Stop for the breathalyzer, stay for the placenta.
[May 1, 2011] A couple on their way to the hospital for the birth of their child were stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Plainville, causing enough of a delay that the mother was forced to give birth on the side of the road …
Source: ctnow.com

Once a children’s hospital, and later a facility for the mentally challenged, Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford has been abandoned for over a decade, despite its architectural pedigree and prime location. Update: We visited Seaside in April 2011.

Must’ve been something in the weed ‘n feed yesterday.
[April 28, 2011] A Vermont man was arrested after he allegedly stole a riding lawnmower from an East Lyme school in the middle of the night, rode it to his father’s house a few miles away, cut his lawn and then abandoned the mower …
Source: New London Day

Maybe the headline could’ve been ‘Man Arrested for Whacking Off”?
[April 28, 2011] A New Haven landscaper was arrested after he allegedly assaulted another landscaper with a running weed whacker while working on an Orange property …
Source: NBC 30

But where will the ghosts go?
[April 27, 2011] By the end of 2012, all the buildings that made up the Remington Arms building complex should be demolished …
Source: Connecticut Post

Jason, Grant and the rest of SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters” team came to Derby to investigate the claims of haunting and paranormal activities at the Sterling Opera House.

This won’t be good news to our friend Don over at leavetheleathermanalone.com.
[April 23, 2011] A controversial plan to exhume the remains of the Old Leather Man continues to move forward, with ground being broken possibly as soon as next month …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Just opening the window wasn’t an option?
[April 23, 2011] A 47-year-old man jumped out of the cabin of a moving tractor-trailer on I-95 in Norwalk after a dispute with the driver over smoking …
Source: The Hour

Apparently, not an economics major.
[April 21, 2011] A Bridgeport man dumped 50 gallons–nearly $200 worth–of gasoline onto an East End street so he could see the metal container it was in to a scrap metal dealer for $60 …
Source: Connecticut Post

A follow up on last year’s murder case.
[April 20, 2011] A Waterbury man who killed a 16-year-old girl at the base of the iconic cross at Holy Land USA in Waterbury pleaded guilty to murder charges and faces a lenghty prison sentence …
Source: Hartford Courant