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Man, Woman Nabbed After Stealing Vehicle With Service Dog Inside In Stamford: Police Man, Woman Nabbed After Stealing Vehicle With Service Dog Inside In Stamford: Police
Man, Woman Nabbed After Stealing Vehicle With Service Dog Inside In Stamford: Police A man and woman were apprehended after stealing a vehicle with a service dog inside in Fairfield County. Just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25 in Stamford, officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle on the west side of the city.  The vehicle, which was left running, was stolen from Richmond Hill Avenue. Upon taking the report from the owner, officers learned that the stolen vehicle was occupied by a small service dog. Officers were notified to be on the lookout for the vehicle after taking the report. Later in the day, at approximately 6:35 p.m., an officer …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Fairfield County 9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Fairfield County
9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Fairfield County Nine teens have been issued summonses in connection with a large fight on a city street in Fairfield County. The incident took place in Stamford on Wednesday, Sept. 28 around 12:45 p.m. near the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets. According to Capt. Diedrich Hohn, of the Stamford Police, the department was alerted to a large group of 30 people fighting near the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets. Multiple 911 calls were received however, upon arrival the group had dispersed, and no victims or witnesses were found, Hohn said. "However, that night, and the sub…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Person Struck By Car At Busy Intersection In Fairfield County Person Struck By Car At Busy Intersection In Fairfield County
Person Struck By Car At Busy Intersection In Fairfield County A pedestrian was hit by a car in Fairfield County during the early-morning hours. The crash took place around 6:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 29 on Atlantic and Henry streets in Stamford, police said. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Stamford Police said. The area was closed for an investigation but reopened a short time later. The cause of the crash is being investigated.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Exposed Himself To Female Shoppers In Downtown Stamford Department Stores, Police Say Teen Exposed Himself To Female Shoppers In Downtown Stamford Department Stores, Police Say
Teen Exposed Himself To Female Shoppers In Downtown Stamford Department Stores, Police Say A quick-thinking Stamford police officer was able to apprehend a teen wanted for exposing himself to women in two downtown department stores. The incident took place on Tuesday, Jan. 21, when Stamford Police Officer Luis Velez was patrolling the downtown area when he was alerted to a call of a man exposing himself and masturbating In front of a female customer at a downtown department store, said Stamford Police Capt. Diedrich Hohn. Velez quickly arrived at the store and gathered a description of the man and put it out to responding units. Hohn said Velez was aware that the man matche…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Vacant Garage Burns In South End Of Stamford Vacant Garage Burns In South End Of Stamford
Vacant Garage Burns In South End Of Stamford Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish a blaze that broke out in a vacant Stamford garage. An officer from the Stamford Police Department who was working a traffic detail on the South End shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday, April 29, when he spotted smoke coming from a vacant building on the corner of Dock Street and Atlantic Street. Crews from the Stamford Fire Department responded within minutes, and found that there was a vacant fire in a vacant wood frame garage on Manhattan Street. According to officials, firefighters attacked the fire from the Dock Street side, while others approach…

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by Zak Failla
News
Hundreds Without Power Following Rounds Of Severe Storms Hundreds Without Power Following Rounds Of Severe Storms
Hundreds Without Power Following Rounds Of Severe Storms This story has been updated. As hundreds remained without power following severe storms that swept through the area late Tuesday afternoon and evening, a crash that initially blocked a lane causing gridlock on I-95 Wednesday morning. About 400 are without power in New Canaan as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Eversource. The next-hardest hit municipality, Norwalk, now has just over 100 customers still in the dark. There are 21 customers without power in Wilton and 15 in Darien. The I-95 crash occurred southbound at Atlantic Street in Stamford, with the delays lasting through the morning …

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Threat 'To Blow Up Studio' Made To Steve Wilkos Show In Stamford, Police Say Threat 'To Blow Up Studio' Made To Steve Wilkos Show In Stamford, Police Say
Threat 'To Blow Up Studio' Made To Steve Wilkos Show In Stamford, Police Say A favorite tabloid talk show host whose series is produced in Stamford found himself in the hot seat after his show received an online threat.  Filming at the wild, and sometimes crazy, "Steve Wilkos Show," was halted on Monday after the show received an online threat that said "I'm going to blow up the studio," said Stamford Police Capt. Robert Shawinsky. Police responded with two K-9 dogs and a host of officers to investigate the threat, he said. The studio and offices, located at the Rich Forum Theater
 on Atlantic Street
, was evacuated and swept by officers and dog…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Cocaine Discovered In Stamford Variety Store Search Cocaine Discovered In Stamford Variety Store Search
Cocaine Discovered In Stamford Variety Store Search A Stamford man was nabbed by members of the Stamford Police Department's narc squad while on his way to making a drug deal, according to Stamford Police. Richard Salinas-Gonzalez, 21, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after members of the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad received the information he was on his way to make a drug deal, said Capt. Richard Conklin. Officers with the unit spotted him as a passenger in a car that pulled into a variety shop near Atlantic and Bell streets, Conklin said. The officers followed him into the store and during a search found a bag of cocaine containin…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Fights Off Would-Be Purse Snatcher In Stamford During Broad Daylight Woman Fights Off Would-Be Purse Snatcher In Stamford During Broad Daylight
Woman Fights Off Would-Be Purse Snatcher In Stamford During Broad Daylight A 22-year-old woman managed to fight off a would-be purse-snatcher outside a downtown Stamford bank. According to Stamford Police Sgt. Jennifer Pinto, the woman came out of the Wells Fargo ATM at the corner of Main and Atlantic streets about 4:40 p.m. Monday and was looking at her cell phone when she felt someone trying to pull her purse off her shoulder. The woman turned and saw a teenage male who had grabbed the strap and was trying to get away with the purse. But the woman had other ideas, and pulled back with the tug-of-war moving into the middle of the street, Pinto said.  When the wo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu
Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu STAMFORD, Conn. --  Josh Lira always wanted to open a restaurant. But the best way to do that, he thought, was to first find a following with a food truck.  Which is why fans of his popular truck, Crazy Taco Mex, will be happy to hear Lira has opened an eatery on Atlantic Street in Stamford.  Crazy Taco-Mex Taqueria & Tequila, open since October 2017, features many of the food truck's favorites but is much more extensive, featuring entrees like fajitas, chimichangas, burrito bowls, salads, house specialties and a variety of appetizers.  "Our food is affordable and freshly cooked w…

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by Jeanne Muchnick