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The robbery at First County Bank was reported a few minutes before 4 p.m. and police are looking for the robber, who was dressed in a mask and gloves, fleeing in a dark colored SUV.

A half-dozen police cars and several other detective vehicles are parked at the bank.

Police followed the 2002 325i BMW up Washington Boulevard and waited for a safe place to make the stop.

Police charged Morales, 22, of no known address, with third-degree larceny, reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit, improper use of a marker, failure to obey stop signs and failure to obey traffic control signals.

STAMFORD — As the drought plaguing the region inches toward improvement, Stamford reservoirs remain thirsty, with capacity hovering far below the historic average.

A 30-month stretch of below-average rainfall, beginning in June 2014, has decimated reservoir and ground water levels, making this the state’s worst drought in more than 50 years.

“In western Connecticut, minor reductions in areas of severe drought and extreme drought were made in response to short-term improvements in stream-flow conditions and soil moisture,” according to the Drought Monitor.

Experts have said it will

STAMFORD-A convicted drug dealer who protected his drug stash with an illegal assault rifle and silencer that police found hidden in the closet of his five-year-old son, was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this week.

In September, Smith pleaded guilty to possession of an assault weapon, possession of a silencer, possession of a large capacity magazine, altering firearm identification numbers, risk of injury to a child and possession of narcotics with intent to sell.

Inside the home police found a bag containing 6.9 ounces of marijuana, just under eight grams of cocaine, a container

STAMFORD — Mayor David Martin earlier this week released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries:

In immediate response to President Trump’s executive order, on Saturday I spoke with Police Chief Jon Fontneau about security at local mosques and asked him to increase already existing patrols at these locations.

A meeting with religious and community leaders was already being planned.

STAMFORD — A Greenwich man who hid behind a parked car after seeing a police cruiser Tuesday night was caught with heroin, cocaine, cash and dozens of prescription pills, authorities said.

Officers from the Stamford Police Department’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Squad were on routine patrol about 9 p.m. in the area of East Main Street and Myrtle Avenue when they noticed suspicious activity in the parking lot of Toyota, 909 E. Main St., which was already closed.

Laila Haswell, senior assistant public defender, filed Catchings’ appeal on the grounds that despite witness testimony in the case that had her client pointing a loaded semiautomatic pistol at officer William Garay, a jury could not have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that Catchings intended to inflict serious physical injury.

According to testimony in the three-day trial, two people saw Catchings waiving a gun outside a bar on Manhattan Street called police at about 1:40 a.m.

A New York judge has issued a temporary protective order for court filings related to the brutal killing of Stamford’s Joseph Comunale, making the documents confidential.

Judge Charles Solomon issued the order at the request of state prosecutors, who were concerned that the release of certain information could “jeopardize the pending homicide investigation,” said attorney Michael Pappa, who represents co-defendant Lawrence Dilione.

Prosecutors’ concerns appear to stem from a motion that was made public earlier this month detailing gory details about the moments leading up the Nov.

While searching the car before it was towed, police found five aluminum folds of PCP, Shawinsky said.

Since none of the five occupants in the van claimed ownership of the drug, they were all charged.

STAMFORD — A city man who’s believed to be connected to several shootings now faces arson charges after police said he set a stolen car on fire this month.

On Jan. 14, the same car was seen during a violent carjacking in Norwalk, where three masked men stole a black Toyota Camry from a Chinese food deliveryman — but not before they shot him in the leg and arm, police said.

Conklin said Assistant Fire Marshal Antonio Forte discovered a video of the men pumping gas into the two stolen cars at a Shell gas station.