Kelly Glista, Hartford Courant

Kelly Glista

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Past articles by Kelly:

Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Murder In Bristol Child Stabbing

NEW BRITAIN — A Waterbury man who was charged with fatally stabbing a family friend's infant daughter during a drug-induced fit last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and is expected to be sentenced early next year. → Read More

Carey Testifies About The Night Of The Shooting: 'I Feared For My Life'

NEW BRITAIN — During her second day on the witness stand Tuesday, Alanna Carey – on trial for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Edward Landry in January 2012 – testified that she fired three shots from the handgun she kept in her purse that night because she feared for her life and the lives of her family members. → Read More

Woman Sentenced To 8 Years In Baby's Death

NEW BRITAIN — A 23-year-old woman who was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a friend's infant daughter was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday, according to court records. → Read More

Warrant: Former CCSU Professor Groped Female Student

NEW BRITAIN — A former Central Connecticut State professor who was arrested last week on charges of sexual assault had previously admitted to university police that he groped the female student and exposed himself to her during a meeting in his office last year, according to court documents. → Read More

'Good Samaritans' Credited With Saving Driver's Life In I-95 Crash

NORTH STONINGTON — Several people who stopped to help the driver of a heavy duty wrecker that crashed on I-95 Friday morning may have saved the man's life, state police said. → Read More

Former DMV Official Gets 8 Years In Child Sex Assault Case

WATERBURY — A former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles who was accused of repeatedly molesting a young girl was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday, according to the court clerk's office. → Read More

Former CCSU Professor Charged With Sex Assault

NEW BRITAIN — A former adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual assault and unlawful restraint related to an incident involving a student, a university spokesman said Friday. → Read More

Testimony Begins In Newington Motel Murder Trial

NEW BRITAIN — Testimony began Thursday in the murder trial of former Glastonbury resident Alanna Carey, who is accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend inside a Newington motel room in January 2012. → Read More

Man Charged In Knife Attack Rejects Plea Agreement

ROCKVILLE — A man accused of repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend when she tried to break up with him in April 2014 rejected a plea agreement from state prosecutors on Friday and will take his case to trial. → Read More

Norwich Artist's Death Remains A Mystery

The story of Ellis Walter Ruley, an African American man who lived in Norwich during the early to mid-1900s, could have ended when he was found dead, frozen on the ground near his home in January 1959. → Read More

Woman Who Pleaded Guilty To Helping Dispose Of Body In Suffield Given Probation

HARTFORD — A 31-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence in connection with the murder of a city man whose body was found stuffed inside a duffle bag in a wooded area of Suffield received five years of probation at a sentencing hearing Thursday. → Read More

Bednarz Rejects Plea Deals; Will Take Triple-Murder Case To Second Trial

HARTFORD — A second trial for Brett Bednarz, accused of murdering his mother and two others in 2010, will begin early next year, a Superior Court judge said Thursday after Bednarz rejected two plea agreements offered by state prosecutors. → Read More

Sentencing Thursday In Firecracker Death

NEW BRITAIN – Eric Morelli, the 19-year-old Southington man who authorities say caused the death of a young woman when he threw a lit firecracker into her family's apartment last summer, is scheduled to be sentenced on a manslaughter charge Thursday. → Read More

Police: Hartford Man Who Shot Alleged Robber 'Adamantly' Believed He Was Reaching For Weapon

HARTFORD — An employee at a Franklin Avenue bakery who shot and wounded a man who allegedly tried to steal a tip jar from the shop's front counter told police he fired a shot because he believed the would-be robber was reaching for a gun, according to court documents. → Read More

Suspect In Enfield Murder Accepts Plea Agreement

HARTFORD — One of the four suspects charged in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old man in Enfield last September pleaded guilty to felony murder Tuesday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. → Read More

Bail Reduction Denied In Enfield Arson Case

HARTFORD — A judge on Tuesday denied an attorney's motion for lower bail for serial arson suspect Davidson Izzo, saying that part of the court's responsibility in setting bail is to keep a community safe. → Read More

Story Of Teen Saving Friend, Completing Bucket List, Gets Wide Attention

DANBURY — The story of a Brookfield teen who may have saved her friend's life by pushing him away from the car that struck and killed her on July 2 is sweeping the world and inspiring people to commit acts of kindness in her name, according to posts on a memorial Facebook page  set up by her family. → Read More

Meriden Man Was Victim Of Hit Ordered By Drug Supplier, Warrants Say

NEW BRITAIN — A 24-year-old man who was found shot to death inside a car on Yeaton Street in December was the victim of an assassination ordered by his drug supplier in Puerto Rico, according to arrest warrants unsealed Tuesday. → Read More

Newtown Board Votes To Keep All Schools Open Through 2017

NEWTOWN — The board of education voted unanimously Wednesday night to keep all school facilities open through the 2016-17 school year, despite a report that indicated enrollment in the district is decreasing. → Read More

Southington Bar Owner Defends Picture With Confederate Flag

SOUTHINGTON — A local bar owner is defending his decision to hang a portrait featuring the Confederate flag in his establishment after a patron asked that it be taken down. → Read More