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Dylan Garner, 43, of Teresa Place, Bridgeport, pleaded guilty on Friday at the Stamford courthouse to a home invasion charge, which will keep him in jail for a mandatory minimum 10 years in jail, as well as multiple other counts of violation of probation and burglary.

The woman, who turned out to be a doctor, told police she was in her bedroom watching television and answering emails on her iPad when she heard the doorbell ring twice.

Since she was not expecting anyone she did not answer, figuring it was someone dropping off a package.

Being a “gentleman” burglar, the affidavit says Ga

STAMFORD-A security guard at a downtown office building who helped police find what one prosecutor described as a “professional burglar” was given Stamford’s Outstanding Citizen Award on Monday night.

Police say moments after Martin (no relation to Stamford Mayor David Martin) reported the suspicious person and provided a description of the suspect, a police officer on nearby West Broad Street spotted a man on foot fitting the burglar’s description.

According to the award, Martin’s “attentiveness and quick action” lead to the arrest of Butler, who has since been linked to seve

“So if you’re a new driver and you’re having difficulty uploading documents, if you have hesitations about how the system works, or if you’re an existing driver and you have questions about certain trips or policies, you can come here and see somebody,” he said.

Experts called to the witness stand at trial would have testified that as a result of his injuries Lambo can no longer carry boxes of food and kitchen supplies necessary for him to work as a personal chef, court papers state.

“The accident was caused by the carelessness and negligence of the defendant…in that the defendant installed a dangerous material to the stairwell treads which material caused an unsafe condition and tripping hazard for those ascending and descending the stairwell,” according to the lawsuit.

STAMFORD — The Board of Representatives will convene as a full board Monday night at City Hall.

The board is expected to vote on an employment contract for a new transportation chief. They will also vote whether to approve for publication an ordinance that would ban street parking for more than 120 hours, among other items.

The board will meet at the Stamford Government Center at 8 p.m.

STAMFORD — A Norwalk man was injured during a shootout after a Super Bowl party at a luxury apartment building in the city’s Harbor Point neighborhood Sunday night.

Police say a 32-year-old man, who was attending the South End party in the function room of the apartment building at 111 Towne St., was shot two or three times during an exchange of gunfire that left as many as 20 shell casings on the ground.

Guzda said video inside the building, called 111 Harbor Point, shows the two men who exchanged gunfire as well as the victim were guests of the party.

Guzda said the man who started t

STAMFORD — Police have identified the two men who died in a tragic fatal crash on Hope Street early Saturday morning as former Trinity Catholic High School graduates Thomas Molgano ,20, and Lucas Salem , 20, both of Stamford.

In a release from Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad commander Sgt. Andrew Gallagher, Molgano was driving his 2002 Dodge Ram pick up truck northbound on Hope Street at a high rate of speed just before 1:13 a.m. As the truck approached a left hand curve at Hartford Avenue, Molgano began losing control.

STAMFORD — Every Sunday, Shaimah Hamdan, a Muslim woman of Pakistani descent, leads a religious class at Al Madany Islamic Center of Norwalk, a spiritual home she shares with hundreds of Fairfield County Muslims.

Hamdan, a board member at the mosque, teaches adolescent girls, a group that often struggles with their Muslim identity as they come of age.

A girl takes out a pencil and someone says, ‘Are you pulling out a bomb?’ I told them that’s not a joke.

Hamdan is a quality project manager for Stamford Health Medical Group.

Like an estimated 150,000 Muslims drawn by jobs, educatio

STAMFORD — Police are investigating a crash that killed the driver of a pickup truck and injured two passengers early Saturday morning.

A 23-year-old man was in critical condition at Stamford Hospital and a 20-year-old passenger who was in the back seat was treated for his injuries and released from the hospital.

Decorated Stamford fire chief suspended for safety violations STAMFORD — The city fire department’s highly decorated chief of volunteers was suspended for one week for safety violations. Morris, the former commander of the New York Fire Department’s storied Rescue Co. 1, was hired as one of the Stamford department’s two assistant chiefs in November 2014. Morris’ position was created as part of the 2012 Stamford Charter Revision that formed a single unified city fire department out of five volunteer departments and one professional department.