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Pair Caught With Firearms, Drugs After I-84 Speeding Stop Pair Caught With Firearms, Drugs After I-84 Speeding Stop
Pair Caught With Firearms, Drugs After I-84 Speeding Stop Two men were nabbed by Connecticut State Troopers with guns and drugs during a traffic stop on I-84 on Sunday. The men, Hector G. Martinez, 24, and Robert L. Ruiz, 37, both of Springfield, Mass., were passengers in a Ford Explorer that was stopped around 12:07 p.m. on I-84 in Danbury after a trooper clocked them going 81 miles per hour in a 55 zone, said Trooper First Class Kelly Grant. While speaking with the operator, the trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. A passenger stated that he had smoked marijuana and that he had "blunts in the car,” Gra…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman, 19, Drove Wrong Way On Multiple CT Interstates, Police Say Woman, 19, Drove Wrong Way On Multiple CT Interstates, Police Say
Woman, 19, Drove Wrong Way On Multiple CT Interstates, Police Say Click here for an updated story: Stamford Woman ID'd As Wrong-Way Driver On Multiple CT Interstates A 19-year-old Connecticut woman was busted for driving the wrong way on multiple interstates before being stopped by Connecticut State Troopers. The unidentified woman was arrested by troopers around 4:23 a.m. Sunday after responding to the area of I-84 and I-691 for a report of a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-691, according to Connecticut State Troopers. When spotted by troopers, the woman continued driving the wrong way on I-691, and eventually entered I-84 travel…

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by Kathy Reakes