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20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings 20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings
20-Year-Old Reputed Gang Member Admits To Role In Drug Dealing, Shootings A 20-year-old reputed gang member from the area has admitted to his role in selling drugs and his involvement in a pair of gang-related shooting incidents. Milton “Reese” Westley, of New Haven, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to a federal racketeering charge stemming from his role as a member of the Goodrich Street Boys in New Haven. For years, the New Haven Police Department’s Shooting Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been investigating more than three dozen unsolved shootings in New Haven and Hamden. Officials said tha…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Attempted Murder Suspect Nabbed In 2017 Norwalk Shooting Attempted Murder Suspect Nabbed In 2017 Norwalk Shooting
Attempted Murder Suspect Nabbed In 2017 Norwalk Shooting Nearly a year after a violent shooting in Norwalk, a suspect has been apprehended who is facing an attempted murder charge after leaving his victim lying in the roadway with several gunshot wounds, police said. Officers from the Norwalk Police Department were dispatched to Plymouth Avenue at approximately 11 a.m. on July 9 last year, where there was a reported shooting. Upon arrival at the scene, officers found a man near the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, with the suspect fleeing before law enforcement arrived. The man was transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment o…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Man, 22, Repeatedly Stabbed Ex-Girlfriend, Stratford PD Says Bridgeport Man, 22, Repeatedly Stabbed Ex-Girlfriend, Stratford PD Says
Bridgeport Man, 22, Repeatedly Stabbed Ex-Girlfriend, Stratford PD Says Stratford police nabbed a Bridgeport man for attempted murder after he repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend, according to the Stratford Police. Mark Febres, 22, was charged Thursday, Feb. 15, with criminal attempt at murder, assault, three counts of risk of injury to a minor, home invasion and violation of a protective order, after breaking into his girlfriend's West Board Street home, police said. During the attack, Febres attacked the woman, stabbing her several times, before fleeing the scene, police said. He was captured by police a short distance away on Vernon Street, where he was taken…

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by Kathy Reakes