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Off-Duty Uber Driver Caught With Gun, Drugs In Stamford, Police Say Off-Duty Uber Driver Caught With Gun, Drugs In Stamford, Police Say
Off-Duty Uber Driver Caught With Gun, Drugs In Stamford, Police Say An off-duty Uber driver was busted with cocaine, marijuana, and a gun after Narc Squad agents received a tip that he would be in the area delivering drugs. Fernando " Sosa" Rodriguez, 27, of Danbury, was arrested around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when officers with the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad received a tip that he would be making a drop in the area on Wardwell Street, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. Agents set-up on the location and nabbed Rodriguez when he pulled in a black Jeep SUV, drawing their weapons when he reached into the front of his pants, Conklin adde…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Sexually Assaulted By Uber Driver, Police Say Woman Sexually Assaulted By Uber Driver, Police Say
Woman Sexually Assaulted By Uber Driver, Police Say A 26-year-old Uber driver who sexually assaulted a Westchester woman on a ride home from NYC has been arrested for the attack, according to the Rye Brook Police.The attack occurred on Friday, June 8 when the 39-year-old woman hailed an Uber for a ride home from Manhattan after being out with friends in the city, said Rye Brook Det. Sgt. Terence Wilson.  Because it was so late, the woman fell asleep in the vehicle and woke up when she felt a hand going up her leg, Wilson said. "The woman looked over and the driver, Iqbal Hussain, was sitting next to her in the backseat and had his hand …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Gropes, Sexually Abuses Uber Driver, Police Say Fairfield County Man Gropes, Sexually Abuses Uber Driver, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Gropes, Sexually Abuses Uber Driver, Police Say A man was tracked down by police after he allegedly groped and sexually assaulted a Uber driver in Fairfield County.Officers were dispatched to a gas station in Westport on what initially was reported as an armed robbery of a Uber driver on Wednesday, June 20 at approximately 1 a.m. Upon arrival, officers learned the Uber driver pulled into the gas station after being sexually assaulted by a passenger,  Westport Police said.  The passenger had been picked up at the Greens Farms train station. Shortly after entering the vehicle, the suspect made sexually explicit comments to the victim and g…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says
Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says In the wake of a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car in Arizona, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is calling on Congress to take steps to ensure autonomous vehicle technology can be implemented safely. Uber and other companies have been testing driverless cars for years in Arizona in an effort to move the technology forward. Over the weekend, one of those vehicles operated by Uber - with an emergency backup driver behind the wheel - struck and killed a woman on a street in Tempe, Ariz. Testing on the vehicles has since been suspended. In response to the fatal incident,…

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by Zak Failla
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State Troopers Plan Super Bowl Sunday Enforcement State Troopers Plan Super Bowl Sunday Enforcement
State Troopers Plan Super Bowl Sunday Enforcement Connecticut State Troopers across the state prepare for Super Bowl Sunday, which is one of the biggest and most entertaining national sporting events in the United States. On Sunday, Feb. 4, friends and families will gather to watch the “big game”, and to enjoy the festivities surrounding the game. Parties and gatherings can make Super Bowl Sunday one of the year’s most dangerous days on the roads and highways of our state due to impaired driving-related accidents.  The busy holiday season is past, but Super Bowl Sunday is an ‘unofficial’ holiday in the U.S. Troopers urge all Connecticut r…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Windshield With Traffic Cone In Stamford Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Windshield With Traffic Cone In Stamford
Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Windshield With Traffic Cone In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. — Police arrested a homeless man in Stamford on Tuesday after an officer saw him break a car windshield, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police told the Stamford Advocate that at around 5 p.m. Tuesday an officer saw the homeless man break the windshield of the car with a traffic cone. The car was an Uber that had arrived at an office building on Summer Street to pick someone up, the Stamford Advocate reported. The homeless man, identified as 30-year-old Mohamed Boumazzaourn, said that the car had tried to run him over, but the officer disputed this claim, according to th…

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