Rob Polansky
Digital Content Producer
Rocky Hill, CT
Rob Polansky is an Emmy-award-winning digital content producer. He started working at WFSB in 2005 as a producer. He served as weekend morning producer, weekday morning producer, weekend evening producer, 5:30 p.m. producer and 6 p.m. producer. In 2014, he became a digital content producer for WFSB.com.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:37 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Police in Connecticut said he has a “general distaste for law enforcement.”
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 1:27 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
North Reading police charged Ragland with larceny by false pretenses and obstruction of justice.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 2:29 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Authorities say the officer applied a tourniquet for the man's serious injury, saving his life.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 10:30 AM PDT
|By Zoe Strothers, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The attack was caught on surveillance video in the garage.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 4:48 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky, Matt McFarland and Jordan Gartner
Anglers say something has been beating them to their catches lately.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 1:32 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky, Evan Sobol and Gray News staff
Officials say an inmate used a sharpened toothbrush to stab one officer in the neck and the other in the torso.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 5:25 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky
McDonald's announced its new Peanut Butter Crunch McFlurry.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 3:16 PM PDT
|By Evan Sobol, Hector Molina, Jay Kenney, Marcy Jones, Kristina Russo, Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
A pastor in Connecticut was struck and killed by a police vehicle.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 9:02 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Emergency crews in Massachusetts said they found a car with all the glass blown out and all four doors open but still attached.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 7:27 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Amanda Alvarado
According to an arrest warrant, Bristol Police Department said several people came forward this month claiming that Dennis "DJ" Hernandez was acting erratically.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 9:40 AM PDT
|By Olivia Kalentek and Rob Polansky
The driver of a Mack truck was charged in connection with the crashes.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2023 at 5:24 AM PDT
|By Bryant Reed, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The suspect smeared feces on the on doors and windows of the houses and cars they targeted.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2023 at 4:53 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky, Audrey Russo and Gray News staff
New Hampshire State Police said they identified a woman whose body was found in the breakdown lane of a highway and made an arrest last week.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2023 at 1:58 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a dog was rescued at a state park after it fell nearly 40 feet.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 1:23 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The building, which was under construction, is near Yale's campus.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 8:53 PM PDT
|By Olivia Kalentek, Marcy Jones, Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky, Matt McFarland and Gray News staff
Police believe it was a targeted incident, but the teenager may not have been the intended victim.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 6:22 AM PDT
|By Olivia Kalentek, Marcy Jones, Jay Kenney and Rob Polansky
Police believe it was a targeted attack but say the teen may not have been the intended victim.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:56 PM PDT
|By Olivia Schueller, Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Connecticut State Police identified the girl as Sophie Ringquist.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:58 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky
Tom Brady is coming home.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 6:07 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
A person walking through the park noticed something sticking out of the ground, police said.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 11:25 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Authorities said 61-year-old Alexander Harb, a resident of Alabama, was arrested Monday for the Sept. 30, 2022 crash.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 1:03 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
The East Lyme Police Department said 32-year-old Maria Paige and her boyfriend, 29-year-old TJ Kyle Trakas, were arrested Saturday.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
A man faces attempted kidnapping and other charges after police said he tried to kidnap two high school students.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 5:18 AM PDT
|By Jay Kenney, Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky, Cassidy Williams and Gray News staff
Police said a .22mm gun was in the 18-year-old student's bookbag.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:32 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky, Audrey Russo and Gray News staff
The victim was a 74-year-old woman who was out walking her dog.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 6:30 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Investigators said they believe the shooting was targeted; although the 12-year-old was not an intended target.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 4:21 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The driver had to be extracted from the vehicle.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 1:14 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
Police say a homeowner’s doorbell camera recorded a man posing as a delivery driver while attempting to break into the home.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 9:01 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky
A man faces charges for stealing a truck he test drove from CarMax in East Haven, according to police.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:02 AM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A fallen police officer’s wife gave birth to their healthy little girl earlier this week.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 2:19 PM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A customer who frequented a store in Connecticut stalked an employee before stabbing her seven times on Valentine’s Day, according to an arrest warrant.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 8:43 AM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Police in Connecticut said they charged 22-year-old Brett White with second-degree breach of peace.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 11:37 AM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Connecticut is accused of running an illegal gambling ring while he was in jail.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:52 PM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
A mother has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of her 8-year-old son.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:15 PM PST
|By Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Andrew McMunn
Two drivers, including a state lawmaker, were killed in a wrong-way crash in Connecticut Thursday morning.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 11:21 AM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
A man in Connecticut is facing charges after being accused of leaving a premature baby on the hood of a stranger’s car earlier this year.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 12:26 PM PST
|By Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
Officers with the Naugatuck Police Department are searching for a man accused of killing his daughter who was just shy of turning 1.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 2:45 PM PST
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Connecticut say two women have been arrested after a woman was found dead in her apartment.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 6:47 AM PDT
|By Zoe Strothers, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
It was part of a preliminary report from the Office of the Inspector General, which announced that 26-year-old Officer Alec Iurato was justified in the shooting of the suspect, 35-year-old Nicholas Brutcher.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 10:03 AM PDT
|By Zoe Strothers, Gray News Staff, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
Officials said the domestic incident the officers responded to was fake.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 8:31 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky
One of the biggest retail stores in the country announced that it will close its locations for Thanksgiving Day.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:41 PM PDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Roger Susanin, Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
American Airlines passengers had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when a baby was born mid-flight in early September.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 8:26 AM PDT
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky
A man whose body was found in an apartment in Derby was positively identified as a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 6:35 PM PDT
|By Audrey Russo, Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
After nearly seven years of litigation, a Connecticut man has learned his fate.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:35 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky
A miniature horse born with little-to-no movement in his rear end can now trot thanks to a new wheelchair.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:41 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
A 16-year-old suspect in Connecticut was arrested for stealing cars as part of a social media trend.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:47 AM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Marc Robbins
A couple of vehicle brands are being targeted by thieves as part of a social media challenge, according to East Windsor police.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 8:20 AM PDT
|By Evan Sobol, Erin Edwards, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
Two children in Connecticut were hospitalized with mercury poisoning Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 1:24 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky, Zoe Strothers, Susan Raff and Andrew McMunn
The CDC deemed jobs such as grocery store workers, nursing home workers and other health care provider jobs as essential.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 12:56 PM PDT
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
A former officer in Connecticut died in a crash two days after retiring from the police department.