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24-Year-Old Accused Of Operating Drug Factory In Danbury After Residents Complaints
Dakota Lancey, age 24, of Danbury, was charged on Thursday, May 30, by the Danbury Police Department's Special Investigations Division. According to Erin Henry, spokesperson for the Danbury Police, detectives executed several search warrants following a several-month investigation into illegal drug sales throughout the city of Danbury. Detectives had received...
Tractor trailer carrying 50-gallon diesel saddle tank crashes on I-95 in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) – Fairfield fire officials say a 50-gallon diesel saddle tank ruptured during a crash on Interstate 95 Thursday morning. The tractor-trailer crash occurred around 5:40 a.m. by the northbound entrance to 19, fire officials said. The truck driver was not injured and fire officials said there is no hazard to the public. […]
Update: Missing Upstate New York Men Found Buried On Cop’s Property
A police officer convicted of killing four missing Hudson Valley men is speaking out. Nicholas Tartaglione is a former cop in Pawling, Mount Vernon, Yonkers and Briarcliff Manor. In April 2023, he was found guilty in connection to the murders of four men in Orange County. 4 Men Go Missing...
New Update: Fatal Crash Shuts Down Stretch Of Route 301 In Carmel
A fatal crash has left part of a busy Hudson Valley road closed to traffic. The crash happened in Putnam County on Friday, May 31 around 2:10 p.m., when a motorcycle struck another vehicle on Route 301 in Carmel near Gipsy Trail Road, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Woman sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce proceedings in Connecticut was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison Friday, after Dulos’ mother and children testified about their heartbreak.
Motorcyclist killed in crash with bus
CARMEL – A motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Route 301 in Carmel. Authorities say the two-wheeler collided with a bus about one half mile west of Gipsy Trail Road ejecting the cyclist who was pronounced dead at the scene. Due to the crash Route...
Superintendent of schools arrested on corruption charges
WHITE PLAINS – The former superintendent of schools and a former security system specialist of the Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School district have been arrested on corruption charges for allegedly stealing school district funds earmarked for students and spending them on personal and luxury expenses between 2018 and 2022. Oliver...
Stop & Shop Larceny Report In Westport Leads To Crash, Arrests Of Man, Woman
A man and woman have been apprehended after a report of larceny in progress at a Stop & Shop in Fairfield County was followed by a crash. New update: IDs Released Man, Woman Charged After Larceny At Westport Stop & Shop, CrashAt about 1:50 p.m. Friday, May 31 in Westport, officers wer…
Mother, 2 Children Pulled From Burning Bedford Hills Home
The blaze began on Friday, May 31, around 2:45 a.m. at 38 Park Ave. in Bedford Hills. Responding police and firefighters soon realized that three people were trapped inside, according to Assistant Chief Zachary Patierno of the Bedford Hills Fire Department. Arriving police soon found a 35-year-old woman hanging from...
Bridgeport Inmate Strangled, Death Rule Homicide, ME Says
A Connecticut man who was arrested for violation of probation was strangled in a cell in a Fairfield County jail.Steven Bailey, age 43, of New Haven, was found dead in a Bridgeport Correctional Center cell around 7 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, according to the Connecticut State Police.Milford Police had…
Police Investigate ‘Free Palestine’ and Other Chalk-Drawn Messages Downtown
Police on Thursday received multiple reports of politically charged graffiti in the downtown area, officials say. Between 4:52 and 5:41 p.m. on May 28, police received five separate reports, at Main and Elm Streets, South and Elm, 32 Elm St. 111 Main St. and 93 Main St., the New Canaan Police Department’s public information officer, Lt. Marc DeFelice, confirmed.
Suspected car in Somers burglary leads to federal charges against 6 men in New Jersey
License plate readers in Westchester led law enforcement authorities to a group suspected in a string of burglaries in multiple states including one in Somers in late March. Six men from Chile are now charged in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., accused of using a Jersey City apartment to store stolen items. Authorities...
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