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While speeding backward the vehicle narrowly missed the same patrol officer that spotted her with a headlight out that began the chase downtown at about 12:30 a.m. a few minutes earlier.

STAMFORD-A city man inside Leone Park yelling out a warning that cops were in the park late Tuesday afternoon was charged with drug possession after he allegedly tried to flush his drugs down the public toilet, police said.

The bags weighed 1.6 grams and Kelvin Gutierrez, 21, of Richmond Hill Avenue was charged with possession of an hallucinogenic and interfering with police and held in lieu of a $10,000 court appearance bond, Phelan said.

STAMFORD — Caryn Bogatch has experienced every pet owner’s worst nightmare, a threat many don’t realize even exists here.

Coyotes, first reported in Connecticut in the 1950s, are found now across the state and northeast, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

“They have no natural predators, so we have to take on that role and make sure we’re instilling fear in the them,” he said.

[...] last year, the family of a 12-year-old North Stamford girl said she was stalked by coyotes on her way home from the bus stop.

Since Dewey’s attack, Bogatch

Eli Castillo-Zavala, 24, of Manor Street, Stamford, was charged with first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and Michael Steven Cortez, 19, was also charged with armed robbery and conspiracy.

When they got there the 12-year-old robbery victim and his mother told police that he was on his bike in the park when was approached by five young Hispanic men.

Broems said he and his squad canvassed the park and with the use of video cameras in the area developed a suspect.

STAMFORD-The Stamford police K-9 Unit on Monday retired expert tracker Titan after six and one-half years on the job with his handler officer Mark Tymon.

K-9 Unit Sgt. Seth O’Brien said that the German Shepherd had served the department very well in his time and was now 10 years old and it was time for him to hang up his bulletproof harness.

O’Brien said that police dogs often retire between eight and 10 years old and he retired his own dog, Cooper, the last dog to in the department to step down after he turned 10 this past November.

“The first 10 or 15 batches I just dumped down the drain,” said Bushnell, a 41-year-old former financial controller, who took up the hobby while his wife was busy pursuing a doctoral degree.

[...] I got one that was right and I started handing it out to friends.

The proliferation of small-batch brewers —Stamford’s Half Full, Stratford’s Two Roads and Bridgeport’s Brewport — doesn’t mean the road to profitability in this industry is easy, said Bushnell, who opened Lock City with business partner Patrick Casciolo.

Instead of distributing their beers to bars and restaurants, t

A few minutes later a Hispanic man behind the wheel of a white SUV pulled up to the park and asked the two men if they wanted to get paid to do some cleaning work on Monday.

[...] only a couple of blocks into the ride, the driver pulled over and displayed a knife, telling the older man to hand over all his cash.

Nembhard was charged with attempted third-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree burglary, illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle.

Razor was charged with attempted third-degree robbery, second-degree burglary and having a weapon in a motor vehicle.

The trial of a 44-year-old man charged in 2014 with allegedly groping the breast 12-year-old friend of his daughter’s during a sleep-over at his house is set to start Monday in Stamford, police said.

Aziz El Hattab, of Stamford, is facing charges of fourth-degree sexual assault and two counts of felony risk of injury to a child following an investigation.

STAMFORD-Police conducted a crackdown over the weekend at Cummings Park, issuing 38 tickets for drinking, marijuana possession, vehicle infractions and a man peeing in public.

According to a release announcing the crackdown from Stamford police, the move was made in response to a number of complaints made over the past two months about loud music, excessive drinking, public drunkenness, urinating in public, drug use and people driving recklessly through the park.

As a result of such behavior, some seniors and families with children said they did not want to use the park as often.