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Vigil Canceled For Westchester Native Who Jumped To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage Vigil Canceled For Westchester Native Who Jumped To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage
Vigil Canceled For Westchester Native Who Jumped To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage A vigil that was planned for Danbury Fair Mall in memory of a high school student who died after jumping from the fifth floor of the parking garage there has been canceled due to concerns of unduly influencing other teens.  Hailey Nailor, 16, a Westchester native who lived in Danbury, had reportedly contemplated her decision to jump or not while on Snapchat. "It's really a tragedy," said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. The vigil, which was planned for Saturday, Feb. 16 by her friend Maria Garcia of Putnam as a way to show that Hailey had been loved, was canceled after Garc…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
HS Student, 16, Jumps To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage HS Student, 16, Jumps To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage
HS Student, 16, Jumps To Her Death From Danbury Mall Parking Garage This story has been updated. A 16-year-old girl jumped to her death from the fifth floor of the Danbury Fair Mall parking garage Saturday afternoon. The teen, identified as Danbury High School student Hailey Nailor, had reportedly contemplated her decision to jump or not while on Snapchat. She, unfortunately, decided to jump. "It's really a tragedy," said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. "We are investigating, but it appears to be a suicide." According to News-Times, the teen had been committed to the Danbury Hospital psychiatric unit just 24 hours before, said her father Kevin…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Child-Care Worker Accused Of Force-Feeding Infant, Greenwich Police Say Child-Care Worker Accused Of Force-Feeding Infant, Greenwich Police Say
Child-Care Worker Accused Of Force-Feeding Infant, Greenwich Police Say A 56-year-old child-care worker has been arrested for allegedly force-feeding an infant at a daycare center. Karen Von Tobel of Greenwich was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 12, following a months-long investigation by the Greenwich Police Department's Special Victim's Unit, said Capt. Robert Berry. Police were first notified on Oct. 23 by a caseworker from the Department of Children and Families of an incident that had taken place on Oct. 16, at a childcare facility in Greenwich, Berry said. Von Tobel had allegedly forced fed the 17-month-old child causing the child to cry and choke, he added. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman With Westchester Residence Charged With Abducting Daughter Woman With Westchester Residence Charged With Abducting Daughter
Woman With Westchester Residence Charged With Abducting Daughter Karin Wolf, a founder of the Women's Civil Liberties Union, was charged by Glen Rock police with abducting her 14-year-old daughter after a search led to her capture in Connecticut. Police in Torrington seized the 46-year-old Wolf, a onetime Glen Rock resident who has addresses in Westchester and Connecticut, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Glen Rock police united for the nine-day search with their colleagues in North Carolina, Virginia and Connecticut, Ackerman said. She was being held in the York Women’s prison, pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges in Glen…

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by Jerry DeMarco