Connecticut
Man arrested in Louisiana, extradited to Connecticut for machete attack on high school campus
A man arrested in Louisiana was extradited to Connecticut, where he is facing charges connected with a violent machete attack on the campus of a Bridgeport high school last summer.
Gerald W. Valle, 22, was arrested Friday in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, in connection with an attack outside of Central High School in June 2023, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.
Around 8:15 p.m. on June 18, 2023, police responded to the high school at 1 Lincoln Boulevard for reports of an assault with a dangerous weapon, Bridgeport Captain Kevin Gilleran said in a statement on Sunday.
Officers found a 26-year-old Bridgeport man suffering from “a very large wound” to his abdomen. He was taken to a local hospital, according to police.
Investigators from the detective bureau discovered that the man was targeted by someone he knew and attacked with a machete near the baseball field adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Stadium, police said.
Valle was extradited to Bridgeport where he was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree criminal attempted assault, first-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, according to police.
He was being held on a $300,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on Monday, police said.
“I would like to thank Bridgeport Police Detective Jose Bahr for his diligent work during this investigation and the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force for assisting with the suspect’s apprehension,” Gilleran said.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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