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Teen Duo Nabbed In Newtown For Monroe Burglary, Police Say Teen Duo Nabbed In Newtown For Monroe Burglary, Police Say
Teen Duo Nabbed In Newtown For Monroe Burglary, Police Say Two teens stopped by police have been charged with an alleged burglary in Fairfield County. Authorities say they were spotted by Newtown Police Department officers in a car in the parking lot of a local smoke shop with no headlights and no license plates around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 26. During an investigation, officers uncovered that the two, a 17-year-old juvenile and 19-year-old Marcos Scott, address unknown, had just committed the burglary in Monroe, Newtown Police said. Monroe and Newtown Police continued to investigate and located two illegally possessed firearms inside the vehi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Felon On Probation Stopped While Driving 115 MPH With Loaded Gun On I-95, Police Say Felon On Probation Stopped While Driving 115 MPH With Loaded Gun On I-95, Police Say
Felon On Probation Stopped While Driving 115 MPH With Loaded Gun On I-95, Police Say A Fairfield County man on probation was allegedly busted with a loaded gun after being stopped for driving 115 mph on I-95. Giovanni Candelario, 27, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 9, after his white 2014 Acura IIx20, was spotted traveling in excess of 115 mph and weaving through traffic on Route 8 South, south of Exit 8 in Bridgeport, said the Connecticut State Police. When stopped on I-95, officers found that Candelario had a suspended driver's license and that he was on probation and on the Deadly Weapon Registry, police said. During an investigation, a search, officers fo…

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by Kathy Reakes