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Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested for allegedly having a large amount of child pornography on his home and work computers. Michael Newman, age 65, of Westport, turned himself in to Westport Police on Friday, May 21, for a case that began in December 2020, said Lieutenant David Wolf. According to Wolf, Westport Police receive a tip in December that a town resident was possibly downloading child pornography onto his electronic devices.  The detective investigating the matter was able to determine that the IP address of the devices being utilized to download th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wrong-Way I-84 Driver Strikes CT State Trooper, Police Say Wrong-Way I-84 Driver Strikes CT State Trooper, Police Say
Wrong-Way I-84 Driver Strikes CT State Trooper, Police Say A man under the influence driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 led police on a chase which ended when he intentionally struck a state trooper, according to authorities. Michael Newman, age 35, was charged with assaulting a police officer, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and three other offenses. He allegedly struck the trooper at around 2 a.m. Saturday, March 6 in Connecticut near Exit 32 in Southington after police had him boxed in. No injuries were reported, Connecticut State Police said. Newman, of Salt Lake City, Utah, crossed from driving westbound on I-84 to ea…

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by Joe Lombardi