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25-Year-Old Fairfield County Man Known As 'Spooda' Admits To Gang-Related Shootings 25-Year-Old Fairfield County Man Known As 'Spooda' Admits To Gang-Related Shootings
25-Year-Old Fairfield County Man Known As 'Spooda' Admits To Gang-Related Shootings A Fairfield County man has admitted to his role in multiple gang-related shootings. Undrea Kirkland, also known as “Spooda,” age 25, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering on Friday, Sept. 17, in New Haven. Kirkland has been a member of the “Greene Homes Boyz," a gang based in the Charles F. Greene Homes Housing Complex in Bridgeport’s North End, the US Attorney's Office said. Members and associates distributed heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, and Percocet pills, the US Attorney's Office added. In addition, they committed numerous acts of violence against rival gang m…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Five Charged After Probe Of Fairfield County Murder, Other Violent Acts Five Charged After Probe Of Fairfield County Murder, Other Violent Acts
Five Charged After Probe Of Fairfield County Murder, Other Violent Acts Five suspects are facing charges for their roles in a 2018 Fairfield County murder and string of other violent acts, federal officials announced. U.S. Attorney John Durham announced that the investigation into a Bridgeport murder in 2018 led to the arrests of five in Connecticut. The arrests came as part of a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement investigation into the Original North End (ONE), a group based out of the Trumbull Gardens area of Bridgeport. Those charged include: Henry “Mills” Flow, 21, of Bridgeport; Shakale Brantley, also known as “Charlie Wilson,” “Kellz,” and “Man Man…

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by Zak Failla
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Third Federal Gun Conviction Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Third Federal Gun Conviction
Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Third Federal Gun Conviction A Fairfield County felon is heading back to prison after admitting to illegally possessing a weapon for the fourth time. Bridgeport resident Federico “Rico” Cannon, 36, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in district court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, following an incident last year when he was busted with a semiautomatic handgun. On June 26 last year, Cannon was released from federal prison following a 70-month sentence for the same charge. On July 31, while on supervised release, i…

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by Zak Failla
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Felon Pleads Admits To Possessing Loaded Firearm In Fairfield County Felon Pleads Admits To Possessing Loaded Firearm In Fairfield County
Felon Pleads Admits To Possessing Loaded Firearm In Fairfield County A Fairfield County felon is heading back to prison after admitting to illegally possessing a weapon for the fourth time. Bridgeport resident Federico “Rico” Cannon, 36, pleaded guilty this week in district court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, following an incident last year when he was busted with a semiautomatic handgun. On June 26 last year, Cannon was released from federal prison following a 70-month sentence for the same charge. On July 31, while on supervised release, investigators in Bridgeport received information that Cannon was again illegally in poss…

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by Zak Failla