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Timothy Joyner, of Padanaram Road, was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphrenailia, possession of a controlled substance and operating a motor vehicle without a license.

On Tuesday members of Danbury Police Department’s Special Investigations Division, with the assistance of the Community Conditions Unit, SWAT team and a department K9 team executed court-authorized search and seizure warrants for the residence located at Padanaram Road, Joyner and his car.

[...] after nearly two days of deliberations, jurors found him guilty of the lesser manslaughter charge, along with a count of first-degree assault in the slashing of another teenager after a party at the Harambee Center.

The defense wants to portray Harris’ group as victims,” Murray said during closing arguments, “but people in his own group indicated he was ready to fight somebody.

Shortly after the verdict was read, Gallucci said his client was relieved not to have been found guilty of murder - a charge that carries a minimum prison sentence of 25 years.

The defense attorney, who

DANBURY - Traffic along Interstate 84 was backed up for several hours this morning after a car in the eastbound lane crossed the medium and slammed into the guardrail on the westbound side of the highway.

According to police, a two car accident at around 6:45 a.m in the eastbound lane near exit 10 caused one of the cars to jump the medium and push out more than 150 feet of guardrail on the other side of the highway.

According to the police report, Elizabeth Waterbury was driving her Ford Escape was traveling southbound on the roadway when the motorist said she had to serve into oncoming traffic to avoid a motorcyclist traveling in her lane.

At least three other motorcyclists were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

“Widely scattered power outages are possible at these wind speeds,” the National Weather Service says in its hazardous weather outlook.

A gale warning has been issued for all of Long Island Sound where west winds blowing between 25 and 36 knots, with gusts up to 45 knots.

Highest wind gusts clocked Saturday morning were 26 mph at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, 25 at Danbury airport and 24 at Waterbury-Oxford airport.

The strong winds is caused by a deepening low pressure system that will track north across coastal NewEngland Saturday and then into eastern Canada tonight into S

DANBURY - The future of the downtown nightclub Tuxedo Junction remains uncertain months after the conviction of its former operator, Ian Bick, on fraud and money-laundering charges. Bick, who took money from investors for concert promotions and other business dealings but used the money for personal expenses, was to be sentenced later this month. Bick has said he had relinquished his ownership in the club in July, but stayed on as an employee to promote the shows through social media accounts.

DANBURY - Detectives with the police department’s Special Investigations Division took more than $31,000 of cocaine off the streets this week during a raid at a suspected dealer’s home.

According to a statement released by police Friday, detectives took Claudio Matrinez-Abreu into custody Thursday after searching both his car and his Ken Oaks home.

According to a statement from police, Helene Piel faces several charges in connection to the incident including failure to drive in the proper lane and operating under the influence.

Police said that on Oct. 14 at around 9 p.m. Piel was traveling southbound on Federal Road in the northbound lane and was traveling, head on, toward a local police officer.

DANBURY - The stabbing that killed Luan Pitol during a brawl three years ago was so violent that it broke a rib and severed an artery, causing massive internal bleeding that quickly led to the 17-year-old’s death, the state’s chief medical examiner testified Tuesday.

Chief Medical Examiner James Gill testified that Pitol died from a single stab wound to the back on the night of Dec.

Haffa became trapped under the vehicle and fire crews had to use both air bags and emergency jacks to remove him.

Lynn Taborsak, a longtime volunteer with the city’s homeless, said Haffa had spent the past three winters sleeping at the overflow shelter operated by the First Congregational Church.

Police said Kim Siladi, 61, was driving the SUV eastbound on Madison Avenue, turning right on North Street, and did not see the bicyclist, who was riding his bike northbound on North Street.