Press Room

Norm Pattis, the attorney for Fotis Dulos, said Wednesday he is contemplating a new theory about the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos.

One month after a Connecticut mother of five vanished, her estranged husband is claiming she may have staged her own disappearance, like in the book and film “Gone Girl.” Her family is calling the claims heartbreaking and irresponsible.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, was last seen in Connecticut on May 24 dropping her children off at school. She had been in the midst of a contentious two-year divorce and custody battle at the time.
Her husband, Fotis Dulos, 51, and his girlfriend,...

In the 25 days since Jennifer Dulos disappeared, the New Canaan police sent email updates, created a website for tips, and put out a request for surveillance footage. However, the department has yet to hold a single news conference.
On Tuesday, Connecticut State Police provided an update on the search for Jennifer.
“You know everyone’s asking is this a homicide investigation, is this a missing persons’ investigation,” Brian Foley, an aide to Commissioner...

Norm Pattis, the attorney for the estranged husband of a missing mother, spoke outside about the case.

The estranged husband of a woman who has been missing from New Canaan for more than two weeks has hired a well-known lawyer to handle his case.
A representative for Norm Pattis said Fotis Dulos has retained Pattis as his lawyer.
Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend Michelle Troconis have been charged with evidence tampering and hindering prosecution in connection to the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos.
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five from New Canaan, was last seen while dropping...

A Cromwell man has been arrested on threatening charges after police say he made comments calling for the killing of judges and court employees on his Facebook page.
Edward Taupier, 52, of Cromwell, was arrested Friday after an investigation into comments he posted online between December 2016 and January 2017.
According to the arrest warrant, the investigation began when a judicial marshal from the Judicial District of Middletown reported concerns about a particular...

The Meriden man accused of gunning down a New Britain teen last summer in a case known as "The Tennis Shoe Murder" was acquitted Friday and walked free after 13 months in prison.
Jonathan Gibbs, 27, was arrested in June 2013 and pleaded not guilty in May of this year. He was cleared of murder charges in court Aug. 1.
"It's like a dream," Gibbs said after jurors reached the not-guilty verdict. "I still can't believe I'm here."
Gibbs was tried in the fatal shooting of...

A Hartford man is filing a lawsuit against the Hartford police department and two of its members, claiming they violated his civil rights when officers demanded that he stop flying a drone over a crime scene and detained him, according to court paperwork filed on Tuesday.
The plaintiff in the case, Pedro Rivera, of Hartford, is filing a suit against Lt. Brian Foley, the commander of the major crimes division of the Hartford police department, Sgt. Edward Yergeau and the police department,...

The East Haven Police Department is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
One of four East Haven police officers accused of abusing and harassing Latinos is asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges because of the publicity the case has received.
The lawyer for East Haven officer Jason Zullo filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the charges.
The lawyer, Norman Pattis, said in the motion that federal prosecutors engaged in "Barnum-like pre-trial publicity,"...

There are possible legal troubles brewing for Waterbury State's Attorney John Connelly.
It appears Connelly is the subject of a federal probe into possible case fixing and other issues.
Prominent defense attorney Hugh Keefe is representing Connelly in the matter and told NBC Connecticut he has talked to federal authorities, but also says Connelly is not the target of a grand jury investigation.
Another source familiar with the tight-lipped investigation told NBC Connecticut that...