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Four Connecticut carjacking suspects flee scene after woman yells they were calling the police A man in Connecticut traded blows with multiple people who were attempting a brazen broad-daylight carjacking on April 10. Police are searching for the four suspects captured on camera attempting to steal a car parked in a residential driveway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The homeowner's Ring video surveillance system captured the entire incident, and police released the video as they seek to identify the suspects.

Rocky Hill was described as “a monster on guitar,” though over four decades he could be a difficult creature to find. His career dated back to the 1960s when he was a hotshot player with blue hair joined on bass by his brother Dusty in a psychedelic rock band. That a Google search on “Rocky Hill” turns out dozens of entries on a town in Connecticut and nearly nothing on the guitarist is testament to how good a musician can be without ever finding his rewards. Hill died Friday at his Houston-area home; he was 62. A statement claimed he...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A burning body found near a strip mall Dumpster was 40-year-old Philip Hurley of Rocky Hill, Wethersfield police said Thursday. Hurley's body was found in a trash bin behind a video store on the Silas Deane Highway Wednesday night. Wethersfield police and firefighters responded to a call about the Dumpster fire just after 8:30 p.m. They soon determined that it was a body that was on fire. Hurley was a 13-year employee of the state Department of Information Technology and a part-time employee at a liquor store in the strip mall. The body was burned beyond...