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Ridgefield Man Attempts To Set Fire To Hospital In New Canaan, Police Say Ridgefield Man Attempts To Set Fire To Hospital In New Canaan, Police Say
Ridgefield Man Attempts To Set Fire To Hospital In New Canaan, Police Say A Ridgefield man has been charged with allegedly breaking windows with a baseball bat and attempting to set fire to a hospital in New Canaan. Darren Yu Huang, age 23, was arrested by New Canaan Police on Tuesday, March 7, for the incident which took place on Monday, Feb. 20 at Silver Hill Hospital. Officers responded to the hospital around 6 p.m. after receiving a report of an individual with a baseball bat breaking windows and pouring gasoline around one of the buildings of the hospital campus, said Lt. Marc DeFelice, of the New Canaan Police. Based on an investigation, Huang was identifi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After Pursuit Fairfield County Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After Pursuit
Fairfield County Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After Pursuit A Fairfield County man was charged with armed carjacking after stealing a BMW sedan at gunpoint and then fleeing from state police. The incident began in Newtown around 10:55 a.m., Thursday, April 14, when state police were notified that an armed carjacking had just taken place. The vehicle was spotted by troopers traveling on I 84 east by Exit 14 in New Haven County in Southbury shortly after the incident occurred, Connecticut State Police said. The vehicle engaged troopers in pursuit and got off the highway at Exit 15 where it crashed, state police said. The driver was taken into custod…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Caught With Loaded BB Gun In New Canaan, Police Say Man Caught With Loaded BB Gun In New Canaan, Police Say
Man Caught With Loaded BB Gun In New Canaan, Police Say A routine traffic stop led to a weapons charge for a 20-year-old who ran a red light with a BB gun in the back seat in New Canaan. An officer from the New Canaan Police Department on patrol at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning spotted a vehicle traveling off exit 36 of the Merritt Parkway fail to obey a red light, turning right without making a complete stop before turning south onto Old Stamford Road, prompting the traffic stop. During the stop, the officer said that while speaking with the driver, Stamford resident Jeffrey Beltran, he observed the black grip of a handgun in the b…

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by Zak Failla