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Stamford Man Nabbed With Gun After Tip From Resident, Police Say Stamford Man Nabbed With Gun After Tip From Resident, Police Say
Stamford Man Nabbed With Gun After Tip From Resident, Police Say An 18-year-old Fairfield County man was allegedly busted with a gun he carried in a fanny pack after police received a tip. Mardochee Voltaire, of Stamford, was charged on Wednesday, Aug. 23, after members of the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit received information from a resident. According to Stamford Police Assistant Chief Richard Conklin, the tip said Voltaire was in possession of an illegal firearm inside a fanny pack that he carried daily in the area of 80 Spruce St. After receiving the tip, agents conducted surveillance of Voltaire as he walked from Stillwater Av…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police: Officers Injured After Fairfield County Man Tries To Ram Their Cars During Drug Bust Police: Officers Injured After Fairfield County Man Tries To Ram Their Cars During Drug Bust
Police: Officers Injured After Fairfield County Man Tries To Ram Their Cars During Drug Bust Two police officers from the region were injured during the takedown of an area drug dealer. Alfonso “Heat” Lewis, age 37, of Stamford, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 28, as part of a weeks-long investigation into drug sales in the city's West Side neighborhood, said Captain Richard Conklin, of the Stamford Police. Conklin, who said Lewis was well known to police for past arrests for drugs and assaults, said as part of the investigation, the department had received a warrant for Lewis' arrest and warrants for his home and vehicle. On Thursday evening, police followed Lewis to a suspected d…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Stamford Convicted Felon Nabbed With Gun Stamford Convicted Felon Nabbed With Gun
Stamford Convicted Felon Nabbed With Gun Stamford Police nabbed a local man, who served four years of a 14-year sentence for shooting another man, with a gun while walking down the street, according to police. Jahmar aka "Red Hot" Rhyne, 28, of Stamford, was arrested around 1 p.m. Saturday on Spruce Street after off-duty Stamford Police Officer Matt Linnehan received information Rhyne was carrying a weapon and alerted on-duty officers of his whereabouts, said Capt. Richard Conklin.   Officers from the Narcotics Squad responded and stopped Rhyne and found he was carrying a 22 caliber two-shot Remmington in his underwear, …

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by Kathy Reakes