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Parking Lot Drug Bust Leads Police To Gun Inside Danbury Housing Authority Apartment
A drug sale in a Connecticut parking lot led police to crack cocaine and a gun inside a housing authority apartment, investigators said.
Patricia Saunders, 59, of Danbury, and Ronald Reiske Jr., 49, of Brookfield, were arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 22, after a month-long investigation into drug sales in Danbury, authorities said. The DEA’s Bridgeport office assisted.
Police said detectives watched Saunders leave her apartment at 7 Fairfield Ridge in Danbury and drive to 72 South St., where they saw her make a drug sale. Officers took Saunders and Reiske into custody without incident.
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Hartford Man Admits Shooting, Killing Acquaintance After Dispute In NY Apartment: DA
More than five years after a 24-year-old man was shot multiple times inside a Westchester County, NY apartment building, the Connecticut man accused of killing him has admitted to murder.
Hartford resident Claismar Abreu Then, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Thursday, Sept. 24, in Westchester County Court, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 25.
The conviction stems from the killing of Yonkers resident Joseph Pichardo, who was shot inside an apartment building on Fairview Street on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
At around 10:03 p.m…
Accused Penn State Cocaine Ringleader Pushes For Later Trial Date: Court Docs
The accused leader of a cocaine trafficking operation tied to Penn State students and two fraternity houses is pushing to take his case before a Centre County jury in December after being held for court, court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Sept. 22 show.
Agostino Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury, previously of Carle Place, New York, was held for further proceedings following a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to a motion filed by his attorney, Philip M. Masorti.
His formal arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 30, but Abbatiello intends to waive that a…
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NJ Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell Resigns Following Sexual Harassment, Ethics Findings
Dale Caldwell is stepping down.
New Jersey's lieutenant governor, hand-picked by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, resigned from his post on Friday afternoon, Sept. 25, following the release of a 61-page report detailing his inappropriate behavior with women, the governor announced at a press conference.
Caldwell is accused of making sexual remark to a female staffer, requesting staff help him find a "first lady," and a comment that having two female staffers "one on each arm" made him look good, according to the report, released on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Caldwell improperly brought personal gue…
Man Shot Twice In Trump Assassination Attempt In PA Dies 2 Years Later
A Pennsylvania man who survived being shot twice during the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has died two years after the attack.
James “Jim” Copenhaver, 76, of Moon Township, Allegheny County, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to the Republican Committee of Allegheny County. His death was announced publicly Thursday, Sept. 24, by U.S. House Republicans. A cause of death has not been released.
Copenhaver was among the spectators at the Butler Farm Show grounds on July 13, 2024, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from the roof of a nearby building …
Victim Describes Painful Toll Of Sexual Assault And Trial At Southington Man’s Sentencing
A Connecticut man was sentenced to more than three years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a minor he met through Snapchat, prosecutors said.
Cody Cutler, 28, of Southington, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 23, by Judge Tejas Bhatt, who handed down a10-year prison sentence, suspended after 40 months, followed by 10 years of probation, state prosecutors said.
The assault took place on Dec. 18, 2020, according to the Tolland State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Cutler used Snapchat to meet the victim before assaulting her. She reported the assault r…
Naked, Drugged-Up CT Man Caught At I-684 Rest Area With Meth, Other Drugs: Police
A naked Connecticut man who police said showed signs of drug impairment at an I-684 rest area in Northern Westchester was caught with methamphetamine and other drugs in his vehicle, authorities announced.
Virgil J. Naveda, 56, of Darien, Connecticut, was arrested during an incident at the Bedford Service Area on southbound I-684 at around 3:24 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, New York State Police said on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Troopers had been called to the rest area for a report of public lewdness and found Naveda naked and exhibiting signs of impairment, according to the agency.
After con…
Enfield Man Forced Wethersfield Motel Clerk Into Office At Gunpoint During Robbery: Cops
A Connecticut man faces kidnapping and robbery charges after two armed men forced a clerk into an office during a robbery at a Wethersfield motel, police said.
Francisco Perez, 45, of Enfield, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 22, in connection with the July 28 robbery at the Motel 6 on Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield police said.
Officers went to the motel around 10:16 p.m. after someone reported that two masked men entered the lobby, jumped the counter, and demanded cash from the clerk, police said.
The men forced the clerk into a back office at gunpoint and assaulted them, autho…
