Bridgeport News: Woman Stabbed Several Times

6:50pm-- A woman was stabbed several times in front of the Popeye's on Fairfield Avenue.  The victim is possibly a prostitute and the man had tried turning her in to police in the past according to radio reports.  The man was reported to be carrying a mallet and nails according to one radio report.  He ran to the old Mimi Dragone's lot next door and then stabbed himself.  No mention how the mallet and nails entered into play other than he was carrying them.    

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Norwalk Police Detectives are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Friday  at 11:10 am at the Gold Rush Pawn Shop located at 495 Connecticut Avenue. Suspect 1 is described as black male, approximately 6’-1”, muscular build with long dread locks. Suspect 2 is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5’-9”, medium build. Suspect 2 displayed a handgun during the robbery. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Detective Cisero 203-854-3034  r dcisero@norwalkct.org   Anonymous tips can be left at  Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111 Anonymous Internet tips can be sent to Norwalk Police website at: www.norwalkpd.com Anonymous text tips can be submitted by typing "NPD" into the text field, followed by the message, and sending it to CRIMES (274637)  

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Westport News: Veteran Exemptions

#Westport, CT --The Westport Assessor’s Office reminds all veterans (or widows/widowers of veterans) who have served during an active period of war for at least 90 days and have received an honorable discharge to file their DD-214 in the Town Clerk’s Office prior to September 30, 2016.  The exemption is $6,000 off an assessment and will be reflected in the July 2017 tax bill.  Veterans who have already filed and are receiving an exemption do not need to re-file.    The Town of Westport also offers a local option for an additional $20,000 off of an assessment.  Please note that this is an income qualifying program.  Maximum qualifying income is $60,200 for a single veteran and $67,900 for a married…

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Utility Scams

#Westport Connecticut--The Westport Police Department is warning local businesses about recent utility company scams. In these scams, the businesses received calls from someone claiming to be the electric company advising them that their payment was overdue and power shut off was imminent unless the problem was rectified. In order to avoid the shut off during service hours, the owner/manager was asked to make a payment within thirty minutes. Because that could not be done in time, they were asked to purchase a prepaid money card and then provide the scratch off numbers to the caller or wire money via MoneyGram in order to pay the outstanding bill. In other utility scams, businesses have received an email regarding an outstanding balance and provided a phone number to call If…

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