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STAMFORD-Just minutes before city residents rang in the New Year on Saturday night, city police were dispatched to a call for a man brandishing what appeared to be a semiautomatic pistol in a downtown doughnut shop.

Sevilla was charged with brandishing a facsimile firearm, threatening, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and was held in lieu of a $10,000 court appearance bond.

STAMFORD-A New Year’s Eve vacation at an East Side motel turned into a night behind bars for a homeless man after he allegedly tried to rob his girlfriend’s cell phone, police said.

Police were called to America’s Best Value Inn on East Main Street at 1:20 a.m. New Year’s Day when a woman called police to report that after choking her, Thomas Golterman, 45, attempted to rob her of her cell phone, Sgt. Robert Shawinsky said.

STAMFORD - A driver was killed in a car crash on Stillwater Avenue early Sunday morning, according to police.

Police said the driver was traveling westbound on Stillwater Avenue near Progress Drive shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday. He failed to negotiate a curve properly and hit a tree on the northeast corner of Progress Drive, according to police. Police said speed was a factor in the crash.

The driver was the only person in the car.

Police have not released the identity of the driver at this time.

The image will be shown on special license plates and rearview mirror hangers, as well as new or replacement parking-space signs.

Contractors engaged in water and fire-damage repairs, storm restoration and mold remediations will now have to register with the state Department of Consumer Protection.

Drug stores will now sell anti-overdose drugs such as Naxalone without a prescription and health insurers that provide prescription coverage, must pay for it without requiring prior authorization.

Connecticut health insurance policies must cover three-dimensonal mammograms, called breast tomosyn

WALLINGFORD - Police say two are dead and two injured after a shooting outside a Connecticut theater late Friday night following a concert.

A Wallingford police spokeswoman tells the Record Journal (http://bit.ly/2hVKvqz ) that officers responded to reports of shots fired outside the Oakdale Theatre after rapper Meek Mill performed.

Serafinowicz is co-counsel on the case with New York attorney Abel Arcia. Since the accident, the city has put in a crosswalk in front of the school and weeks after installed flashing lights. According to his arrest affidavit, a cabbie following along behind Villa-Cabrera told police that after initially stopping, Villa-Cabrera drove off before stopping again when the cab driver began honking his horn, telling him to pull over.

Flores and DeJesus were each charged with single counts of possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with intent to sell as well as two conspiracy charges, according to police.

DeJesus was additionally charged with possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm without a permit and possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, according to police.

STAMFORD — A 26-year-old city man was charged with possession of an illegal weapon and burglary of a car on Garden Street after being found with an air rifle following a motor vehicle stop.

Worsley was charged with illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, carrying a dangerous weapon, third degree burglary, conspiracy to third degree burglary fifth-degree larceny from a motor vehicle, and three counts of second-degree failure to appear.

The two-minute surveillance video released Wednesday afternoon shows what appears to be a white or Hispanic man walking outside Michael’s Pizza, 118 Cove Road, and then inside the restaurant about 3 a..m. on Dec. 17. Police believe the man seen on the security footage also broke into Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant, 598 Cove Road, that same morning.

The Stamford teen was first spotted about 9 p.m. when a Hubbard Avenue resident looked outside his window and saw him breaking into a neighbor’s car, Sgt. Jennifer Lynch said.

The teen, who police said was not cooperative during his arrest and booking, was charged with third-degree burglary, sixth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, among other offenses.