Rob Polansky
Senior Digital Content Producer
Rocky Hill, CT
Rob Polansky is an Emmy-award-winning senior 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: Oct. 9, 2024 at 6:33 AM EDT
|By Kimberlyn Bouley, Zoe Strothers, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Police say the suspect eventually stopped driving, pushed the teenager off his roof and left him on the side of the road.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2024 at 2:07 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Sam Smink and Gray News staff
Officials say a motive in the alleged murder-suicide is unclear.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2024 at 7:47 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Amanda Callahan and Jordan Gartner
A Connecticut man is under arrest after police say he tried to carjack a pregnant woman in a restaurant drive-thru.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2024 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
A Connecticut woman has been missing for nearly a year and a half after traveling to Japan, but her family is holding onto hope that she may still be alive.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2024 at 11:31 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Dorothy Sedovic
A family in Connecticut enjoying a sunny day in their driveway found themselves with an unexpected visitor.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM EDT
|By Dylan Fearon, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Water was pouring into the home as flash flooding rushed downhill, and the wooden supporting posts were taken out.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM EDT
|By Olivia Schueller, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
One person was in a car, and the other clung to a sign before a rapid stream of water swept them away in Oxford, Connecticut, on Sunday.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Late Sunday night, the Woodbridge Regional Animal Control posted photos of the dog to social media.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
Beachgoers in Rhode Island were surprised by a swarm of dragonflies over the weekend.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Matt McFarland and Jordan Gartner
A Connecticut man is facing several charges for assaulting and kicking his 12-year-old child.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Emily Van de Riet
Four rescued and rehabilitated seals were released back into the wild Thursday morning off the Connecticut coast.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Dorothy Sedovic
Connecticut State Police confirmed they found the body of 76-year-old Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi at her home in Burlington Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Fourteen puppies were rescued from a rollover crash that closed a road in Woodstock, Connecticut.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Matt McFarland and Emily Van de Riet
A dog was rescued from a state park in Connecticut after it was bitten by a copperhead snake, according to animal control.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2024 at 8:21 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Amanda Alvarado
Authorities are searching for a postal service worker who is facing mail and identity theft charges.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2024 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By Olivia Schueller, Rob Polansky, Ayah Galal and Dorothy Sedovic
A 1-year-old girl was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash in Hartford, Connecticut, according to police.
Updated: May. 31, 2024 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Marcy Jones and Gray News staff
Michelle Troconis was convicted on six counts, including conspiracy to commit murder, two separate counts of conspiracy to commit tampering with evidence, two separate counts of tampering with physical evidence, and second-degree hindering prosecution.
Updated: May. 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut announced the birth of a harbor seal pup to a mother breeding seal named Pearl.
Updated: May. 23, 2024 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Connecticut say a man is facing charges for dumping a mother dog and selling her puppies.
Updated: May. 9, 2024 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky, Matt McFarland and Gray News staff
A driver who was killed in the fiery crash has yet to be identified.
Updated: May. 2, 2024 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky, Olivia Schueller, Sam Smink and Dorothy Sedovic
Flames and smoke were seen after the crash as the tanker burned underneath the overpass.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Eliza Kruczynski, Marcy Jones and Amanda Alvarado
A dog was found attached to a tree by its collar.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2024 at 6:47 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Marcy Jones and Dylan Fearon
A man was charged with manslaughter for backing over and killing a woman in February, according to police.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Quinn Pramberger, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Dorothy Sedovic
A 6-year-old boy and a 4-year-old boy were occupying the go-kart at the time of the crash.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Amanda Alvarado
A man was charged after police said he was driving with a baby on his lap and a loaded gun and marijuana in his car.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
Two people broke into a home in Connecticut and demanded what police described as a “high dollar value cat.”
Updated: Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:45 AM EST
|By Dylan Fearon, Rob Polansky and Amanda Alvarado
Newlyweds found their dog that went missing while they were out of town for their wedding reception.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2024 at 8:33 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Aquarium scientists said the whale was seen on March 1 while they were flying over the ocean 30 miles south of Nantucket.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2024 at 12:39 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Wildlife officials said they ran out of options in their efforts to save a whale in Rhode Island.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Dorothy Sedovic
Animal control is seeking the identities of two people they say dumped a cat inside a Petco.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2024 at 8:55 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
A suspected meth-dealing minister in Connecticut was arrested again, this time for failing to appear in court, according to state police.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM EST
|By Alleah Red, Olivia Kalentek, Marcy Jones, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
A pickup truck driver entered the interstate going the wrong way and hit two cars, police said.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2024 at 4:02 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky
Eleanor Herman was arrested on a manslaughter charge following the death of her 4-week-old granddaughter in 2021, police said.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 12:37 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
One person’s condition was described as serious.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 5:51 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The suspect was taken into custody and faces a number of charges.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
First responders blocked off the road under the overpass in Connecticut.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky, Eliza Kruczynski and Emily Van de Riet
People stuck inside a flooded Domino’s in Connecticut had to be rescued by emergency crews as water rolled in on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Shaun Bogen’s quick actions were credited with saving the lives of the victims.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2023 at 1:21 PM EST
|By Eliza Kruczynski, Olivia Schueller, Rob Polansky, Susan Raff and Jordan Gartner
A Connecticut State Police K-9 was killed in the line of duty during a shooting Thursday night.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2023 at 10:13 AM EST
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Donald Turner LeDuc, 56, was charged with third-degree forgery, impersonation of a police officer, illegal purchase of a large capacity magazine, criminal possession of firearm ammunition and criminal possession of body armor.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2023 at 12:38 PM EST
|By Marcy Jones, Jay Kenney, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Thursday marks 11 years since 26 students and staff were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:27 PM EST
|By Evan Sobol, Rob Polansky and Andrew McMunn
Police in Easton said the victim was identified as 47-year-old Erin Heneghan.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 2:02 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Weston Soule, 21, was charged with possession with intent to sell narcotics and operating of a drug factory.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2023 at 11:56 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Debra Worley
Just under two dozen cows died when a semitrailer rolled over on an interstate highway in New Jersey Thursday morning.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2023 at 8:36 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Dylan Fearon and Gray News staff
The warrant said the former officer targeted safes and cash registers in restaurants, using lock-picking tools. He is suspected in 30 or more burglaries in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, a detective said.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2023 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
The bear pulled open the bottom freezer, snagged a lasagna then hopped out a nearby window.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 8:12 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Police said four vehicles that totaled $380,000 were stolen out of the Connecticut business’s main garage.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2023 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
A woman identified as 51-year-old Suzanne Laprise went into the lobby in Bristol, Connecticut, on Oct. 5 and opened fire on the bulletproof office windows, according to the inspector general’s office.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2023 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Dylan Fearon and Jordan Gartner
A man is accused of following a young girl and frightening her to the point that she ran to a Dunkin’ for help.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2023 at 3:16 PM EDT
|By Rob Polansky, Ayah Galal and Gray News staff
Police in Connecticut said the driver succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.