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CT Drug Dealer Busted Selling Cocaine Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say CT Drug Dealer Busted Selling Cocaine Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say
CT Drug Dealer Busted Selling Cocaine Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say A Fairfield County man was busted allegedly selling cocaine laced with fentanyl to undercover agents over several months. Joshua Powell, age 30, of Stamford, was charged by Norwalk Police on Thursday, Aug. 10. During May 2023, the Special Services Division began receiving information that Powell was selling large quantities of powder and crack cocaine that contained fentanyl within the City of Norwalk, said Norwalk Police Deputy Chief Terrence Blake. An investigation was initiated into Powell’s narcotics trafficking enterprise. Over the next several months, investigators made num…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Caught With Narcotics In Car Door Handle After Driving Erratically In Lisbon: Police Woman Caught With Narcotics In Car Door Handle After Driving Erratically In Lisbon: Police
Woman Caught With Narcotics In Car Door Handle After Driving Erratically In Lisbon: Police A Connecticut woman faces narcotics charges after authorities discovered drugs in her car during a traffic stop in New London County, police said.  The arrest resulted from an incident that happened on Thursday, July 6 just before 4:30 p.m., when a state trooper stationed on River Road in Lisbon saw a car failing to maintain its lane while driving north, according to state police.  The trooper then pulled the vehicle over on School Street in Griswold and saw several indicators of criminal activity happening on the car's passenger side, police said.  After this, the trooper t…

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by Ben Crnic
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30 Bags Of Fentanyl Recovered After K9 Tracks Down Wanted Man In New London County, Police Say 30 Bags Of Fentanyl Recovered After K9 Tracks Down Wanted Man In New London County, Police Say
30 Bags Of Fentanyl Recovered After K9 Tracks Down Wanted Man In New London County, Police Say Connecticut State Police recovered 30 bags of fentanyl after a K9 helped locate a wanted man who was hiding in a garage, authorities said. Troopers in New London County responded to a report of a wanted man in the area of York Road in Lebanon at about 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, state police said. Charles Bourgeois, age 32, of Lebanon, was wanted on three paperless rearrest warrants for failure to appear, police reported. Police learned that Bourgeois was hiding in the area of a garage, and K9 Zedo and his partner located Bourgeois under a pile of debris and tarp in the multi-b…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT Man Nabbed For Stabbing Murder, Police Say CT Man Nabbed For Stabbing Murder, Police Say
CT Man Nabbed For Stabbing Murder, Police Say A 32-year-old Fairfield County man facing a murder charge for the 2021 stabbing death of a man found dead in a car was extradited some four months after his arrest. Donald Copeland, age 32, of Bridgeport, was transported to Stamford on Monday, June 27, to face charges in the stabbing death of a Norwalk man. Copeland was initially arrested in Poughkeepsie, New York, by the US Marshall during a raid on a home on Friday, Feb. 18, said Lt. Thomas Scanlon, of the Stamford Police. He was wanted for the August 2021 stabbing death of Jimmy Louis, age 43, who was found in a car on Hamilton Ave…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police: Man Caught With Cocaine After Being Pulled Over In Connecticut Police: Man Caught With Cocaine After Being Pulled Over In Connecticut
Police: Man Caught With Cocaine After Being Pulled Over In Connecticut A Northern Westchester man was charged after police said he was found in possession of cocaine during a traffic stop in Connecticut. An officer in Fairfield County pulled a vehicle over on New Norwalk Road in New Canaan after seeing that the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22, according to the New Canaan Police Department. During the traffic stop, police found that the driver, identified as 36-year-old Liandro Cardenas Avalos, of Pound Ridge, was in possession of cocaine, authorities said.  He was arrested and charged with possession of …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Suspect Nabbed After Stealing Jeep In Front Of Business, CT State Police Say Suspect Nabbed After Stealing Jeep In Front Of Business, CT State Police Say
Suspect Nabbed After Stealing Jeep In Front Of Business, CT State Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a Jeep from in front of a business. Litchfield County resident Philip Beach, age 52, of the Town of Washington, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 27 at his home after Connecticut State Police received a report of the theft. According to the state police, Beach allegedly took the Jeep from in the business located in the town of Washington around 5 p.m. and was arrested two hours later. The stolen vehicle.Connecticut State Police In addition to larceny, he was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and use of drug pa…

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by Kathy Reakes