Category: Legal News

An 81-year-old woman was killed Monday evening by a drunk driver who crashed through a Mexican restaurant on West Main Street in Stamford, CT.? Police are not releasing the name of the woman, who lived in the neighborhood and was walking past Casa Villa Restaurant when the accident happened. The car pushed her inside that building and pinned her against a wall.

The driver, 35-year-old Kevin Farrow of Stamford, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle and driving under the influence.

Following the tragic Avon truck crash, Manchester Police Officer Beck went to school and became certified to perform truck safety inspections.? Since then, he has detected numerous safety violations and has taken 16 trucks off Connecticut roads due to safety violations.? To read more about Officer Beck’s service to the community, click here.

Police have charged 19-year-old Clinton resident Dennis Knapp with the death of a young Madison woman who was killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning. Knapp, 19, of North High St., is charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge.?

The police have not disclosed, and it is unknown if the police know, where and how?the minor got the alcohol that he drank.?