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Here's a look at the top stories in the area over the last week:
The Ridgefield Police Department offered cash payments to residents who turned in a firearm or ammunition at a gun buyback program at the Town Highway Department. Everything collected will be turned over to the state police to be destroyed.
Dr. Patrick Broderick, a 56-year-old emergency room physician, accidentally broke a finger off a statue of the Virgin Mary in a museum in Italy while measuring his hand against the marble sculpture.
Ridgefield police Officer Jorge Romero, who shot and killed John Valluzzo, 75, during a reported domestic dispute at the man's home on Ridgebury Road in May, continues to be on paid leave while the State Police investigates.
Ridgefield’s Leah Rosenfeld ran to a gold medal in the Maccabiah Games in the 3,000 meters last month. It was her first individual gold medal in her three trips to the quadrennial competition among Jewish athletes in Israel.
An employee at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a ward because of a relationship he had with an inmate. Steven Wolff worked as a utilities systems repair operator foreman. He now faces a maximum prison term of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000.
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