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Fairfield Man Awaiting Trial Charged With Attempted Murder, Police Say Fairfield Man Awaiting Trial Charged With Attempted Murder, Police Say
Fairfield Man Awaiting Trial Charged With Attempted Murder, Police Say A Fairfield County man awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting a girlfriend has been arrested again for firing shots at another woman he used to date, police said. Demetrius Young, age 27, of Bridgeport, turned himself in to police assigned to the US Marshal Service Task Force on Tuesday, Nov. 30, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for Bridgeport.  Young was charged with attempted murder for the Monday, Nov. 15, incident in which he fired shots at the victim, Appleby said. According to Appleby, Bridgeport Police responded to a 'shot spotter' activation in the ar…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Nabbed For $83K ATM Robbery In Fairfield County Man Nabbed For $83K ATM Robbery In Fairfield County
Man Nabbed For $83K ATM Robbery In Fairfield County A Fairfield County man has been nabbed for allegedly robbing an ATM service worker of more than $83,000 earlier this year. On Monday, June 7, an ATM service provider employee was the victim of a robbery that occurred at the Sunoco Gas Station, 1025 East Main St., Bridgeport. The robbery occurred while the ATM service provider employee was attempting to replenish funds in the ATM machine. $83,000 was taken, Captain Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police sid.  The Bridgeport Police Detective Bureau’s Robbery Squad pursued the case and was able to secure an arrest warrant for 28-…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Twins, One Other Nabbed With Guns/Drugs In Area, Police Say Twins, One Other Nabbed With Guns/Drugs In Area, Police Say
Twins, One Other Nabbed With Guns/Drugs In Area, Police Say Twin brothers, one of them wanted for shooting a teenager last month, were nabbed along with another man on search warrants following an investigation. John Tyquin Holman and Johnathan Tyquon Holman, both 27, and Justin Scott, 27, were arrested on Monday, Oct. 7, during a joint operation by the Bridgeport Police Emergency Services Unit and Stratford Police Special Response Team at the PT Barnum Housing Complex, said Stratford Capt. Frank Eannotti.  Stratford detectives along with members of the Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Gang Unit took the three into …

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by Kathy Reakes
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20-Year-Old, Minor Arrested Following Fairfield County Robbery Spree 20-Year-Old, Minor Arrested Following Fairfield County Robbery Spree
20-Year-Old, Minor Arrested Following Fairfield County Robbery Spree A 20-year-old man and a minor were arrested in connection with a robbery spree that ended following a pursuit. The incident began when Carlos Asad and a minor, both of Bridgeport, stole an SUV in Bridgeport and then robbed a woman at gunpoint at Walgreens in Fairfield, police said. The two then headed to a Fairfield Avenue deli, and robbed the business, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. They then proceeded to attempt to rob a McDonald's on State Street wearing masks and with a gun, but an undercover officer spotted the two and they took off in the stolen SUV, Jones sa…

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by Kathy Reakes