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Police Searching For Dirt Bike Rider Involved In Hit-Run Fairfield County Crash Police Searching For Dirt Bike Rider Involved In Hit-Run Fairfield County Crash
Police Searching For Dirt Bike Rider Involved In Hit-Run Fairfield County Crash Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash between an SUV and a dirt bike in Fairfield County that police believe injured the dirt bike driver who fled. The crash took. place around 6 p.m., Saturday, July 31 in Easton, on Eden Hill Road. The dirt bike was reported to be white and was riding with another white dirt bike when one of the bikes hit the SUV, according to Easton Police. "From the damage to the SUV and reports from the vehicle operator, it is believed the operator of the dirt bike sustained some form of serious trauma," Easton Police said. The driver of the dirt bike left the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Accidentally Locks Small Children Inside SUV In Northern Westchester Man Accidentally Locks Small Children Inside SUV In Northern Westchester
Man Accidentally Locks Small Children Inside SUV In Northern Westchester A fast-acting police officer came to the rescue of a father who accidentally locked a pair of children inside an SUV in Northern Westchester. The North Castle Police Department received a report shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Monday, May 28 from a man who said that he had inadvertently locked the doors to his Audi SUV with two children inside on Old Route 22 in Armonk. An officer was dispatched to the area, who was able to locate the driver and vehicle, and confirmed that the two small children appeared to be in good condition at the time. With an assist from Armonk Garage, the officer was ab…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Nurse Punched, Robbed Of Purse On Way To Work In Parking Area, Police Say Nurse Punched, Robbed Of Purse On Way To Work In Parking Area, Police Say
Nurse Punched, Robbed Of Purse On Way To Work In Parking Area, Police Say A nurse was robbed and assaulted in a parking lot as she was on her way to work. The incident took. place around 6:15 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the parking area of Arden House at 850 Mix Avenue in Hamden, said Hamden Police Capt. Ronald Smith. According to Smith, an investigation revealed that a 63-year-old nurse arrived at work, parking her motor vehicle in the parking lot. A light-colored SUV, with “bright lights” was parked in the parking lot. As she was walking towards the building, a “young” black man, wearing dark-colored clothing and a ski mask, exited the SUV and a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Search For Dark-Colored SUV After Injuring Pedestrian In Hit-Run Bridgeport Crash Police Search For Dark-Colored SUV After Injuring Pedestrian In Hit-Run Bridgeport Crash
Police Search For Dark-Colored SUV After Injuring Pedestrian In Hit-Run Bridgeport Crash Police are searching for a suspect whose SUV dragged a male pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash in Bridgeport. It happened just before 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29. The vehicle was traveling southbound in the 1000 block of William Street when it first struck a parked vehicle, Bridgeport Police said. The suspect's vehicle continued south on William Street and struck a pedestrian walking across the intersection of William Street and Roosevelt Street.  The pedestrian was dragged several car lengths south on William Street before he was detached from the striking vehicle and left in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Chain Reaction: Car Crashes Into SUV That Strikes Hamden Home, Hospitalizing One Chain Reaction: Car Crashes Into SUV That Strikes Hamden Home, Hospitalizing One
Chain Reaction: Car Crashes Into SUV That Strikes Hamden Home, Hospitalizing One A driver was hospitalized in Connecticut after crashing into an SUV that ricocheted into a home in Hamden, damaging it. Paramedics and crews from the Hamden Fire Department responded to a Bowen Street home late on Monday, Aug. 12, when the driver set off a chain reaction, causing structural damage to the home, fire officials said. The driver was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital in critical condition, officials said. No one was injured in the home, and the damage was contained mostly to the porch. The crash is currently being investigated by the Hamden Police Department. Check Daily V…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Dead After SUV Crashes Into Long Island Sound Two Dead After SUV Crashes Into Long Island Sound
Two Dead After SUV Crashes Into Long Island Sound Click here for an updated story: Details Emerge After Man, Woman Killed When SUV Crashes Into Long Island Sound In Westchester Two people were killed after an SUV drove from the parking lot, through a metal railing and into the Long Island Sound in Westchester. It's unclear what may have caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle at Hudson Park Road at Hudson Park & Beach at Echo Bay in New Rochelle, though there reportedly may have been a medical issue. One occupant of the vehicle, an adult male, was unconscious and unresponsive, New Rochelle Police said. He …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Know Him? Police Seek Help In Finding Suspect In Assault At Market In Bridgeport Know Him? Police Seek Help In Finding Suspect In Assault At Market In Bridgeport
Know Him? Police Seek Help In Finding Suspect In Assault At Market In Bridgeport Bridgeport police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who assaulted a person at a local market. The incident took place around 11:57 a.m. on Dec. 21, 2018, at Layla's Market, 1437 Fairfield Ave., said Bridgeport Police spokesman Terron Jones. The suspect was seen leaving the area in a dark-colored SUV. The suspect was seen leaving the area in a dark SUV.Bridgeport Police Department Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 203-576-TIPS (8477). 

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by Kathy Reakes
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Amber Alert: 14-Year-Old Girl Abducted Amber Alert: 14-Year-Old Girl Abducted
Amber Alert: 14-Year-Old Girl Abducted Update: The New York State Amber Alert issued for a 14-year-old upstate New York girl on Thursday has been canceled. The girl, Karnerie Elliott, has been found safe. reportedly at a Walmart in Pennsylvania with 22-year-old Guillermo Torres-Acevedo. Original report: A New York Amber Alert has been issued following the abduction of a teenage girl Thursday morning. Kamerie E. Elliot, 14, was taken around 8 a.m. Nov. 29 near Syracuse in the town of Byron in Genesee County and is in "imminent danger of serious harm and/or death," the alert says. Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 22, i…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On I-95 Retrieving Cell Phone Pedestrian Struck, Killed On I-95 Retrieving Cell Phone
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On I-95 Retrieving Cell Phone This story has been updated. An out-of-state man was killed on I-95 northbound after stepping into the left lane of traffic to retrieve his cellphone. Connecticut State Police are not sure how the man's cell phone fell out of the pick-up truck he was riding in around 2:30 a.m. Monday, but said the man, crossed over three lanes of traffic and found the phone, said Sgt. Alex Pearston. After fetching the phone, the unidentified man, who was on a fishing trip with three friends, then stepped back into the left lane to return to the truck when he was hit by an SUV, Pearston said.  "It was…

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by Kathy Reakes