Man in custody after Stratford standoff

Written by John Kovach Stratford Star A special response team took a man into custody after a nearly 3-hour standoff on Roosevelt Avenue Thursday afternoon. Police were called to a domestic disturbance at 362 Roosevelt Ave. at 2 p.m. Stratford Police Capt. John Popik said a woman told officers that she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, and made reference to him having a rifle, and having acted strangely of late. Neighbors also told police they believed the man had a rifle. Additional officers were called to the scene and moved neighbors away from the hours. Officers and crisis negotiators attempted to contact the man, Popik said, but he did not respond. The special response team was then summoned. It…

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Drowning at Lake Mohegan

Shortly after 10am Wednesday morning 39 year old Frank Mazzabufi began wading into the water off a wooded path when he went under. Lifeguards based at the lake's beach dove in and started swimming out toward the man on their surf boards but he disappeared before they could get to him. Dive teams located him just after 12pm. Frank Mazzabufi is a resident of Shelton.

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Flatto Addresses RTM Subcommittee

[caption id="attachment_3523" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Former First Selectman Flatto answered questions from the RTM Subcommittee Wednesday"][/caption] Former First Selectman Ken Flatto voluntarily appeared on his own time as a private citizen to address questions from the RTM subcommittee. The Metro Train Station has a cost overrun of between $2 to $6 million. This is Mr. Flatto's opening remarks in it's entirety. This is the full session in it's entirety.  

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HazMat Situation in Fairfield

[caption id="attachment_3519" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Fairfield County HazMat Called in to Fairfield"][/caption] Fairfield Fire Department responded to a smoke condition at Metal Specialties on Commerce Drive around midnight. Firefighters found an odd-colored flame and realized it was a chemical reaction taking place in the plant. Firefighters quickly retreated and called in the Fairfield County Hazmat Team. Fire officials tell us everything worked to plan, the public was never in danger and the building was vented and metered at all times. Fire department turned over the property back to the owners around 3am.

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2 Injured After A Crash on Black Rock Turnpike

[caption id="attachment_3513" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="2 Injured In Black Rock Turnpike Crash"][/caption] Four teens traveling south in a SUV hit a a car, snapped a utility pole and then climbed CVS's embankment and hit a Lincoln Town Car shortly after 10pm on Tuesday.  One teen was treated and a woman in the other vehicle was taken to an area hospital for her injuries.  The initial impact occurred at Old Stratfield Road and ended in CVS's parking lot, approximately 185 feet away.

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Pickup Crashes, Calls Buddy, He Crashes Too on Congress Street Fairfield

[caption id="attachment_3506" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Two crashes on Congress Street just before 10pm"][/caption] Shortly before 10pm  a man crashed his pickup truck into a utility pole while riding on Congress Street.  The pole snapped in two.  The first fire truck on scene reported that there were wires down and the pole with the transformer was on fire.  The crash victim called his friend, who upon arrival was blinded by the glare of his buddies pickup truck's light crash causing the second accident.  One man was transported to the hospital and it appeared that the other man was arrested by police.  Fire department departed the scene around midnight.

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Sara Welch leaves News 8, Sarah French moving on from Fox CT

[caption id="attachment_3497" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sara Welch"][/caption] Sara Welch, weekend anchor and weekday reporter at WTNH-TV for more than a [caption id="attachment_3498" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sarah French"][/caption] decade, has left the station for love, family and a new start in California.  Sarah French, meanwhile, the former Missouri beauty queen who anchors the morning news on WTIC (Fox CT) with Logan Byrnes, is apparently taking a job in Boston.  Read the full story here....

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Police Activity Scare at Happy Dollar in Fairfield

[caption id="attachment_3487" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Police Swar To The Happy Dollar On A Call A Man Had A Gun"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_3488" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Bridgeport Police Task Force Was Working The Area"][/caption] 2:42pm--#Fairfield--Police received a a call from the Happy Dollar Store on Villa Avenue for a fight and one of the men had a gun.  Fairfield Police received another call from citizens that three pickup trucks at the same location surrounded another car, the white car in this photo.   A barrage of Fairfield Police cars rushed to the scene, including one car with an M-1/AK-47 style assault rifle.   It turned out to be a Bridgeport Task Force working undercover , they did not inform Fairfield Police they were working in…

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