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Fairfield News: Verizon Robbed

Police UPDATE: On 11/16/19 at approximately 5:20pm, a Hispanic male and a black male entered the Verizon store located at 1929 Black Rock Turnpike. They went directly to the first display inside of the store where the black male cut the security wires to a Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and a Samsung Galaxy Tab E. The black male asked several times where the iPhone's were. He also threatened to use physical violence against the store clerk if he did not comply. The black male then proceeded to the iPhone display, where he cut the security wire for an iPhone 11 and an iPhone XS Max.   During the robbery, the Hispanic male was walking around the store on his cell…

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Fairfield News: Six Cars Hit

#Fairfield CT--On 11/14/2019 at 6:30pm officers responded to the area of Grace St. on a report of a motor vehicle collision. Officers on the scene determined that the driver, later identified as Christopher Garcia, was attempting to park his car and in the process struck four parked cars and one vehicle that was traveling on the roadway. During the investigation, officers determined there was probable cause to believe that the driver, Christopher Garcia, was under the influence. Christopher Garcia, DOB: 09/02/1994 was arrested for Operating Under The Influence, Evading Responsibility, and Reckless Driving. Garcia was held on a $500.00 bond. On 11/14/19 at 9pm, prisoner Christopher Garcia (9/2/94) was being transferred from the detention/holding cell to the overnight prisoner cell…

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Southport News: Senior Hits Cars

2019-11-14@12:30pm--#Southport CT--According to radio reports a male senior citizen crashed into three cars in the back lot of Fred's Car Wash at 3400 Post Rd, Southport.  No word on any injuries.   This news report is made possible by:   [caption id="attachment_71997" align="aligncenter" width="12166"] Visit: https://www.bridgeportpersonalinjury.com/[/caption]

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Vaping Seminar Held In Fairfield By Attorney General

Attorney General William Tong said history is repeating itself as “20 years ago Attorney General Blumethal took on big tobacco companies because they were marking to kids”. Attorney General Tong feels that companies like Juul is marketing to kids “with different flavors and social media marketing” and he is launching his own investigation. Senator Tong hosted a forum held at Fairfield Woods Middle School last week, state officials will heard from representatives from the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, Sacred Heart University, Yale Health, and the Fairfield public school district about measures being taken to combat vaping among Connecticut's youth. Doctor JD Sidana of Docs of CT said one of the many additives in vaping materials is diastone,…

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Fairfield News: Vaping Seminar

#Fairfield, CT – Attorney General William Tong, state Sen. Tony Hwang, and state Reps. Laura Devlin, Brenda Kupchick and Cristin McCarthy Vahey will hold a town forum tomorrow, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. on youth vaping prevention and education. During the forum, which is being held at Fairfield Woods Middle School, state officials will hear from representatives from the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, St. Vincent's SmokeStoppers program, Sacred Heart University, Yale Health, and the Fairfield public school district about measures being taken to combat vaping among Connecticut's youth. The subject matter experts will discuss the dangers of vaping, ways to prevent youth from using e-cigarettes and the resources available to families. In July, the Office of the Attorney General…

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Halloween Still On In Fairfield

Please note, this is the only press release received by any local town on Halloween activities. #Fairfield CT-- Members of the Town's Emergency Management Team met yesterday to discuss the weather forecast for Halloween and the effect it may have on trick-or-treating in Fairfield.  The Team also discussed requests the Town has received to consider changing trick-or-treating night to Friday or Saturday and the logistics involved in making such a change. The Team agreed, that due to the fact that trick-or-treating is not a Town-sponsored event, it is best to leave the decision up to families and individual neighborhoods to change the night within their own neighborhood. The Team suggests there may be alternate ways of celebrating including attending the free, jointly-sponsored Police Department and FairfieldMom's Trunk…

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