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Frank MacEachern

Urgent News Reporter

fmaceachern@dailyvoice.com

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Originally from Canada, Frank started his journalism in his native country before moving to Fairfield County a decade ago where he continued his career. He is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and of University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Frank was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire

Norwalk Police: Delivery Man Robbed At Gunpoint NORWALK, Conn., -- Robbers even took the food from a delivery guy during an armed robbery Monday evening. Norwalk Police said. The 39-year-old man was making a delivery when he was approached by two masked men one of whom was armed with a handgun near 4 Rolling Lane. They stole about $400 in cash, his cell phone and the food the man was delivering. There were no injuries and the suspects fled in a vehicle, police said. It's still under investigation.

by Frank MacEachern

01/10/2017

Police & Fire

88-Year-Old Norwalk Woman Identified As Victim Crushed By Car NORWALK, Conn. — The woman who was crushed to death Sunday afternoon by her car door was identified as 88-year-old Norwalk resident Gabrielle Thorp, Norwalk police said. Thorp was pronounced dead at Norwalk Hospital after she was found pinned by the door of her 2015 Lexus SUV at about 3:40 p.m., police said. She had gotten out of her SUV for an unknown reason on Camp Street, police said. It then moved forward, hitting a parked vehicle, police said. That forced the car door back toward the vehicle and pinned the woman, police said. Police are continuing to investigate and awaiting results f…

by Frank MacEachern

01/10/2017

Police & Fire

Stamford Police: Bridgeport Man Found With Gun Inside Park STAMFORD, Conn. — A routine police patrol early Tuesday resulted in the arrest of a Bridgeport man who had a handgun tucked under the front seat of his car, said Stamford Police, who arrested the man. Bradley Bernard, 22, of 97 Helen St., Bridgeport, was charged with criminal possession of a revolver, carrying a pistol without a permit, third-degree criminal trespass, illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle and driving while under suspension, police said. K9 Officer David Dogali was patrolling near the Old Greenwich border at 12:43 a.m. when he noticed a vehicle parked in Rosa Har…

by Frank MacEachern

01/10/2017

Police & Fire

Stamford Man Charged After He Called Cops To Complain About Texted Threats STAMFORD, Conn. -- Calling the cops to complain about texted death threats landed a Stamford man in handcuffs when it was discovered he had a pair of warrants out for his arrest. After police responded to the call Friday around 7 p.m. they discovered that Chazz Booker, 34, of West Main Street ,had a pair of arrest warrants for failing to properly report his address as a sex offender. He was convicted in 2010 in New York State on a charge of forcible touching, according to the state's sex offender registry. Police also discovered a stun gun and a baton that he was prohibited from possessing…

by Frank MacEachern

01/09/2017

Police & Fire

Pair Of Norwalk Shootings Cause No Injuries But Strike Two Homes NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk police are investigating a pair of shootings within a half-hour of one another in which no one was hurt but two residences were struck by bullets late Sunday. Police were called at 11:02 p.m. Sunday to 106 S. Main St., after reports of shots fired. When officers arrived they discovered shell casing in the area and a bullet in the residence at 106 S. Main St., police said. At 11:27 p.m. Sunday, officers were called to North Taylor Avenue after a resident at 28 N. Taylor Ave. reported hearing gun shots, police said. Officers discovered shell casings and also found …

by Frank MacEachern

01/09/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Man Arrested In Connection With October Stabbing NORWALK, Conn. -- A city man wanted in connection with a non-fatal stabbing at a local restaurant on Oct. 30 turned himself in to Norwalk Police early Monday, officials said. Mykell Mitchell, 24, of 3 Lubrano Place, Norwalk, was charged with first-degree assault and breach of peace. He's also facing other charges of violating a protective order, and a pair of failing to appear in court charges. His total bond for all of the charges is $100,000. Police said they were called around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 30 to Norwalk Hospital for a reported stabbing. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds after an…

by Frank MacEachern

01/09/2017

Police & Fire

Woman Crushed To Death By Own Car Door In Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk police are asking for the public's help in the investigation into the death of a woman who was crushed to death by her car door after the vehicle rolled forward and collided with another vehicle on Camp Street on Sunday afternoon. Police are trying to piece together exactly what happened and why the woman got out of her 2015 Lexus SUV just before the accident. "We don't know why she was out of her car," Norwalk police Lt. Terry Blake said. "The report is not even remotely down and there is a lot of follow up to do." Police are waiting results fr…

by Frank MacEachern

01/09/2017

Police & Fire

Police: If Freed, Westport Actor Charged In Child Porn Case Can't Go Home WESTPORT, Conn. — A Westport-based actor cannot possess any device to access the Internet even if he is able to post $500,000 cash bond after he was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of possessing child pornography, police said Friday. Paul Jude Letersky, 47, also cannot live at his home at 175 Riverside Ave. because it is directly across the street from Saugatuck Elementary School, police said. If released, one of the conditions would be that he cannot be within 1,500 feet of any school or daycare, police said. He is scheduled to appear in Stamford court Jan. 13. Letersky also would…

by Frank MacEachern

01/07/2017

Police & Fire

Police Arrest Greenwich RTM Member At Gunpoint, Find Porn Of Girls Under 7 GREENWICH, Conn. — Two Greenwich police officers pointed their rifles at Christopher N. Sandys as he tried to run down a hallway of his home after the officers had burst into his residence with a search warrant looking for child pornography, according to the search warrant. Sandys then complied with requests from the officers to stop and lie down on the floor of his LeGrande Avenue residence Thursday morning, the warrant said. Sandys, 46, was arrested and charged with one count of child pornography after officers discovered 750 images of child pornography on his computer, police said. The …

by Frank MacEachern

01/06/2017

Police & Fire

New Canaan Police Arrest Bronx Man On Fraudulent Credit Card Charges NEW CANAAN, Conn. — More than two years after New Canaan Police began an investigation into misuse of credit cards, a New York City man was arrested in the case, police said. Kwan Johnson, 29, of the Bronx, N.Y. , was charged with unlawful reproduction of credit cards, conspiracy to commit reproduction of a credit card, illegal use of a credit card and conspiracy to commit illegal use of a credit card. His bond was set at $75,000. He was arrested Friday after New Canaan Police traveled to the Monmouth County, N.J., Sheriff's Office to pick him up. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday.…

by Frank MacEachern

01/06/2017

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