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21-Year-Old Tries To Enter Home After Stolen Vehicle Crash In Fairfield County, Police Say 21-Year-Old Tries To Enter Home After Stolen Vehicle Crash In Fairfield County, Police Say
21-Year-Old Tries To Enter Home After Stolen Vehicle Crash In Fairfield County, Police Say A 21-year-old Fairfield County man is behind bars after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle and trying to break into a home to get away. Danbury resident Joao Gabriel Almeida-Bastos was nabbed around 11:30 a.m., Sunday, July 7, on Toddy Hill Road in Newtown. According to Lt. Scott Smith of the Newtown Police, during a routine traffic stop, Almeida-Bastos made a U-turn and accelerated northbound as the officer exited his cruiser. Smith said that the vehicle, which had been stolen in Danbury days earlier, had left the southbound shoulder of the roadway an…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Dean's List Student Killed In Crash Was HS Football Player In Fairfield County Dean's List Student Killed In Crash Was HS Football Player In Fairfield County
Dean's List Student Killed In Crash Was HS Football Player In Fairfield County The 22-year-old Fairfield County college student who died in a vehicle crash was a well-known football and rugby player. Brandon Hensel, of Newtown, was killed around 5 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 28 on Toddy Hill Road in Newtown, according to police. Hensel, who was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer, was discovered on a property on Quarry Ridge Road and was transported by Newtown Ambulance to Danbury Hospital where he died on Monday, March 1, said Newtown PD Lieutenant Aaron Bahamonde. A lifelong resident of Newtown, Hensel was the son of Karen Hensel and the late Kenneth Hensel, Jr, of Sandy Hook.&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County CCSU Student Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash Fairfield County CCSU Student Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
Fairfield County Ccsu Student Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash A 22-year-old Central Connecticut State University student from Fairfield County died after a single-vehicle crash. Brandon Hensel, of Newtown, was killed around 5 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 28 on Toddy Hill Road in Newtown, according to police. Hensel, who was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer, was discovered on a property on Quarry Ridge Road and was transported by Newtown Ambulance to Danbury Hospital where he on Monday, March 1, said Newtown PD Lieutenant Aaron Bahamonde. According to an investigation, Hensel was travel northbound on Todd Hill Road before striking a curbing and traveling off t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged With Stalking, Violating Protection Order In Fairfield County Man Charged With Stalking, Violating Protection Order In Fairfield County
Man Charged With Stalking, Violating Protection Order In Fairfield County A man arrested nearly a dozen times in the past two months is back in police custody after being arrested for the second time in as many weeks for violating an order of protection in Fairfield County. Manchester resident Matthew Hanson, 31, spent Memorial Day behind bars after he was arrested over the weekend in Newtown when he was found lurking outside his victim’s residence during an early morning run-in. Officers from the Newtown Police Department were dispatched at approximately 3 a.m to the area of Toddy Hill Road on Saturday, May 23 near Surrey Trail, where there was a report of an un…

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by Zak Failla