Restaurant owner charged with murder in shooting

WATERBURY — A restaurant owner has been arrested and charged with murder following a shooting outside of his business early Saturday.

Michael Anderson, 61, was charged with murder, first degree reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge of a firearm after a shooting outside of Mikey’s Jamaicanrestaurant on East Main Street in Waterbury.

At about 1:40 a.m. Saturday, police found 28-year-old Sebastian Olavarria of Waterbury lying on the ground with a gunshot wound outside of the restaurant, which police said is owned by Anderson.

Police said Anderson and Olavarria had gotten into an altercation when Anderson allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Olavarria. Olavarria was transported to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he later died.

Anderson is being held on $2 million bond. Waterbury police are investigating the incident and are asking anyone with information to contact the Waterbury Police Department’s Detective Bureau at 203-5746941 or Crime Stoppers at 203-755-1234.

— Staff

State Police cruiser struck by minivan on I-691

MERIDEN — A Connecticut State Police cruiser en route to an accident was struck by a minivan on Interstate 691 in Meriden on Saturday night.

A State Police trooper was driving in the right lane on I-691 westbound, east of Exit 4 in Meriden, at about 9:30 p.m. whenhis vehicle was struck by a minivan that merged into his lane, according to CSP Troop I.

Trooper Yaroslav Lukashenko had his lights activated and was responding to a motor vehicle accident on I-84 east near Exit 32, where it was reported that someone was threatening someone else with a weapon, police said. As Lukashenko was passing a Toyota Sienna, the minivan changed lanes to the right. The rear passenger side of the Toyota, driven by a 48-year-old Sandy Hook woman, hit the front driver’s side of the cruiser, police said. No injuries were reported in the crash.

The woman was cited with failure to maintain a lane, police said.

— Taylor Hartz

Human remains found in Waterbury

WATERBURY — Human remains were found behind a commercial property on Friday night, Waterbury police said.

Officersrespondedtojuddstreetinwaterbury just before 8 p.m. Friday after a report of human remains found. Officers confirmed a human skull and bones in the area.

Police said a property owner was cleaning an outdoor area in the back of a commercial property when he spotted the bones and called police.

The incident is being investigated by Waterbury police detectives, the forensics unit and the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

— Taylor Hartz

Driver killed in an early morning crash

CHESHIRE — A driver was killed early Sunday in a one-vehicle crash, police said.

Policerespondedtotheareaofdiamondhill Road and South Meriden Road at about 5 a.m. and found a single vehicle that had crashed, according to Cheshire police. The driver had diedatthesceneduetoinjuriessustainedinthe crash before officers arrived, police said. The driver has not yet been identified.

The Cheshire Police Traffic Division and the Naugatuck Valley Collision Investigation Team were on the scene investigating the crash Sunday morning. The area of Diamond Hill Road and South Meriden Road were closed to all traffic for several hours as they investigated, police said.

— Taylor Hartz