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Two Busted With Semi-Automatic Guns In CT, Police Say Two Busted With Semi-Automatic Guns In CT, Police Say
Two Busted With Semi-Automatic Guns In CT, Police Say Two 21-year-old men were busted with semi-automatic guns in Fairfield County after police received work the men had guns. Tyrone Sparks, age 21, Mason, North Carolina, and Jalen Baskerville, age 21, Norlina, North Carolina, were arrested on Wednesday, April 28, by members of the State Police Gang Task Force in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management. The bust went down when task force members learned the men were armed with illegal firearms in a vehicle parked on Trumbull Avenue, said Appleby. Task Force officers responded to the area utilizing members of the Bridg…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Nabbed With Firearm, Drugs After Chase Through Backyards In Western Mass Suspect Nabbed With Firearm, Drugs After Chase Through Backyards In Western Mass
Suspect Nabbed With Firearm, Drugs After Chase Through Backyards In Western Mass A Western Massachusetts man is facing a host of charges after taking police on a brief chase before being apprehended with drugs and illegal weapons, officials said. Dalton Police Sgt. Bustin Buzzella was on patrol when he attempted to stop local resident Steven Santana, age 30, for allegedly driving 57 mph in a 35 mph zone. It is alleged that when Buzzella and Officer Nickolas Gaudette attempted to stop Santana, he proceeded to speed away. For several minutes, Santana took police on a. chase through several backyards and behind Sugar Hill before he was eventually stopped and taken into cus…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Seize Thousands Of Bags Of Heroin, $16K In Cash, Rifles In Western Mass Bust Police Seize Thousands Of Bags Of Heroin, $16K In Cash, Rifles In Western Mass Bust
Police Seize Thousands Of Bags Of Heroin, $16K In Cash, Rifles In Western Mass Bust Two men are facing charges in Western Massachusetts after being busted with drugs and illegal weapons following an investigation into heroin distribution, police said. Springfield Police Narcotics detectives were conducting a heroin distribution investigation on Wednesday, April 14 when they saw a suspect, Jeffrey Cipriani, leave his area home, where he was followed to the residence of the investigation’s target, Efrain Morales Jr., in Feeding Hills. According to police, the two met in an open garage while counting heroin half-packs (50 bags) that Cipriani took with him as he left the home…

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by Zak Failla