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Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist
Norwalk Teen Surrenders To Police In Connection To Fatal Crash Involving Stamford Motorcyclist An 18-year-old from Norwalk surrendered to police in connection with a fatal 2018 crash that killed a motorcyclist in Stamford. Justin Foley surrendered himself to the Stamford Police Friday and was charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle following an investigation into the Sept. 23, 2018 crash, said Stamford Police Sgt. Jeffrey Booth. The arrest comes on the heels of an investigation into the deadly crash by the department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad that killed Rene A. Sandoval-Romero, 26, of Stamford, Booth said. The crash took place around 7 p.m. o…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged In Crash That Left Victim Critically Injured In Stamford Man Charged In Crash That Left Victim Critically Injured In Stamford
Man Charged In Crash That Left Victim Critically Injured In Stamford A 22-year-old man driving without a motorcycle license has been charged with reckless driving in connection with a Memorial Day crash in which he T-boned a van. Francisco Diaz Gravez of Stamford turned himself in on Wednesday on a warrant for charges of reckless driving, misuse of plates, no insurance, operating an unregistered vehicle, and driving a motorcycle without a motorcycle license, said Stamford PD Sgt. Andrew Gallagher. The charges come after a lengthy investigation by the department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad into the crash that left the 44-year-old driver of t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Stamford Van Driver Charged In Pedestrian Death Stamford Van Driver Charged In Pedestrian Death
Stamford Van Driver Charged In Pedestrian Death Stamford Police have charged a work van driver with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Lynette Wagner, of Fairfield, while she was walking across Elm Street on her way to work in January. George Christiansen, 29, of Stamford, struck Wagner with his van at the corner of Elm Street and North State Street as the Henkel employee and mother of two walked to work, police said. Sgt. Andrew Gallagher, commander of the Stamford police department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad, said in a press release that a decision to charge Christiansen was made following a three-month inves…

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by Kathy Reakes