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Mexican Nationals Sentenced For Drug Ring Involving Westchester, Fairfield Counties Mexican Nationals Sentenced For Drug Ring Involving Westchester, Fairfield Counties
Mexican Nationals Sentenced For Drug Ring Involving Westchester, Fairfield Counties A pair of Mexican nationals living in Fairfield County illegally have been sentenced in Bridgeport federal court for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that brought cocaine and methamphetamine to and from New York and Connecticut. Jaime Lopez, 37, and his brother, Rafael Lopez-Macias, 46, both citizens of Mexico last known to be living in Norwalk who were involved in drug trafficking have been sentenced in Bridgeport federal court, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Lopez-Macias received a term of 120 months in prison after pleading guilty in March to one count of possession wit…

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Mexican National Admits To Trafficking Cocaine, Meth Out Of Westchester Mexican National Admits To Trafficking Cocaine, Meth Out Of Westchester
Mexican National Admits To Trafficking Cocaine, Meth Out Of Westchester A Mexican national living in Fairfield County illegally has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking operation that brought cocaine and methamphetamine from New York into Connecticut. Jaime Lopez, 37, a citizen of Mexico last known to live in Norwalk pleaded guilty in district court in Bridgeport this week to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of reentry of a removed alien. Between March and June last year, Lopez conspired with his brother, Rafael Lopez-Macias and others to traffic large quantities of c…

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by Zak Failla
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State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area
State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area Two days after the shooting death of an area man by a state trooper, the state Attorney General's Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit has announced is taking over the investigation of the incident. Jaime Lopez, 41, of Stanfordville, was shot around 11 a.m. Tuesday after state police responded to a restaurant he owned called Coyote Flaco, for a menacing call, according to New York State Police. Once on scene, officers found Lopez intoxicated, armed with a knife next to the driver’s door of a vehicle occupied by a woman, who was later identified as his wife. During the troopers’ int…

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by Kathy Reakes
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IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting
IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting The identities have been released of both the suspect killed and the state trooper in an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Tuesday morning in the area. The incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Dutchess County on Route 82 in Stanfordville, state police said. The police response came after state police received a call that an intoxicated individual, armed with a knife, was threatening a woman at the Coyote Flaco Restaurant. Trooper Katherine Gorey responded to the location and encountered Jaime Lopez, 41, of Stanfordville, next to the driver’s door of a vehi…

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by Joe Lombardi