DANBURY, Conn. — A Westport man and a Danbury man are facing charges in a human-trafficking ring in which young males with mental health issues were delivered to wealthy clients throughout Connecticut for sex, Danbury Police said Thursday.William Trefzger, 71, of 99 Greens Farms Road, Westport, was charged with patronizing a trafficked person. His bond was set at $500,000.Robert King of ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — State Police have been called in to investigate the non-fatal shooting of a teenage robbery suspect Wednesday night by a Bridgeport police officer.At about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, after an attempted street robbery, Bridgeport Police Detectives confronted the 18-year-old male and 16-year-old male robbery suspects in the area of 436 Woodmont Ave., state police ...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- When the lockdown alarm went off at Greenwich High School at noontime Wednesday, 12th-grader Scott Rusk and his fellow students thought it was just a drill."I heard the siren for the lockdown drill and it was going off for a while — and the next thing we knew we were being searched by policemen," he said. Rusk spoke late Wednesday afternoon as he waited for ...

GREENWICH, Conn. — A threat written on a bathroom stall wall caused a nearly four-hour lockdown of Greenwich High School before students and staff were given the all clear at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday.The threat was discovered in the noon hour and school officials acted quickly, Greenwich Police Lt. Kraig Gray said."It was kind of specific to a time and location and that time was, when ...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Students are being dismissed from Greenwich High School just before 4 p.m. Wednesday after a three-hour lockdown due to a threat reported at the school.Police said there were no injuries and the investigation was continuing.The school's regular dismissal time is 2:15 p.m. and motorists had lined up in Hillside Drive for hours waiting for the students to be ...

UPDATE: GREENWICH, Conn. — The lockdown is over Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich High School, the police department announced via Twitter. Here is the full text of the Tweet [typos fixed], which was sent at about 4 p.m.:"GHS LockDown is over. No injuries. GPD investigation cont. Dismissal will be followed per BOE transportation plan. Thank You for your cooperation."The ...

UPDATE: GREENWICH, Conn. — The lockdown is over Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich High School, the police department announced via Twitter.Here is the full text of the Tweet [typos fixed], which was sent at about 4 p.m.:"GHS LockDown is over. No injuries. GPD investigation cont. Dismissal will be followed per BOE transportation plan. Thank You for your cooperation."The school ...

WESTPORT, Conn. -- How embarrassing.Three car burglars called the police to report a motor vehicle accident early Wednesday but wound up arrested when police discovered in their car GPS units that had been just stolen, Westport Police said.At around 1:15 a.m. police were called to two car accident on North Avenue between Easton Road and Coleytown Road.When police arrived three people in ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — People who live near a controversial Fairfield hookah lounge are angry and say the late-night club has turned their neighborhood upside down.The Sky Hookah Lounge at 685 Kings Highway E. has been open for about eight years, said resident Cheryl Churchill. But its impact on the neighborhood has gotten worse in the last couple of years and generated hundreds of calls to ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — A motorcyclist did a celebratory "wheelie" as he raced away from a Westport Police officer and escaped down Interstate 95 last month, police said. On Thursday, the motorcyclist was "wheeled in" by Westport Police and arrested. Jordan Klein, 22, of 85 Horse Tavern Road, Trumbull, was charged with reckless driving, failure to display inserts and ...