Connecticut
Employee of Wethersfield group home accused of assaulting resident
An employee of a group home in Wethersfield is accused of assaulting a resident who lives with autism and has been arrested. Police also said two group home employees who are suspected of being involved were fired before the incident was reported to the police.
Police said they were notified around 1:30 p.m. on Oct 30 about an assault that had occurred days earlier at a group home on Eastern Drive in Wethersfield that HARC, Inc. administers.
The group home provides services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to police.
Investigators determined that an employee of the group assaulted a resident several times on Oct. 13, police said.
They said the victim is a 28-year-old woman who lives with autism and is non-verbal. She sustained several head and facial cuts and a closed fracture of the nasal bones.
An ambulance took the victim to the hospital.
Police said they obtained an arrest warrant charging 24-year-old Kendra Demudd, of Hartford, with assault of a person with intellectual disability in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and cruelty to persons.
She turned herself in to police on Wednesday and she is being held on a $50,000 court-set bond.
Demudd is due in New Britain Superior Court on Wednesday.
Connecticut
Strong Storm Emerges For Northern Connecticut: Here’s When, What To Know
Here are the forecast details for northern Connecticut via the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 59. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Connecticut
Developing story: Crash closes Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue NW
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
Connecticut
WNBA photo gallery: Toronto Tempo @ Connecticut Sun – 6/19/26
Marina Mabrey torched her former team for 37 points as the Toronto Tempo came back from 14 down to beat the Connecticut Sun, 101-97, at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Former UConn women’s basketball star Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and three rebounds while Aaliyah Edwards had six points and two rebounds for the Sun. Kia Nurse did not score in just five minutes for the Tempo.
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