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Norwalk police say they are digging in on gang violence
Sep 7th
A day after murder suspect Lamont McCrae was arraigned for the killing of Vonterrell George in 2008, city officials restated their commitment to finding those responsible for deadly violence in Norwalk by announcing that another man would be arraigned on murder charges for the brutal homicide of Luis Tellez on Marlin Drive in late May.
Six days after Amos "A.J." Brown was gunned down on a South Norwalk Street in what many believe was a retaliatory execution, Mayor Richard Moccia, Police Chief Harry Rilling and Common Council member Richard Bonenfant held a press conference at City Hall last Thursday morning to assure the public More >
Man charged in bribe attempt of Norwalk cops
Sep 2nd
A city man was charged with attempting to bribe a police officer after a motor vehicle stop in South Norwalk. Dale Booker, 20, of 60 Lawn St., was charged with bribery, driving while under the influence, reckless driving, criminal attempt at bribery and failure to have his headlights lit. Booker was first seen just after midnight Aug. 20 turning from Water Street onto Washington Street and nearly striking a parked car, police said; he then illegally turned right on red at North Main Street. After Booker made a quick right onto Anne Street and struck a sidewalk with such force More >
Man charged in bribe attempt of Norwalk cops
Aug 25th
NORWALK -- A city man was charged with attempting to bribe a police officer after a motor vehicle stop in South Norwalk. Dale Booker, 20, of 60 Lawn St., was charged with bribery, driving while under the influence, reckless driving, criminal attempt at bribery and failure to have his headlights lit. Booker was first seen just after midnight Friday turning from Water Street onto Washington Street and nearly striking a parked car, police said; he then illegally turned right on red at North Main Street. After Booker made a quick right onto Anne Street and struck a sidewalk with More >
Norwalk bank robbery suspect arrested on street
Aug 25th
NORWALK -- Police said they arrested the man responsible for robbing the Main Avenue Bank of America on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the crime occurred.
Credit for the arrest was given to veteran patrol supervisor Sgt. James Walsh, who spotted Edward Schanck on North Main Street in South Norwalk at about 8 a.m. The convicted bank robber was seen getting into a car that police believe was used in Schanck's bank robbery getaway, a police press release states.
Schanck, 47, who before serving a seven-year prison sentence for a 2003 Norwalk bank robbery lived on Ivy Place in Norwalk, was More >
Norwalk police say they are digging in on gang violence
Aug 20th
NORWALK -- A day after murder suspect Lamont McCrae was arraigned for the killing of Vonterrell George in 2008, city officials restated their commitment to finding those responsible for deadly violence in Norwalk by announcing that another man will be arraigned Friday on murder charges for the brutal homicide of Luis Tellez on Marlin Drive in late May.
Six days after Amos "A.J." Brown was gunned down on a South Norwalk Street in what many believe was a retaliatory execution, Mayor Richard Moccia, Police Chief Harry Rilling and Common Council member Richard Bonenfant held a press conference at City Hall Thursday morning to assure More >
Man acquitted in 2009 stabbing is shot in South Norwalk
Aug 15th
NORWALK -- A former Norwalk resident acquitted in a Bridgeport man's stabbing death in 2009 was shot in the head in South Norwalk Friday afternoon and has been placed on life support, police said.
Amos "A.J." Brown, 18, was in a car in front of the El Coqui bodega on Lexington Avenue when he was shot in the back of the head, police sources said.
Brown was still breathing when he was rushed to Norwalk Hospital. A police source later reported Brown was barely clinging to life.
Lexington Avenue was blocked off following the shooting that was called in at 1:52 p.m.; police More >
Fire in Norwalk disrupts train service
Aug 13th
DANBURY -- A fire in South Norwalk disrupted train service between Danbury and South Norwalk Friday morning.
MTA North issued an alert saying, "Busing is in effect between Merritt 7 and South Norwalk Danbury Branch service due to fire department activity in the vicinity of South Norwalk. Train service is operating between Danbury and Merritt 7," according to WTNH news.
The fire started at a Mexican restaurant on Wall Street in Norwalk at about 5 a.m., WTNH reported.
"I saw the smoke when I was leaving for work at 6 a.m.," HART bus driver Roger Arnette told The News-Times. He commutes to Danbury More >
Norwalk fire affects Metro-North
Aug 13th
Norwalk, Conn. (WTNH) - Injuries are reported at a fire at Norwalk building that houses apartments and a restaurant this morning, and the fire affected some Metro-North Danbury Branch service.
The fire happened at 45 Wall Street around 5:00 a.m. That's the address of Garibaldi Mexican Grill restaurant. There are also apartment units on the upper floors.
The fire was still burning more than two hours later.
According to WABC-TV, residents were rushed to safety after a passing police officer spotted the flames.
We don't know specifically how many people are being assisted at this time. The Red Cross is on the scene.
Fire departments More >
Norwalk man beats rape charge, gets 9 years in jail for kidnapping
Aug 11th
STAMFORD -- A Norwalk man who beat a rape charge because a DNA match did not occur until 17 years after the crime was committed was sentenced Tuesday to serve nine years in jail on a kidnapping charge from the 1992 incident, where a woman was dragged off a South Norwalk street and sexually assaulted.
Anthony Draughn, 39, formerly of 100 San Vincenzo Place, was sentenced by Judge Richard Comerford at state Superior Court in Stamford Tuesday morning.
Comerford sentenced Draughn to 20 years in jail, suspended after nine years served, and followed by five years probation. If Draughn violates probation, he More >
Norwalk man beats rape charge, gets 9 years in jail for kidnapping
Aug 11th
STAMFORD -- A Norwalk man who beat a rape charge because a DNA match did not occur until 17 years after the crime was committed was sentenced Tuesday to serve nine years in jail on a kidnapping charge from the 1992 incident, where a woman was dragged off a South Norwalk street and sexually assaulted.
Anthony Draughn, 39, formerly of 100 San Vincenzo Place, was sentenced by Judge Richard Comerford at state Superior Court in Stamford Tuesday morning.
Comerford sentenced Draughn to 20 years in jail, suspended after nine years served, and followed by five years probation. If Draughn violates probation, he More >
