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Norwalk liquor store shuttered after investigation finds ‘large-scale drug and gambling operations'
A Norwalk liquor store has been shut down indefinitely after authorities found illegal gambling machines and large quantities of illicit drugs on the premises. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on Friday indefinitely suspended Cocchia Liquor Store’s package store and lottery sales licenses, citing a Norwalk Police Department investigation into the retailer’s “large-scale drug and gambling operations” that showed...
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Drugs, illegal gambling machines found at Norwalk liquor store: police
Police said they found drugs and illegal gambling machines when they served warrants at a Norwalk liquor store on Wednesday night. Police said they went to Cocchia’s Liquor Store at 23 Ely Ave. in Norwalk on Wednesday with search and seizure warrants and a federal arrest warrant after receiving information that a man was selling large quantities of cocaine from…
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$50,000 reward being offered for info 14 years after deadly double shooting in Norwalk
A reward is being offered for information about a shooting that killed two people in Norwalk more than a decade ago. Police said the $50,000 reward is for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the murders of two people on August 6, 2011. According to police, that’s when Iroquois Alston and…
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21-year-old NY man arrested after police find fentanyl-laced marijuana in Norwalk smoke shop
A New York man faces several charges in Connecticut after authorities uncovered hundreds of illegal marijuana products — including some laced with fentanyl — at a Norwalk smoke shop. In a statement posted to Facebook Saturday, Norwalk police said state and local officials executed a search and seizure warrant at ZaZA Smoke Shop on Connecticut Avenue on Friday as part…
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Veteran is finally getting his benefits — 78 years after the 103-year-old was discharged
A 103-year-old World War II veteran in Alaska with ties to Connecticut who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally getting his veterans benefits from the U.S. government after 78 years. Louis Gigliotti’s caretaker says the former U.S. Army medical technician has a card from the Veteran Administration but he never realized he could use his status to...
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16-year-old accused of shooting 15-year-old in Norwalk
A 16-year-old is accused of shooting a 15-year-old in Norwalk on Saturday night and has been charged. Police said they responded to the Roodner Court Public Housing Complex on Ely Avenue just before 7 p.m. Saturday after receiving several 911 calls reporting gunshots. At the scene, officers learned that the victim had been dropped off at Norwalk Hospital and the…
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Norwalk first responders save person from drowning in river
A Norwalk police officer and a Norwalk firefighter jumped into the Norwalk River Monday morning to save a person from drowning, according to police. Emergency crews responded to the area of 146 East Avenue just after 10 a.m. for the report of a person drowning. The officer and the firefighter went into the river and swam out to the person…
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Middle school guidance counselor in Norwalk accused of sexually assaulting student
Police have been investigating since a complaint was made in April accusing a Norwalk public school employee of allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
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Middle school guidance counselor in Norwalk accused of sexually assaulting student
A middle school guidance counselor in Norwalk is accused of sexually assaulting a male student and has been arrested.
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Norwalk van driver arrested after child was left in city vehicle
Norwalk police have made an arrest following an incident in May where a 6-year-old child was found asleep in an official city vehicle On May 15, police say they received a call that the child did not return home from a Norwalk Housing Authority-sponsored after school activity. Police were able to locate the passenger van in the Housing Authority parking…
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Good Samaritans stop playing soccer to fight Norwalk porch fire: FD
A structure fire in Norwalk Monday night left a home’s front porch engulfed in flames — but the homeowners have the quick thinking of some good Samaritans to thank for keeping the bad situation from getting worse. When a fire erupted at a Woodward Avenue home sometime after 8 p.m. Monday, the Norwalk Fire Department said good Samaritans from...
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Teen charged in burglary at Norwalk smoke shop
Norwalk police have arrested a teen who is accused of committing a burglary at a smoke shop and attempting to burglarize another on the same day. On March 26, dispatchers responded to Utopia Smoke Shop on Connecticut Avenue to investigate a burglary and they also received a call about an attempted burglary at Mohegan Smoke Shop on Westport Avenue. During…
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Burglar broke into Norwalk home as resident slept: police
Police have arrested a man who is accused of breaking into a Norwalk home while the resident slept early Saturday morning, then trying to take her phone as she called 911. The resident was able to call 911 around 4:36 a.m. Saturday. She told dispatchers that she woke to find a man standing in her home and he tried to…
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Man broke into 2 docked boats at Norwalk marina and stole tools, alcohol: police
A man from Redding is accused of breaking into two docked boats at a marina in Norwalk last month and allegedly stole tools and alcohol. Two men reportedly climbed the fence at the Cove Marina on Friday, May 17, to gain access to the docks. Investigators said the two men then broke into two docked boats and took tools and…
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Norwalk police officer arrested after off-duty ‘disturbance'
A Norwalk police officer was arrested Friday after an off-duty disturbance, according to Police Chief James Walsh. Walsh said he received a complaint Thursday from a citizen about an incident involving Officer Hector Delgado. The Norwalk Police Detective Bureau began a criminal investigation and an arrest warrant was issued for Delgado, charging him with first-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace,…
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Restaurant and apartment damaged in Norwalk fire
A fire damaged a restaurant and an apartment in a mixed occupancy building in Norwalk on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Liberty Square around 10:10 a.m. for a fire at a two-story mixed occupancy building. Multiple 911 callers reported seeing smoke coming from the roof of the building. At the building, crews found heavy smoke coming…
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Timelapse video shows removal of bridge over I-95 in Norwalk in 60 seconds
The state Department of Transportation has released a one-minute time-lapse video showing the whole demolition of the bridge over Interstate 95 in Norwalk, which took nearly two days. The bridge was damaged in a fiery crash early last Thursday morning when the driver of a Chevy Camaro hit a fuel truck, causing that truck to hit a tractor-trailer, according to…
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Watch: Timelapse video shows removal of I-95 bridge in Norwalk in 60 seconds
The Connecticut Department of Transportation released this video.
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U.S. DOT releases $3 million in emergency relief funds for repairs of I-95 in Norwalk
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced Monday the $3 million in “quick release” emergency relief funding to help cover the costs of repairs to Interstate 95 in Norwalk after last week’s fiery crash involving a fuel truck damaged an overpass. The inferno following the crash damaged the Fairfield Avenue overpass beyond repair, forcing crews to tear...
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Cost to clean up and rebuild after fiery crash on Interstate 95 estimated at $20 million
A bridge that was damaged during a fiery crash on I-95 in Norwalk last week has been demolished and officials said the estimated cost to clean up and rebuilt is upward of $20 million.