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Westport Man Arrested On Fake Perscriptions

Jan 6, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT--On 12/29/15, Mark Simonetti turned himself in on an active warrant for his arrest stemming from an investigation performed in November, 2015. The accused reportedly used fake written prescriptions he created himself to obtain controlled narcotics at a Walgreens in Bridgeport CT 33 times from August 2014 to October 2015. The accused mimicked the prescription pad from Dr Singer’s office in Westport. He was released on a $50,000 court issued bond and given a court date of 01/07/2016 in Norwalk. (Westport Police Press Release)

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Indie Bands Coming To Westport

Jan 6, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT--Toquet Hall Teen Center is excited to welcome Nashville based singer/guitarist, firekid, on Friday, January 15 with Pizza Dust and The Foresters. Dillon Hodges, aka firekid, has been earning critical acclaim for his unique blend of indie-rock, bluegrass, and electronic music. A style he dubs, “metropolitan mountain music”, the young Hodges has been touring in support of his self-titled debut LP, “firekid”, released this past September by Atlantic Records. His hit single, “Magic  Mountain” can be heard in regular rotation on Sirius XM Alt Nation, even landing on their Alt18 list. Supporting firekid on the show will be local bands, Pizza Dust and The Foresters. The rock/alternative Pizza Dust is composed of talented SHS seniors, Alejandro Hervella, Jimmy Kavetas, Halley Jonas, Tristan Zauls, and Sean Porio.…

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Westport News: Burglary, Pursuit, Manhunt, Capture!

Jan 1, 2016 Stephen Krauchick

4:50pm--#Westport CT--The Westport Police Department received a call from a resident reporting that they had returned home to find an unknown intruder inside their residence. Once confronted, the suspect left the residence without incident. A description of the suspect was obtained and given out to responding units. Officer Morrison observed a person fitting the description operating a black pick-up truck and leaving the immediate area. He attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the suspect vehicle fled south on the Sherwood Island Connector at a high rate of speed. The suspect vehicle attempted to ram pursuing officers prior to merging onto I-95 North. The Connecticut State Police was made aware of the pursuit as Westport Officers continued behind the suspect northbound on I-95. Westport Officers lost sight…

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Westport News: Bad Check Arrest

Dec 24, 2015 Stephen Krauchick

On 11/09/15, Westport Police investigated a report of a fraudulent check deposit at Citibank, 399 Post Road West. Artis deposited a check for $6,500.00 from an account listed to him. Artis then withdrew $6,000.00 from the account. Two days later the check was returned due to insufficient funds and Artis never made the account whole. On 12/23/15, Artis surrendered himself on an active warrant for his arrest. He posted a $7,500.00 bond and has a court date in Norwalk on 01/05/16.

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Westport News: Domestic Disturbance Arrests

Dec 22, 2015 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT--At approximately 4:32am on December 12th, 2015, Westport Officers responded to a reported physical domestic disturbance at a local residence. The female party threw a drink in the face of the male, then the male put the female in a headlock. Arrested was Marie Jane Fink (age 30) of Westport Connecticut, and Joshua Warren (age 40) also of Westport Connecticut. Both were charged with Disorderly Conduct, 53a-182(a)(1) (Westport Police Press Release)   This report is made possible by:

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3 Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service members Volunteer Service Award

Dec 9, 2015 Stephen Krauchick

Westport Volunteer EMS members Jay Paretzky (second from left) and Brian Crane (second from right) are presented with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award for their lifelong commitment to building a stronger nation through volunteer service, and Audrone Tarnok (fourth from left) received the 2014 Silver President's Volunteer Service Award. The awards are issued by the office of President Obama and the Corporation for National and Community Service and were presented by Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe (left), Wesport Volunteer EMS President Yves Cantin (third from left), and Westport EMS Deputy Director Marc Hartog (right)

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Westport News: Toy Drive starts this weekend

Dec 9, 2015 Stephen Krauchick

Westport Police announce Whole Foods Market Westport has joined their holiday toy drive effort and will be a donation drop off point The Westport Police Department is thrilled to announce the newly developed partnership with Whole Foods Market Westport during this year’s holiday toy drive! Whole Foods Marketing Team Leader, Jessica Vitelli contacted the police department hoping that Whole Foods would be able to help in some way with the toy drive so that they can be a part of giving back to the community. Whole Foods Market Westport located at 399 Post Road West, will be accepting donations of new, unopened, and unwrapped toys during store hours (they are open daily from 8:00AM to 10:00PM) beginning on Wednesday, December 2nd through Sunday, December 13th at 5:00PM. Along with your toy…

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