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Man Charged With Assaulting 5 Officers, Including From FBI, With His Car In Fairfield County
A Connecticut man has been charged with assaulting five officers, including from the FBI, with his car in Fairfield County.
Litchfield County resident Dennis Lee Waiter, age 32, of Torrington, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 27 for the Tuesday, June 15, 2021 incident in Bridgeport, said US Attorney for the District of Connecticut Vanessa Avery.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, on June 15, 2021, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Department investigating gang-related violence and the potential for a retaliation shooting att…
Dealer In Fairfield County Known As 'Macho' Accused Of Distributing Opioids, Heroin, Cocaine
A Fairfield County man has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for narcotics distribution and ammunition possession offenses.
Luis Martinez, also known as “Macho,” 55, of Stratford, was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 26, to prison time, followed by three years of supervised release, said John Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in the summer of 2017, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Department began investigating individuals who were distributing narcotics in and…
Duo Caught With Thousands Of Dollars In Cash, Drugs In Fairfield County Bust
Two Fairfield County men were found in possession of over $100,000 in counterfeit currency, over a pound of marijuana, more than $84,000 in ill-gotten gains, precious metals, marijuana edibles and quantities of crack and cocaine, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.
The Department said that an investigation by the FBI and Bridgeport Police into gang member 30-year-old Kimani Graham of Bridgeport and his associates, including 31-year-old Akeen Trotter (also known as "Ock" and "A.K."), also of Bridgeport, had been ongoing since May of 2017, and concluded with the issuance of a …
Twins, One Other Nabbed With Guns/Drugs In Area, Police Say
Twin brothers, one of them wanted for shooting a teenager last month, were nabbed along with another man on search warrants following an investigation.
John Tyquin Holman and Johnathan Tyquon Holman, both 27, and Justin Scott, 27, were arrested on Monday, Oct. 7, during a joint operation by the Bridgeport Police Emergency Services Unit and Stratford Police Special Response Team at the PT Barnum Housing Complex, said Stratford Capt. Frank Eannotti.
Stratford detectives along with members of the Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Gang Unit took the three into …
