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When officers arrived, they were told to go behind Zaytuna Grocery Store at 397 Main Street, where they found a newborn boy wrapped in several pieces of women’s clothing, according to a press release from Danbury Police. The Danbury Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is investigating the case and trying to find the baby’s mother.

Danbury police and a federal law enforcement official were surveying the Padanaram Road condos Monday afternoon after reports that somebody in a gray Volvo had been selling drugs in the complex’s parking lot, according to a release.

Batista and Buday were both charged with possesion of narcotics, sale of narcotics, posession of drug paraphernalia and operating a vehicle with a suspended license.

Newtown police ask public’s help in fatal motorcycle crash

Police asked any potential witnesses or people arriving on scene shortly after the accident to contact Officer Lorancaitis at 203-426-5841.

Redding Police Officer Michael Livingston was recognized by Connecticut Mothers Against Drunk Driving at an award ceremony in Southington Thursday.

The lawsuits filed in Superior Court represent the latest people to come forward claiming to have been victimized by a sex trafficking ring operated in the city for more than two decades by Robert King, according to police, who was arrested on human trafficking charges in March.

[...] arrested on state trafficking charges in March were Westport resident and convicted sex offender William Trefzger, as well as Glastonbury businessman Bruce Bemer, the owner of the Waterford Speedbowl where he purported assaulted young disabled men authorities say where victimized by the ring.

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BETHEL - Motorists are being asked to avoid Whittlesey Drive today as construction crews pave the area.

“The plan is to have the paving completed in one day,” said an official from the town’s public works department.

Lt. Aaron Bahamonde, a spokesman for the department, said Monday that Jessica Guay, 36, of Alpine Drive has been reported missing since last Thursday when she left to pick something up at the local drug store but never returned.

Bahamonde said police have been attempting to contact Guay through her cell phone, but the device appears to be either turned off or not functioning at this time.

Police said Michael Wright, 41, of Prince Street, was arrested on a number of charges including posession of a controlled substance with an intent to sell was taken into custody last week with the assistance of the regional SWAT team and federal law enforcement officials.

DANBURY - A man who authorities said was wanted after making sexual advances to a 15-year-old girl turned himself in to police recently.

Richard Sherwood, 50, was charged with risk of injury to a minor and and permitting a minor to illegally possess liquor.

Police said the department’s special victim’s unit received a complaint that Sherwood had provided alcohol to the girl before making sexual advances toward her.

Sherwood was released on a $5,000 bond.

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Rothenbucher was in the car with Akeem Morris, 18, near the intersection of Mansfield Street and Fleetwood Avenue when a Bethel police officer attempted to stop the car around 1:30 a.m.

Bethel and Danbury fire departments worked to remove the driver and passenger from the car for over 30 minutes before sending both men to Danbury Hospital.