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The only hope we have in America is that the populace will recognize this and rise up, Malloy told the crowd of more than 100 outside the Stamford Government Center Wednesday, in his second public remarks since a woman was killed at the demonstration when a car drove into a group of counterprotesters.

Sgt. Michael Scatamacchia said police were called to a residence on Stone Fence Lane at about 11:30 p.m. when a homeowner returned to find her back door wide open.

The woman also told police that some fish were missing out of their salt water fish tank as well as some parts and accessories for the tank itself.

STAMFORD-A Target department store clerk was charged with stealing several cell phones worth over $3,400 in July.

Store security reported that Leveille was responsible for the theft of $3,406 worth of cellular devices and was charged in an arrest warrant for third-degree larceny, Scatamacchia said.

STAMFORD-Dubbed the deadwood docket, prosecutors and Stamford courthouse clerks are jettisoning well over one thousand old failure to appear arrest warrants for people the police cannot find.

[...] 500 of the cases have been tossed with more to come as the criminal clerk’s office waits for interns to help them with the associated paperwork needed to purge the remaining cases.

The mass dumping of old Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich cases raised hopes in one New York City family that a long-lost nephew was still alive.

Stamford courthouse lead public defender Barry Butler, who named the lo

STAMFORD-A city man arrested in July for stashing a pistol in a dumpster on the way to see his probation officer at the Stamford courthouse, accepted a five-year jail sentence Tuesday.

Victor Cruz, 21, of Seaside Avenue pleaded guilty Tuesday to being a felon in possession of a pistol and was given a five-year jail sentence and three years’ probation by Judge Gary White.

Figuring that Cruz may be connected to the shooting, police officers began trailing him to see where he was going.

In the afternoon of July 21 they followed him to the courthouse where he had an appointment with his prob

On Monday, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.. “in addition to our regular patrol officers, we utilized a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation to hire a few extra officers to assist,” police posted on their Facebook page.

“The officers issued 22 tickets for drivers talking on cell phones, 25 for texting while driving, 10 miscellaneous other motor vehicle infractions and one driver who was caught texting also had no driver's license and a warrant for failure to appear” in court.

State Police Trooper Kelly Grant said the vehicle “was reported to have been involved in an evading crash in Stratford earlier in night after striking the personal vehicle of an off-duty trooper.”

The crash scene has been cleared and will not affect the morning commute.

STAMFORD-A Stamford teen who shot a New Britain teen while stealing about a quarter-pound of marijuana last November has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of armed robbery.

[...] as part of the agreement, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney James Bernardi dropped Dominguez’ other serious felony charges such as \first-degree assault, possession of a firearm without a permit, unlawful discharge of a firearm and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.

White warned Dominguez that if he gets arrested between now and January he would not allow him to take back the plea and told him he

STAMFORD — Residents who are not registered to vote can sign up this month ahead of the Sept. 12 primary and Nov. 7 general election for municipal office.

The special session is Tuesday, Aug. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the voter registrar’s office on the sixth floor of the Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd.

Police say Victoria Secret Robinson, 33, of Lillian Street, Stamford, was charged with third-degree assault, reckless endangerment and risk of injury to a child.

Sgt. Simon Blanc said police were dispatched lights and sirens to Lillian Street at about 3 p.m. Saturday on the report of an aggravated assault.

When police got to the home they found about a half-dozen people in the driveway and a New York City woman sitting in a vehicle with her hair disheveled and tangled as though she had just been in a fight, Blanc said.