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Wanted Man Fights Police, Chokes K9 During Westport Bust: Cops Wanted Man Fights Police, Chokes K9 During Westport Bust: Cops
Wanted Man Fights Police, Chokes K9 During Westport Bust: Cops A man wanted on an out-of-state warrant was arrested in Connecticut following a fight with officers that included him choking a police dog, officials said.  Wesley Aldridge, age, 35, of Washington, DC, was being held on a $100,000 bond following his arrest on Wednesday, Aug. 28, on several felonies, Connecticut Police said.  Police were called to the area of Exit 17 on I-95 in the Fairfield County city of Westport around 11:30 a.m. after people reported a tractor-trailer swerving across multiple lanes of traffic. Callers said the driver parked the truck on the shoulder and drove a…

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by Josh Lanier
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Beloved Fairfield County K9 Retires After Nearly 10 Years Of Service Beloved Fairfield County K9 Retires After Nearly 10 Years Of Service
Beloved Fairfield County K9 Retires After Nearly 10 Years Of Service A K9 officer who served for nearly a decade with a Connecticut police department will be hanging up his badge, his human colleagues announced. K9 Apollo, who worked for the New Canaan Police Department, retired on Monday, March 18, according to the human officers he worked with. Originally hired in 2015, K9 Apollo was assigned to K9 Officer Sebastian Obando. Throughout the nine-and-a-half years that K9 Apollo worked with the department, he protected not only the citizens of New Canaan, the department said, but also those of neighboring agencies.  K9 Officer Sebastian Oband…

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by Sophie Grieser