the threat of prison or parole, thanks to a federal judge’s order recognizing that a man should not be punished for a decade-old miscommunication between the state and federal judicial systems.
Anderson learned that good news on Friday, the ...
2019-03-28 13:26:45
HAMDEN - A New Haven man could soon be headed back to prison despite having had no run ins with the law since he was released in 2006.
And his attorney says, in his 21 years practicing in the federal system, he's never seen anything like this case.
From 2003 to 2006, Demetrius Anderson, 43, was imprisoned in Cheshire. But, until last week, he...