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Wind chills are expected as low as minus 30 because temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees below zero and northwest winds will be blowing between 10 and 20 mph with gusts as high as 35 mph.

The National Weather Service says the combination of gale-force winds (with gusts up to 40 knots), waves between 3 to 5 feet and bitterly cold temperatures could lead to “light to moderate accumulation of ice on vessels.”

The U.S. Coast Guard says the threat of heavy freezing spray is expected to lessen with increasing distance from the coastline as water temperatures are warmer offshore.

Jones was charged with second-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor and second-degree threatening.

Police have not provided any details on the incidents, and the age and gender of the victim also have not been released.

DANBURY — A group of men seeking to rob a Terrace Place resident invaded his home and punched him in the mouth, police said.

The victim told them he heard a knock on the building’s front door and when he opened it he was punched by a man, police said.

Police officers wearing heavy body armor and tactical gear carefully forced their way into each room at a Western Connecticut State University residence hall as they searched for two armed men on Thursday.

The drill involved about two dozen people, including police officers from WCSU, Newtown, Danbury and its SWAT team, members of the university’s Student Safety Services — a group of students who assist police similar to a neighborhood watch — among others.

Law enforcement student Jessica Ostroski, a supervisor for the Student Safety Services, said the exercises put important skills t

BETHEL — Police are asking the public to help them find a vehicle that crashed into a garage this week. The incident happened sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. Wednesday within the Plumtree Heights private community, police said. The car might be a gray Nissan Murano SUV, which police said likely has heavy front-end damage. The garage structure also sustained “significant damage,” police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Tony Farina at 203-744-7900.

BROOKFIELD — A Pocono Road resident is recovering from a violent assault that police said took place in his own driveway over the weekend. Police said they found him with several stab wounds to the face and a slashing wound to his right arm.

DANBURY — A Superior Court judge and attorneys for both sides spent nearly two hours Wednesday reviewing evidence, including video footage prosecutors say illustrates repeated child abuse, as pre-trial proceedings began in the case involving a Danbury nanny.

Authorities say the video shows Lidia Quilligana, 32, force-feeding a 3-year-old girl, slapping and knocking her to the ground, jumping on her and pressing her hands and leg against a stove burner.

[...] the small second-floor courtroom was filled for nearly three hours as people waited for the case to be called and Judge Dan Shaban t

BROOKFIELD — A man is free on a $100,000 bond after being arrested on assault and strangulation charges.

Police said they were called to a Brookfield home about 2 a.m. Saturday for a report of a domestic violence incident.

After a short investigation, they charged Ryan Mastrogiannis, 31, with second-degree assault, second-degree strangulation and disorderly conduct.

Police said the victim was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Mastrogiannis was released the same day after posting bail. He’s scheduled to appear Feb. 29 in state Superior Court in Danbury.

DANBURY — Two city residents were arrested on drug charges Sunday in area police said has seen an increase in criminal activity.

Police said the two people inside the car, later identified as Felipe Carmo and Guilherme Vieira-Pontes, were found with cash, cocaine, a plastic sandwich bag filled with marijuana and a grinder shaped like a hand grenade.

DANBURY — A Waterbury man was found with crack cocaine at a Chinese restaurant Monday morning, police said.

Danbury police detectives were called to Dragon Cheng, 132 W. Wooster St., about 11:30 a.m. for a report of a man selling narcotics.

Police said the suspect, 28-year-old Omar Thomas, was found with nine individually packaged chunks of a white rock substance, which tested positive for crack cocaine.

Witnesses had also told police Thomas might have a firearm, but detectives did not find a weapon on him, according to the report.

Thomas was held on $10,000 bond.