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Intoxicated Driver Charged In Deadly CT Hit-And-Run That Killed Moped Rider: Police Intoxicated Driver Charged In Deadly CT Hit-And-Run That Killed Moped Rider: Police
Intoxicated Driver Charged In Deadly CT Hit-And-Run That Killed Moped Rider: Police A Connecticut man is facing serious charges after police say he was under the influence when he crashed into and killed 38-year-old Jose Olavarria before driving away without calling police, authorities said.  Chrishod Johnson, 33, of Norwalk, was arrested on Tuesday, July 29, and accused of the April 13 hit-and-run crash with Olavarria's moped at the West Avenue and Reed Street intersection in Norwalk, police announced.  Original Report: Moped Rider Killed In Norwalk Hit-And-Run Crash Norwalk police received multiple 911 calls just before 4 a.m. to report seeing a…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old CT Man Killed In Bronx Double Murder; Police Searching For Shooter 22-Year-Old CT Man Killed In Bronx Double Murder; Police Searching For Shooter
22-Year-Old CT Man Killed In Bronx Double Murder; Police Searching For Shooter Authorities in New York City have identified a 22-year-old Connecticut man as one of the two victims gunned down in an early morning shooting in the Bronx.  Gabriel Alvarez, of Stratford, was killed in the Throggs Neck neighborhood on Monday, July 28, according to a press release from the New York City Police Department. NYPD officers responded to a 911 call reporting that two men had been shot on Brush Avenue around 6 a.m. They found Alvarez suffering from gunshot wounds to his armpit and shoulder, while 21-year-old Adam Waldropt had been shot in the stomach and buttocks, authori…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT Teen Charged As Adult In Fatal Moped Hit-Run Crash CT Teen Charged As Adult In Fatal Moped Hit-Run Crash
CT Teen Charged As Adult In Fatal Moped Hit-Run Crash Police have arrested a 16-year-old and charged him as an adult after they say he fatally crashed into a 25-year-old father and sped away, authorities said.  Antony Gutierrez Silva, 16, was behind the wheel of the car that struck Juan Otilio Tista Tista around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, near Post Road and South Benson Road in Fairfield, police said.  Silva drove away from the crash without helping, but police soon tracked him down to his Bridgeport home.  Tista Tista died at an area hospital soon after the crash.  Tista Tista, a 25-year-old Bridgeport husband and fat…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
Husband, Father ID'd As Rider Killed In Hit-Run Crash Husband, Father ID'd As Rider Killed In Hit-Run Crash
Husband, Father ID'd As Rider Killed In Hit-Run Crash Authorities have identified the 25-year-old Bridgeport man who was struck and killed while riding his moped in Fairfield over the weekend as Juan Otilio Tista Tista, a husband and father. Tista Tista was riding on Post Road near South Benson Road around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, when he was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene, Fairfield police said. Friends said he was driving home from work when the crash happened.  Emergency responders transported Tista Tista to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Fairfield police later located the driver and the vehicle…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Man, 52, Killed in Early Morning Crash; Driver Remains At Scene Man, 52, Killed in Early Morning Crash; Driver Remains At Scene
Man, 52, Killed in Early Morning Crash; Driver Remains At Scene A 52-year-old man was hit and killed riding a moped in Fairfield County early Sunday morning, April 13, authorities said.  Jose Olavarria was hit at the intersection of West Avenue and Reed Street in Norwalk around 3:50 a.m. and rushed to an area hospital, Norwalk police said. Doctors were unable to save his life.  The driver of the car that hit him remained on the scene.  Norwalk police are investigating the crash.  Authorities urge anyone who saw the crash or has any information about it to contact Officer Chris Wasilewski at 203-854-3035 or Cwasilewsk…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
65-Year-Old Killed In CT 2-Vehicle Crash 65-Year-Old Killed In CT 2-Vehicle Crash
65-Year-Old Killed In CT 2-Vehicle Crash A Connecticut resident was killed after he allegedly hit another vehicle, police said. The crash occurred in New Haven County on Tuesday, Aug. 13, in the area of 1061 Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Milford. According to the Milford Police, a preliminary investigation reveals that a vehicle traveling east on Boston Post Road was struck by an Asceno R2/50 moped.  The moped operator, identified as Brian McGrory, age 65, of Milford, was transported to Bridgeport Hospital, where he died.  Anyone with information on this accident, please get in touch with the Milford Police D…

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by Kathy Reakes