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Duo Nabbed Attempting To Use Fake Prescription At CT Pharmacy, Police Say Duo Nabbed Attempting To Use Fake Prescription At CT Pharmacy, Police Say
Duo Nabbed Attempting To Use Fake Prescription At CT Pharmacy, Police Say Two Fairfield County men were nabbed allegedly attempting to use a fake prescription at an area pharmacy. The two men, identified as Elvis Canahui, 22, and Kason Sumpter, 23, both of Norwalk, were arrested on Tuesday, April 6 by Greenwich Police, after police received a call from a pharmacist, said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella. According to Zuccerella, a pharmacist in the central Greenwich district on Greenwich Ave., contacted the police department to report that Sumpter had attempted to obtain drugs. Plainclothes officers responded and conducted surveillance. The pharmacist was able to…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford
Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford A New York man was arrested in Fairfield County in connection with allegedly attempting to fill a fraudulent prescription. Hadiya Nazha Ali, 21, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, after Greenwich Police received a call from a central area pharmacist that he suspected Ali of attempting to pass a fake prescription for a controlled substance, said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella. When police arrived on the scene, the pharmacist was able to identify and verify the fake prescription and recognized the criminal activity, Zuccerella said.  An investigation resulted in the s…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford
Ma Driving Drunk Charged With Leaving Scene Of Crash In Milford A third person has been arrested in a scheme to fill a fake prescription at a Fairfield County pharmacy. Westchester County resident Elijah Jalil Arnold, 22, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by Greenwich Police in connection with an attempt by three men to fill a fake prescription at a Greenwich Pharmacy, said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella.  According to Zuccerella, Arnold was arrested after a pharmacist from Greenwich notified police that three men were attempting to fill, which he believed to be a fake prescription for a controlled substance. After receiving th…

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by Kathy Reakes