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Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Cocaine, Loaded Gun In CT, Police Say Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Cocaine, Loaded Gun In CT, Police Say
Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Cocaine, Loaded Gun In CT, Police Say Two men including an ex-convict were arrested following a major drug investigation that turned up heroin, crack coaine, a significant amount of cash, weapons, and more in Connecticut, police said. Specialized Waterbury officers were patrolling Oak and Howard streets around noon on Feb. 4, when they spotted Riyadh Easley, 33, of Waterbury operating a 2008 Honda Ridgeline, Lt. Ryan Bessette said. At the time, Easley had an active arrest warrant. During further investigation, officers saw Easley exit his vehicle and get into the passenger seat of an unregistered Infiniti QX60. Offic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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42-Year-Old Army Veteran ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver 42-Year-Old Army Veteran ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver
42-Year-Old Army Veteran ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver This story has been updated. An Army veteran has been identified as the man authorities say rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans early on New Year's Day morning, leaving 15 people dead and injuring approximately 35 others. Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, age 42, who was killed in a shootout with police officers after the incident at around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 on Bourbon Street, was a US citizen born in Texas, where he lived at the time of the incident, the FBI said. The Ford truck, rented through an auto sharing company, displayed an ISIS flag on the tr…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Weapons, Drugs In Vehicle During Stop, Police Say Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Weapons, Drugs In Vehicle During Stop, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Weapons, Drugs In Vehicle During Stop, Police Say A Connecticut man was allegedly nabbed with weapons and drugs after police were called to a store for a shopper acting suspiciously. Fairfield County resident Oscar Rosado-Nazario, age 40, of Bridgeport, was charged on Wednesday, Jan. 17 in New Haven County in the Walmart parking lot in Milford. According to Milford Police, an employee at Dick's Sporting Goods called to report a shoplifter that was "acting suspiciously." When police arrived, Rosado-Nazario had already left the store, but the employee described the vehicle he left in. A short while later police said an officer spotted…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Update: Custodian Stops Armed Man Outside CT Elementary School, Officials Say Update: Custodian Stops Armed Man Outside CT Elementary School, Officials Say
Update: Custodian Stops Armed Man Outside CT Elementary School, Officials Say This story has been updated. A Connecticut school custodian is being credited with helping to apprehend a man with a gun outside of an elementary school. The incident took place outside of the Lincoln Bassett Community School at 130 Bassett St, New Haven on Wednesday, Nov. 8 in the morning. In a letter to parents and the community, school officials said the custodian noticed the distraught man, who was carrying a weapon, outside the school and approached him. "He was successful in de-escalating the situation," the letter said.  When New Haven Police arrived on the scene they fo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Wanted Man Found In CT Driving Tractor-Trailer Containing $70K, Loaded Pistol, Police Say Wanted Man Found In CT Driving Tractor-Trailer Containing $70K, Loaded Pistol, Police Say
Wanted Man Found In CT Driving Tractor-Trailer Containing $70K, Loaded Pistol, Police Say A wanted man was taken into custody after police said he was pulled over while driving a tractor-trailer in Connecticut that contained a loaded pistol and $70,000 in cash. State troopers were asked to assist the United States Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force with apprehending 65-year-old John Dahl, of Abbotsford, Wisconsin, at about 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, Connecticut State Police said. Dahl was wanted on an extraditable felony warrant by the New York City Police Department for first-degree criminal sale of a firearm, police reported. Troopers were informed that Dahl w…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Juvenile Apprehended After Reports Of Person Waving Gun Near CT Beach Juvenile Apprehended After Reports Of Person Waving Gun Near CT Beach
Juvenile Apprehended After Reports Of Person Waving Gun Near CT Beach A juvenile has been charged with carrying a dangerous weapon after he was spotted in three different places, including a Connecticut beach, waving a "Tommy" gun. The incidents took place in New Haven County on Tuesday, May 24, and Wednesday, May 25, in Milford. Milford Police first became aware of the teen after receiving a call around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, reporting at a juvenile was walking in the area of Harrison Avenue carrying a "Tommy" gun with a round magazine, said Officer Marilisa Anania, of the Milford Police. Officers responded and checked the area but were unable to locate anyo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed After Police Officer Hit By Car In CT Walmart Shoplifting Incident Trio Nabbed After Police Officer Hit By Car In CT Walmart Shoplifting Incident
Trio Nabbed After Police Officer Hit By Car In CT Walmart Shoplifting Incident A call to police for a shoplifting incident ended with an officer being hit and seriously injured and three people behind bars. The incident began around 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4, when Naugatuck Police were dispatched to Walmart at 1100 New Haven Road to investigate the incident.  A Naugatuck Police officer arrived on the scene and interrupted a suspect attempting to enter a waiting vehicle, said police. The suspect, identified as Francis Ibell, engaged the officer in a brief foot chase before being apprehended, according to the Naugatuck Police. While all this was occurring, the get…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say
Rapper Fetty Wap Trafficked 100 Kilos Of Opioids From NY Across US, Federal Officials Say Rapper Fetty Wap was among six men charged with running an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring out of New York, authorities announced. The rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 28 by FBI agents at Citi Field. An indictment was unsealed on Long Island, in Central Islip federal court, Friday, Oct. 29, charging six men with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including five of them also charged for using weapons in connection to drug trafficking. The six men distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Search Warrant Yields Mulitple Weapons, Drugs Bridgeport Search Warrant Yields Mulitple Weapons, Drugs
Bridgeport Search Warrant Yields Mulitple Weapons, Drugs A Bridgeport man was arrested following a search of his apartment that turned up multiple weapons and drugs following an investigation by the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force. Kareem Porter, 18, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, following the search in which detectives seized three 9mm handguns, a Tri-Star, Glock 17 and an FNP. Both the Tri-Star and Glock 17 were determined to be stolen out of Georgia, said Sgt. Eric J Haglund, spokesman for the Connecticut State Police. Detectives also located 11.1 grams of marijuana, 4.6 grams of crack, 11.2 grams of hero…

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by Kathy Reakes