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This Fairfield County Locale Just Ranked Safest In State This Fairfield County Locale Just Ranked Safest In State This Fairfield County Locale Just Ranked Safest In State
This Fairfield County Locale Just Ranked Safest In State This Fairfield County community was ranked first as the "Safest City in Connecticut," according to a recent analysis of FBI crime statistics by safewise.com Darien was the top-ranked Connecticut community and was rated 54th safest nationwide.  Ridgefield ranked second safest city in Connecticut and 61st nationwide.   Newtown was ranked third in the state and was the 67th safest city natiowide, according to Safewise. With a violent crime rate 42 percent lower than the national average, Connecticut is lauded as one of the safest states in America, but its leaders aren’t sitting id…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized 19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized 19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized
19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized Nineteen people including 16 from Connecticut were charged on Thursday, April 26 for trafficking cocaine and heroine, according to U.S. Justice Department officials. The other three suspects are from California, Mexico and Puerto Rico, federal prosecutors said.  Seventeen of the 19 defendants were arrested on Wednesday: one defendant is in state custody, and one defendant is in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Michigan. This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task Force, FBI and New Haven Police Department that has included t…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource has invested $80 million in tree-trimming projects across 4,000 miles of electric lines in Connecticut this year. That money will help the company remove hazardous trees to make the Eversource service more reliable to customers, the utility said in a news release. In addition to safety and power reliability, Eversource cited another reason to trim the trees: The company says it plans to get rid of problematic trees that were ravaged by gypsy moth caterpillars and emerald ash borers beetles. “The drought plaguing the region over the last several years may have ended, but the effe…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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$1.5M Settlement For Family Of Fairfield County Novelist Killed In Crash $1.5M Settlement For Family Of Fairfield County Novelist Killed In Crash $1.5M Settlement For Family Of Fairfield County Novelist Killed In Crash
$1.5M Settlement For Family Of Fairfield County Novelist Killed In Crash The wife of a Fairfield County novelist who died in a July 2017 auto crash has received a $1.5 million settlement after suing the driver who crossed the center lane hitting his vehicle head-on. The settlement was reached earlier this week in Superior Court on behalf of Jill Kwochka of Shelton, for the death of her husband, John Kwochka, said Kwochka's attorney, Tom Ganim of Bridgeport.  "This loss was a true tragedy to all who knew and loved John Kwochka," said Ganim. "He was, by all accounts, an exceptional man. His family is devastated. Noting will bring John back but we ho…

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by Kathy Reakes
Bridgeport, CT
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Man Who Illegally Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Bridgeport Man Who Illegally Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Bridgeport Man Who Illegally Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Bridgeport
Man Who Illegally Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Bridgeport A man who illegally collected and shipped endangered snakes to his Connecticut house was sentenced to three years' probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport. William Carl Bartlett, 66, of Eastpoint, Florida and formerly Cheshire, Conn., was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 300 hours of community service. Prosecutors say Bartlett, a snake and reptile collector, shipped 10 kingsnakes from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Connecticut  in violation of that state’s laws in 2012. He also collected two kingsnakes from the Outer Banks to breed them in C…

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by Cecilia Levine
Westport, CT
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Man Taken Into Custody For Writing Bad $5K Check In Westport Man Taken Into Custody For Writing Bad $5K Check In Westport Man Taken Into Custody For Writing Bad $5K Check In Westport
Man Taken Into Custody For Writing Bad $5K Check In Westport A Fairfield County man who was wanted for writing a bad $5,000 check to a Westport resident was tracked down by police over the weekend and taken into custody. An investigation was launched late last year, when Cheshire resident Jonathan Martin, 36, allegedly wrote a Westport resident the bad check, and after several unsuccessful attempts to collect the monies due, Martin’s victim filed a police report on Oct. 6 last year, which led to a warrant for his arrest. Police said that on Friday, Feb. 23, with an assist from the Cheshire Police Department, Martin was taken into custody, arrested a…

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by Zak Failla
Bridgeport, CT
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How Much Did You Get? Up To A Foot Of Snow Falls In Fairfield County How Much Did You Get? Up To A Foot Of Snow Falls In Fairfield County How Much Did You Get? Up To A Foot Of Snow Falls In Fairfield County
How Much Did You Get? Up To A Foot Of Snow Falls In Fairfield County Updated: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — When you looked outside Thursday, all you could likely see was blowing snow and giant piles of the white stuff.  But very few people want to trudge out into the storm with a ruler to measure how much snow had fallen across Fairfield County. And as it turns out, some of the snow totals were higher than expected from the nor'easter. A few locations in Connecticut recorded over a foot of snow. Here are some unofficial measurements recorded by spotters and other observers, compiled by the National Weather Service, for parts of Fairfield County: Stratford: 13…

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by Casey Donahue