1:34pm–#Norwalk CT– Police are reporting that there are only about fifty people camping out on the sidewalk in front of Best Buy for the Black Friday Specials tomorrow.
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On November 23, 2017 at 1:07 am, Patrol Division Officers responded to 7 Midwood Road for a report of an assault. Arriving officers found a male victim in the residence suffering from serious stab wounds. Officers immediately rendered aid, to include the application of a tourniquet. Norwalk Hospital EMS transported the victim to Norwalk Hospital. The suspect(s) fled the scene prior to police arriving however based on the preliminary investigation it appears this is an isolated incident. The NPD Crime Scene Unit is processing the scene and Norwalk Detectives are investigating.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact detectives at 203-854-3011. Anonymous tips can be left at any of the below contacts. Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111
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11:20am–#Norwalk CT– Smoke reported to be coming from the heating/air conditioning vents in the City Council Chambers of city hall at 125 East Avenue. Building reported to be evacuated. Firefighters arriving on scene.
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State Police UPDATE: I’m sad to report that State Police said at 7am this morning they located the man’s body in the Norwalk River near the Yankee Doodle Bridge. The victim was pronounced deceased by Norwalk EMS and was positively identified as Evol M. Genias of Bridgeport. The medical examiner will be conducting a post-morterm examination to determine the cause and manner of death. They said there does not appear to be any criminal aspect to this incident and remains under investigation.
11:15pm–#Norwalk CT– There is heavy police activity on I-95 between exits 15/16and around water banks for a person who possibly jumped from the Yankee Doodle Bridge.
10:51am–#Norwalk CT– Police have been dispatched to Sono on Martin Luther King Drive where a bus driver has been reportedly been bitten by one of the passengers.
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#Norwalk News: On October 5, 2017 at 4:39 PM Strategic Narcotics Enforcement Team (SNET) Officers were dispatched to the Courtyard Marriott located at 474 Main Avenue for a complaint. Hotel management reported a marijuana odor emanating from one of the rooms. Management wanted the occupants escorted from the premise. The officers contacted the occupants, Kevin Tobar-Castillo and JohanCifuentes, in the hallway outside of their room. Due to the heavy odor of marijuana, the officers requested consent to search the room. The men consented to a search of the room during which officers found loose marijuana strewn about the room, drug-packaging material and a large amount of cash. Both men were placed under arrest at this time. While handcuffing Cifuentes, officers found him to be on possession of Cadillac keys. Officers then located a Cadillac in the hotel parking lot, which was unlocked and running. Officers observed a large zip lock bag of marijuana resting on the center console. While searching the vehicle officers found two
suitcases and a gym back that contained large amounts of packaged marijuana and drug packaging material. Officers seized 4.129 kilograms of marijuana, $18,317 and drug packaging material.
Arrested: Kevin Tobar-Castillo, 21 of 6 Lawn Avenue apartment C Stamford Johan Cifuentes, 30, of 5 Pettom Road Stamford Charges: Possession of Marijuana, Possession with Intent to Sell one Kilogram or more
of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell within 1500’ Daycare, Operating a Drug Factory, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia within 1500’ Daycare and Breach ofPeace.
Bond: $50,000
#Norwalk CT–On September 8, 2017 at 11:03 pm, Norwalk Police responded to the Bow Tie Cinemas at 542 Westport Avenue for a male who had negligently shot himself in the leg. Arriving officers located Theo Thomopoulos inside the lobby suffering from a single gunshot wound to the leg. Officers seized a 9mm handgun from Thomopoulos, who wastransported to the Norwalk Hospital for treatment. No one else was injured during the incident. An arrest warrant was subsequently issued for Thomopoulos, who turned himself in at police headquarters on October 5, 2017.
Arrested: Theo Thomopoulos, 51 of 19 Congress Street Shelton
Charges: Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm, Reckless Endangerment 2 and Breach of Peace 2 Bond: $25,000
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)
9:24am–#Norwalk CT– A gas station on West Avenue was just robbed by two young Hispanic males. 1 was wearing a mask, the other had a knife. The fled in a silver Honda with no plates.
#Norwalk CT–Hakeem Atkinson, age 22, of 68 Bradley St., Bridgeport, was charged with Murder in the unrelated slaying Joseph “Jabs” Bateman, who was fatally shot behind the Avalon Gates housing complex on
Belden Avenue in Norwalk on February 3, 2012. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Atkinson was 16 years old when Bateman was shot to death in a crime related to street gang activity in Norwalk.
The arrest is the result of an intensive investigation by the Norwalk Police Department in conjunction with the Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney and the Office of the State’s Attorney for
the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk.
Bateman’s death was featured in the fourth edition of the cold case playing cards produced in conjunction with the Department of Correction and sold to inmates in the Connecticut corrections system. Information on Bateman’s death was described on the nine of diamonds card. Atkinson surrendered to Norwalk police this morning. He is being held on $1 million bond and will be arraigned today at Norwalk Superior Court, G.A. No. 20. The charge is merely an accusation and he is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
“I thank all who worked so diligently on this investigation. While we may consider a case to be ‘cold,’ it is never closed as we continue to work as hard as we can to bring some sense of closure to families who have lost loved ones,” said Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik. State’s Attorney Richard J. Colangelo, Jr., commended Norwalk police detectives and the Cold Case Unit for their work on the investigation. The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk and the Cold Case Unit.