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Three-Hour Lockdown Ends As WestConn Declared Safe Three-Hour Lockdown Ends As WestConn Declared Safe
Three-Hour Lockdown Ends As WestConn Declared Safe Update: A three-hour lockdown ended at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury after the campus was declared to be safe following a report of a man with a gun in the Visual & Performing Arts Center. The declaration came after a search by police officers and a SWAT team. Students no longer needed to shelter in place, but police are continuing to investigate the campus, WCSU said just after 5 p.m. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day. Original report: A report of a man with a gun in the Visual & Performing Arts Center has prompted a lockdown at Western C…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Stephen Meskers' Historic House Win In Greenwich Among Most Noteworthy Results Statewide Stephen Meskers' Historic House Win In Greenwich Among Most Noteworthy Results Statewide
Stephen Meskers' Historic House Win In Greenwich Among Most Noteworthy Results Statewide A 60-year-old newcomer to state politics marked a first for Connecticut on Election Day. On Nov. 6, Stephen Meskers became the first Democrat to win the 150th District House seat since 1912. In last week's election, Meskers edged Republican Rep. Michael Bocchino in a legislative district that represents much of Greenwich. He brings public fiscal experience to his new statehouse job after active membership for 14 years as a town representative in Greenwich, serving as vice chair of the RTM's Education Committee. What makes Meskers victory even more noteworthy is that the 150th District…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
First Asian-American, 'Activist' Attorney General Elected To Statewide Office In Connecticut First Asian-American, 'Activist' Attorney General Elected To Statewide Office In Connecticut
First Asian-American, 'Activist' Attorney General Elected To Statewide Office In Connecticut A 45-year-old state representative from Stamford who grew up in the Hartford area marked another first for Connecticut politics on Election Day. William Tong became the first Asian-American in the state's history to win a statewide office with his election as Attorney General. Tong, the son of Chinese immigrants, has served six terms in the Connecticut House.  Not only has Tong spoken out against President Trump's anti-immigrant stances, like banning birthright citizenship, but he has pledged to be an "activist attorney general," meaning he is expected to join other states in lawsuits…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate
How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate Will Haskell, who announced his State Senate candidacy during his senior year of college, ran on a platform of restoring tolls to highways, paid family leave and tougher gun control laws. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 22-year-old Haskell of Westport toppled Toni Boucher of Wilton, a Republican who has served in the state legislature since 1997 including the 26th Senate District — nearly as long as Haskell has been alive. Haskell is a graduate of Staples High School and Georgetown University. For more background about Haskell, read an earlier Daily Voice profile of him by clicking here.  …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Norwalk Teen's Parking Violation Leads To Gun Arrest In Stamford Norwalk Teen's Parking Violation Leads To Gun Arrest In Stamford
Norwalk Teen's Parking Violation Leads To Gun Arrest In Stamford A local teenager was in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong things and is now facing a weapons charge after being busted sleeping in an illegally parked car and fighting officers, police said. Stamford Police Officers Ryan Lee and Robert Bossone were dispatched to a Woodland Avenue home at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, where there was a noise complaint. Once the officers arrived at the home, they found the illegally parked car, with a man sleeping in the driver’s seat. The man - later identified as 19-year-old Norwalk resident Jahvaughn Lee - was woken up after …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Delivery Driver Who Shot Himself In Fairfield Was Not Permitted To Carry Gun, Police Say Delivery Driver Who Shot Himself In Fairfield Was Not Permitted To Carry Gun, Police Say
Delivery Driver Who Shot Himself In Fairfield Was Not Permitted To Carry Gun, Police Say A restaurant delivery driver who accidentally shot himself was not permitted to carry a gun, police said. Fairfield Police found the unidentified 24-year-old Trumbull man around 9:07 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from an employee at Wings Over Fairfield, 2075 Black Rock Turnpike, reporting that a man was shot in the back of the building, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Fairfield police arrived on the scene within seconds and found the man lying on his back in the rear hallway of the restaurant, he said. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Medical Center where he remains in the intensive ca…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Mike Bloomberg Rejoins Democratic Party Mike Bloomberg Rejoins Democratic Party
Mike Bloomberg Rejoins Democratic Party The race for president in 2020 is getting even more interesting. Former three-term New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who owns an estate in Westchester, announced on Instagram and Twitter that he has re-registered as a Democrat, setting up what many political observers anticipate may become a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump, a native New Yorker. Bloomberg's decision was posted here on Instagram. The announcement quickly spread like wildfire among international media outlets on Wednesday, Oct. 10, including an early scoop, of course, by Bloomberg News in this report:  Blo…

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by Jon Craig
News
Woman On Parole, Convicted Felon Nabbed With Heroin, Loaded Gun At Hotel Woman On Parole, Convicted Felon Nabbed With Heroin, Loaded Gun At Hotel
Woman On Parole, Convicted Felon Nabbed With Heroin, Loaded Gun At Hotel A convicted felon on federal probation and a woman on state parole were nabbed with a large amount of heroin and a loaded gun and ammunition during a takedown at a local hotel. The two were busted when the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit received intel that they would be in town to make a large heroin delivery at the notorious Red Carpet Inn, 1209 East Main St., early Friday, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. After receiving the information, agents staked out the area and around 1:30 a.m. Friday, Linwood Cogdell, 30, of Waterbury and Caitlyn Durkin, 30, of Sandy…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Stratford Felon Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearms, Ammo Stratford Felon Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearms, Ammo
Stratford Felon Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearms, Ammo A convicted felon in Fairfield County is heading back behind bars after pleading guilty to menacing a woman and child with illegal weapons in Connecticut. Stratford resident Matthew Petrovitch has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing guns and ammunition, John Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced this week. On Sept. 26 last year, police in Stratford were dispatched to Petrovitch’s home when a woman reported that he had physically assaulted her and threatened her with a gun while she…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
State House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban Proposed By Malloy State House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban Proposed By Malloy
State House Overwhelmingly Passes Bump Stock Ban Proposed By Malloy The Connecticut House overwhelmingly passed a ban that helps disarm automatic weapons.By a vote of 114 to 55, the state's House late on Tuesday, May 1 passed the so-called bump stock ban, according to multiple news reports. Bump stocks are rapid-fire devices that enable guns to fire like automatic weapons. The measure must be approved by the state Senate to become law in Connecticut. Bump stocks were used in the October 2017 shooting at a Las Vegas concert that left 58 people dead and more than 800 others injured. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy proposed the ban earlier this year. Proponen…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Police: Teen With Loaded Gun Refused To Put Hands Up To Stamford Officers Police: Teen With Loaded Gun Refused To Put Hands Up To Stamford Officers
Police: Teen With Loaded Gun Refused To Put Hands Up To Stamford Officers Stamford police said a local teen put residents and himself in danger when he ran from officers with a loaded handgun and then refused to raise his hands when ordered. The unidentified 16-year-old, who police said is a chronic offender with numerous arrests, lead officers on a chase with a loaded semi-automatic pistol on Tuesday after officers attempted to stop him, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. Conklin said members of the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad received information that two boys were carrying a gun on Lawn Avenue. When squad members and uniformed officers spotte…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Who Threatened Area School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say Man Who Threatened Area School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say
Man Who Threatened Area School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say This story has been updated. A 32-year-old man who left a series of threatening phone messages for a staff member at a Rockland County school that he attended in 2002 was arrested after police found nine illegal guns and bump stock at his home on Long Island, the Clarkstown and Suffolk police departments announced Sunday afternoon. The Clarkstown Police Department received a report of a suspicious incident on Saturday, April 14, possibly involving a threat to a staff member, at the Summit School located at 339 N. Broadway in Upper Nyack. The school is for students with emotional and behavio…

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by Joe Lombardi