Danbury restaurant owner pleads guilty to tax evasion
A Danbury restaurant owner pleaded guilty to tax evasion on Tuesday after failing to report about $2.65 million in receipts to the IRS, according to the office of U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre...
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Case continued for Bethel teacher charged with sex assault
Former Bethel elementary school teacher Brian Stroh, represented by Attorney Kevin Chamberlin, left, appeared in Danbury Superior Court Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Photo: Carol Kaliff The former Bethel...
View ArticleDryer ignites fire at Danbury home
DANBURY – A laundry dryer caught fire in the lower level of a four-unit building at Westwood Village condos Tuesday afternoon, a Danbury Fire Department official said. While fire crews were en route to...
View ArticleNew Milford man arrested for DUI
NEW MILFORD — A 21 year old local man is facing drunken driving charges. Jerel Reid, 21, of Paper Mill Road, New Milford was arrested Monday about 11:12 p.m. on a warrant with charges of driving under...
View ArticleDanbury man killed in N.Y. crash
A Danbury man died Tuesday night after crashing his car into a tree on Interstate 684 in Southeast, N.Y., police said. The driver was identified as 37-year-old Israel Albarracin, a New York State...
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New Milford man owns “Danny Collins” letter
Frank Weller, the owner of the original letter Al Pacino’s new film is based on at his horse rescue farm. Al Pacino’s newest film, Danny Collins, is based on a true story about a letter written by John...
View ArticleBridge St, New Milford one-lane traffic
NEW MILFORD — The Connecticut DOT and Eversource are removing several utility poles and moving signal wires on Bridge Street today from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Public Works asks drivers to use Still River...
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Newtown High-Schools have one week to apply for $1,000 scholarship
NEWTOWN – High-schoolers planning to study an art-related field in college have until April 22 to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission. Two scholarships are...
View ArticleFuneral set for Danbury teen killed in crash
DANBURY – The family of the 17-year-old driver killed in a one-car crash in Danbury over the weekend will receive friends at St. Peter Church on Thursday from 4:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Fausto “Junior” De...
View ArticleCops: Woman punched in the face at Danbury bar
A Danbury man was arrested Sunday after he accidentally punched a woman at Cowboy’s Café, police said. As dispatchers received several 911 calls from the Wildman Street bar at about 9:30 p.m., they...
View ArticlePolice: Man caught with heroin outside Danbury university
Probation officers arrested a Danbury man Monday afternoon after he was found with heroin and needles, police said. The officers were walking on White Street just before 3 p.m. when they saw a man who...
View ArticleTeen charged with selling pot at Danbury park
An 18-year-old Danbury man was arrested during a drug deal at Tarrywile Park Tuesday afternoon, police said. Police detectives were conducting a surveillance in the upper parking lot of the park at...
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Tim McGraw tickets go on sale Friday for Sandy Hook Promise Concert
NEWTOWN – Tickets for a July 17 Tim McGraw concert to Benefit Sandy Hook Promise to on sale Friday. Tickets for the Xfinity Theatre concert go on sale on at 10 a.m. http://bit.ly/1DZ4bCS. Proceeds...
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McGraw to gun rights critics: I’m doing the Sandy Hook Promise concert
NEWTOWN – Country music star Tim McGraw, facing criticism from gun rights advocates about his decision to play a concert in July to benefit Sandy Hook Promise, defended his decision Thursday. “As a gun...
View ArticleFire in Bethel home brought under control
BETHEL — Firefighters were dispatched to Pound Sweet Hill on a report of a fire in a wood frame home on Thursday night. The one-alarm blaze was reported at about 10 p.m., according to scanner reports....
View ArticleHandyman charged with swiping $100k in jewelry in Ridgefield
RIDGEFIELD — A handyman was arrested Tuesday after investigators found that he stole more than $100,000 in jewelry from a Ridgefield home, police said. Edwin Medina, 34, of Hoyt St., Danbury, turned...
View ArticleDriver in Brookfield crash charged with DUI
A Brookfield woman was arrested last week following a one-car accident on Stony Hill Road, police said. Debra Marafiote, 54, of Carriage House Lane, drove off of the roadway near a curve at about 10:30...
View ArticleCops: Danbury woman threatened people with a razor
Danbury police arrested a woman they said was threatening to cut people near a crowded bus station Thursday afternoon. Officers were called at about 4:30 p.m. to the area of 2 Kennedy Ave., where a...
View ArticleBank robber & wife face risk of injury charges
NEW MILFORD – Curt Jones, 39, and his wife, Jesse L. Annunziata, 35, are facing risk of injury and possession of drug paraphernalia charges after police searched their Jotham Road home in the...
View ArticleNew Hampshire woman chared with DUI
NEWTOWN — A 53 year old New Hampshire woman is facing drunken driving charges following a two car collision on Wasserman Way in Newtown. Cheryl H. Hodgdon, of Croydon, N. H. was arrested April 16 when...
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