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CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say
CT Man Wanted For Police Pursuit, Nabbed With Gun, Drugs, Police Say A Connecticut 26-year-old man wanted for allegedly taking police on a pursuit was nabbed at an area mall with a gun, drugs, and counterfeit money. Kayvon McCoy, of New Haven, was arrested on Tuesday, March 14 after a Milford police officer recognized a vehicle in the parking lot of the Connecticut Post Mall from the pursuit, Milford Police said.  McCoy had an active arrest warrant stemming from the incident. Police initiated a traffic stop and determined that McCoy was the driver of the vehicle.  He was taken into custody on an arrest warrant. The vehicle was unregister…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Cash, Dirt Bike Stolen In Separate Incidents To Sell Items In CT Cash, Dirt Bike Stolen In Separate Incidents To Sell Items In CT
Cash, Dirt Bike Stolen In Separate Incidents To Sell Items In CT Police in one Fairfield County city are warning residents to be careful where they conduct personal sales after one person was robbed of cash and a dirt bike was stolen in another. The incident both took place on Monday, Sept. 27, in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management. The first theft took place around 4:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Trumbull Avenue when a man told Bridgeport police that he was supposed to meet two men to purchase a vehicle. Two men showed up, one armed with a gun, and instead of buying a car, the man was robbed of $1,500. Both men, described a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman, 19, Accused Of Using Counterfeit Bill At CT Store Woman, 19, Accused Of Using Counterfeit Bill At CT Store
Woman, 19, Accused Of Using Counterfeit Bill At CT Store A wanted teenager who allegedly attempted to use a fraudulent $100 bill at multiple area businesses has been arrested in Fairfield County. An arrest warrant was issued by the New Canaan Police on Tuesday, July 26, for Bronx resident Jeanise Rojas Perez, 19, who was wanted for forgery and larceny charges. The warrant came after police received a complaint filed regarding Perez, who had passed a counterfeit $100 bill at a business in New Canaan and then attempted to use the same bill at several other retailers. The investigation into the counterfeit bill identified Perez as the suspect who …

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by Zak Failla