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Man Charged In Brutal Beating Murder Of Fairfield County Resident
After almost four years a Connecticut man has been charged in connection with a brutal beating murder of a Fairfield County man in front of a grocery store.
Luis Hernandez, age 44, of Waterbury, was arrested by US Marshals on a warrant on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and charged in the 2019 murder of Miguel Lopez, age 46, in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for Bridgeport.
The warrant had been obtained by the lead detective on the case, Bridgeport Det. Martin Heanue, Appleby said.
This is the second arrest in this case. His co-defendant, Jose Martinez, age 46, o…
21 Charged In Connection To Multistate Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy
Twenty-one people are facing charges in connection with a conspiracy to traffic cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs in the several states, including New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Authorities began investigating a drug trafficking organization based in the area of Lawrence, Massachusetts in May of 2020, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Since December of 2020, communications between members of the organization and their associates showed that the individuals distributed fentanyl and cocaine in the Lawrence area, the Attorney's Offi…
