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Westchester Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95: Police Westchester Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95: Police
Westchester Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95: Police A Westchester man faces assault charges after striking the driver of the vehicle they were both in while traveling on a highway in Fairfield County, police said.  The incident happened on Thursday, July 27 around 5:50 p.m., when Connecticut State Police received numerous 911 calls that reported an active assault occurring inside a Jeep traveling on Interstate 95 northbound in Greenwich in the area of Exit 5.  According to state police, the callers told troopers that the male passenger inside the Jeep was striking the driver, who was yelling to passing cars that they needed help.&n…

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by Ben Crnic
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Fairfield County Man Nabbed In Online Sex Chat Sting With Minor, Police Say Fairfield County Man Nabbed In Online Sex Chat Sting With Minor, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Nabbed In Online Sex Chat Sting With Minor, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been charged with allegedly attempting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in an online sex chat sting run by the police. David Boyd Rewcastle, age 59, of Darien, was arrested on Friday, Sept. 23, by Greenwich Police. According to Greenwich Police, for over a week, the Greenwich Police Department's Special Victims Section conducted an undercover operation where a detective pretended to be a 14-year-old girl from Greenwich and was eventually befriended by Rewcastle. Over the course of the investigation Rewcastle began to steer the conversation as they became more …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Resident Accused Of Assaulting Another Man At Fairfield County Shopping Center Hudson Valley Resident Accused Of Assaulting Another Man At Fairfield County Shopping Center
Hudson Valley Resident Accused Of Assaulting Another Man At Fairfield County Shopping Center A Hudson Valley man was arrested for assault after allegedly attacking another man at a Fairfield County shopping center. Rockland County resident Dane Kurt Fender, 31, of Garnerville, was arrested on Saturday, Dec. 19 by Greenwich Police at the Riverside Commons Shopping Center, Riverside, said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella. According to Zuccerella, Greenwich Police responded to the shopping center on a report of two men fighting. When they arrived on the scene, an investigation found that Fender had allegedly pushed his way past a pregnant woman in order to assault another man by tackl…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Former Area Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Minor Former Area Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Minor
Former Area Priest Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Minor A former Fairfield County priest remains behind bars after turning himself in to police for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. The Rev. Jaime Marin-Cardona, 51, has been charged with three counts of illegal sexual contact, three counts of sexual assault and of risk of injury to a child, said the Diocese of Bridgeport. According to the diocese, Marin-Cardona was removed from ministry in September 2019, after the diocese received a letter from the minor's parents voicing concerns about his contact with a family member. Bishop Frank J. Caggiano said most recently Marin-Cardona served at&n…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester Man Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Juvenile Westchester Man Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Juvenile
Westchester Man Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Juvenile A Westchester man wanted for the sexual assault of a minor has been extradited back to Fairfield County after being picked up by the FBI. Leland Robinson, 31, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 6, on a warrant out of New Canaan for the alleged sexual assault of a juvenile, said, Lt. Jason Ferraro of the New Canaan Police. Robinson was first arrested by New Canaan Police in October of last year when officers responded to a home for a report of a suspicious man in a driveway. When New Canaan Police made contact with the man, later learned to be Robinson, he provided police with a …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Westchester Girl Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Westchester Girl
Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Westchester Girl A Fairfield County man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl from Westchester temporarily staying with his family has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport Superior Court. Gusatvo Salazar, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child after abusing a 15-year-old from Port Chester who was staying with his family in Bridgeport while attending an area high school. According to police, Salazar forced the teen to watch porn with him and then ordered her to perform the acts she had just seen in the movies on him. When she returned back to Port Chester, she t…

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by Zak Failla
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Bedford Woman Violates Protective Order In Front Of Child, Police Say Bedford Woman Violates Protective Order In Front Of Child, Police Say
Bedford Woman Violates Protective Order In Front Of Child, Police Say A woman from Northern Westchester is facing charges after she allegedly violated her protective order in front of a child, police say. Greenwich Police responded to a residence in the Back County section of Greenwich on the report of a person displaying disorderly conduct on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Police say 44-year-old Carmen Santos of Bedford violated the conditions of a protective order in the presence of a minor child. Police obtained an arrest warrant, and Santos turned herself in to Greenwich Police Headquarters on Sunday, March 3 around 7 a.m. Santos faces the following charges: Risk…

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by Valerie Musson
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Westchester Man Grabs Woman By Neck In Front Of Child, Takes Her Vehicle In CT, Police Say Westchester Man Grabs Woman By Neck In Front Of Child, Takes Her Vehicle In CT, Police Say
Westchester Man Grabs Woman By Neck In Front Of Child, Takes Her Vehicle In CT, Police Say A 33-year-old Westchester man was arrested after grabbing a woman by the neck in front of her child while forcibly taking her car keys in Connecticut. Darel Franklin of Port Chester was arrested on Saturday by Milford Police after receiving a report of a domestic dispute, said the Milford Police Department. He later allegedly took the victim's vehicle without her permission. Franklin was charged with disorderly conduct, robbery, larceny, assault, and risk of injury to a child.  He is being held on $75,000 bond. 

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Sexually Assaults Girl At Area Service Plaza, Police Say Man Sexually Assaults Girl At Area Service Plaza, Police Say
Man Sexually Assaults Girl At Area Service Plaza, Police Say A 41-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in the berth of his tractor-trailer while stopped at a Fairfield Service Plaza on I-95, Connecticut State Police said. Chad J. Harris of Sanford, Maine, was arrested Friday while on an Amtrak train that passed through New Haven with the assistance of Amtrak Police, said Connecticut State Police. The case against Harris began in January when the Stratford Police Department received a call from the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office in Maine, regarding the sexual assault of a female juvenile, state police said. The girl t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Caring For Toddler Charged With Drug Dealing In Area Man Caring For Toddler Charged With Drug Dealing In Area
Man Caring For Toddler Charged With Drug Dealing In Area A weekslong investigation into drug sales throughout the Danbury area led to the arrest of a 25-year-old man who was caring for a 20-month-old child when he was apprehended, police said. The man, Ryan Santos of New Milford, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 14 for a variety of drug offenses after members of the Special Investigations Division and Patrol executed a search and seizure warrant issued for his person, car and phone. Because he was caring for the toddler at the time of his arrest, he was also charged with risk of injury to a child, Danbury Police said. The investigation was initiate…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Man Admits To Internet Sex Scheme Involving Minors Area Man Admits To Internet Sex Scheme Involving Minors
Area Man Admits To Internet Sex Scheme Involving Minors A Putnam County man has been given a suspended sentence for attempting to entice a 16-year-old Fairfield County boy to have sex with him online. Garrison resident Dylan Quinn, 25, pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a child last week and has been sentenced to a suspended seven-year term, followed by five years of probation. Quinn must also undergo sex offender treatment and cannot have unsupervised contacts with minors. Last year, Quinn turned himself into Stratford Police custody after the department’s Youth Bureau determined that he had contacted the teen through a social networking site,…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Hits Roommate In Face With Hammer, Stamford Police Say Man Hits Roommate In Face With Hammer, Stamford Police Say
Man Hits Roommate In Face With Hammer, Stamford Police Say A man was arrested for attacking his rooming house neighbor with a hammer in the face, breaking bones, according to the Stamford Police. Rocael Perez-Godoy, 36, was arrest around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after police received a report of an attack at a West Side rooming house on Oak Hill Street, said Sgt. Kenneth Jarrett. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the victim washing his face in the kitchen sink and with several fractured bones in his face, Jarrett said. The 47-year-old victim told police he was sitting in the kitchen talking with other residents when Perez-Godoy came out scre…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged In Violent Assaults Of Mother Of His Son In Stamford Man Charged In Violent Assaults Of Mother Of His Son In Stamford
Man Charged In Violent Assaults Of Mother Of His Son In Stamford An undocumented Haitian man is behind bars for several brutal assaults on his girlfriend after she attempted to break up with him. Waking Noel, 34, of Seaton Road, Stamford, is being held in lieu of a $100,000 after he was charged with assaulting the mother of his two-year-old child in February, said Sgt. Jennifer Lynch. "He punched, kicked, hit and seriously injured the woman on two occasions," Lynch said.  The woman, who attempted to break-up with Noel in February, reported the first attack to police on Feb. 22 when he pushed her and took her cellphone, police said. Noel retur…

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by Kathy Reakes