BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire on Muirwood Court in Brookfield on Thursday morning.The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. and drew mutual aid from several surrounding departments, including the Danbury Fire Department, Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company, Newtown Hook & Ladder, Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company and the Water Witch Hose Co. 2 of New ...

GREENWICH, Conn. — A Stamford man was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with a fatal heroin overdose in Stamford, according to Greenwich Patch.The arrest stems from a fatal overdose on Alexander Street in Greenwich on July 8, 2017, according to Greenwich Patch. A 34-year-old victim was found dead at the scene, and an investigation determined that the drugs in the ...

STAMFORD, Conn. – Even though Stamford did not make it to the short list of possible locations for Amazon's second headquarters, city officials still see a silver lining and think that Stamford will make an appealing location for another major company.Stamford had been one of two locations the state of Connecticut had proposed to the online retailer as a possible location for a new ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Temperatures will drop to below normal on Thursday in Fairfield County, but are expected to warm up to the upper 40s this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 31, and wind chill values between 5 and 15. Thursday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 17, and a west wind around 6 mph.It will be ...

An inmate who escaped from Carl Robinson Correction Institution in Enfield was captured in Georgia on Wednesday after 10 days on the run, according to state police.Jerry Mercado, 25, had escaped from prison on Sunday, Jan. 7, lead to a full scale search by multiple public safety agencies. Mercado, who is from Hartford, had been classified as a low-risk offender, according to state ...

MONROE, Conn. -- A juvenile has been charged with stealing credit cards from a car at a Monroe home, where another car was also stolen, according to police.At around 2 a.m. Dec. 19, Monroe Police responded to a Doris Drive home on a report of a stolen car. They determined that a car had been stolen and a second car had been burglarized. The owner's wallet and personal identification ...

NORWALK, Conn. -- Two Norwalk men were arrested after police found hundreds of grams of cocaine and marijuana in their home, as well as a stolen trailer, according to police.Police said that over the past three months, Special Services investigators conducted a lengthy investigation into Christopher Macdow, 49, who was suspected of selling drugs out of his Charcoal Road home. During the ...

NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk Police are seeking a person suspected of stealing someone's credit cards and using them to buy jewelry and handbags in Trumbull and Greenwich.Police said that on Oct. 19, 2017, the suspect made several thousand dollars worth of fraudulent purchases of jewelry and handbags at the Trumbull Mall and at Saks Fifth Avenue in Greenwich, using the victim's store ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Bridgeport Police Department is hosting a coat drive for adults and children in need through the month of January.The coat drive will last through Friday, Jan. 26. New or gently-used coats can be dropped off at a number of locations  throughout the city between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.Donations will be accepted at the following locations:Bridgeport Police ...

DARIEN, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested after police said he fled from officers who tried to stop him in Darien, and then later tried to convince officers that he hadn't even been driving the car.On Thursday, Jan. 11, an officer saw a car driving east on Heights Road in Darien with heavy front end damage and no headlights on, police said. The officer got behind the car, at which ...