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Casey Donahue

Assistant Managing Editor

cdonahue@dailyvoice.com

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Originally from Pennsylvania, Casey graduated from Fairfield University with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. He has covered several towns in Fairfield County since 2010. Case was formerly an assistant managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Newly Discovered Book By Ridgefield's Maurice Sendak To Be Released In 2018 RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- A new book by late Ridgefield author Maurice Sendak has been discovered and is set to be published next year, according to Publisher's Weekly. The manuscript for "Presto and Zesto in Limboland" was discovered last year by Maurice Sendak Foundation President Lynn Caponera while she was going through Sendak's files, Publisher's Weekly reported. The manuscript was co-authored by Sendak and frequent collaborator Arthur Yorinks, and also included completed illustrations by Sendak, according to Publisher's Weekly. Sendak, who is most famous for his beloved children's book "Wh…

by Casey Donahue

07/08/2017

Police & Fire

Monroe Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin MONROE, Conn. -- Police charged a 23-year-old Monroe man with selling fentanyl-laced heroin after his girlfriend overdosed this past weekend, according to the Connecticut Post. Police were dispatched to a Maple Drive apartment on Sunday on a report of an overdose, the Connecticut Post reported. When officers arrived, they found the 19-year-old girlfriend lying on the floor unconscious, and had to administer four doses of Naloxone before she woke up, according to the Connecticut Post. She was then taken to the hospital for treatment. Police were able to get a search warrant for the apartment…

by Casey Donahue

07/08/2017

Police & Fire

Convicted Felon Charged With Norwalk Shooting NORWALK, Conn. — A convicted felon was arrested Thursday and charged with firing a gun at a car in South Norwalk last September, according to the Hour. The shooting took place just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 5, 2016, according to the Hour. Someone reported shots fired in the area of Meadow Street and Lawrence Street, and when officers arrived they found a car that had been damaged by the gunfire, as well as shell casings on the ground, the Hour reported. About a month later, 36-year-old Donald Flamer of Norwalk was arrested in Westport after police said they stopped him and found narcotics and a…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Hospital Returns To Normal Operations After ER Incident UPDATE: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport Hospital was on “heightened awareness” on Friday afternoon after an incident in the emergency department, the hospital’s senior vice president of operations told the Connecticut Post. A patient was verbally threatened by a "significant other," but the incident was resolved, the Post said. The term "lockdown" was originally used, but it was a case of heightened awareness" handled by Bridgeport police and hospital security, the Connecticut Post said. original story: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport Hospital was placed on lockdown Friday after someone m…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Man Charged With Selling Heroin NORWALK, Conn. — A South Norwalk man was charged with selling heroin after he was arrested by U.S. Marshals at his Sable Street home on Thursday, according to the Hour. Norwalk Police launched an investigation into 24-year-old Rojia Ferguson for heroin sales, the Hour reported. Police told the Hour that Ferguson sold heroin to cooperating witnesses two times in January. Ferguson was charged with two counts of possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school, and possession of narcotics with intent to sell within 1,5…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

Trumbull Fire Crews Extricate Motorists After Three-Car Crash TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Trumbull first responders extricated people from their vehicles after a three-car crash on White Plains Road Friday morning. The Long Hill Volunteer Fire Company provided mutual aid to the Trumbull Volunteer Fire Company after the accident Friday morning. Fire crews extricated patients from the cars and placed them in the care of Trumbull Emergency Medical Services, who took them to the hospital.

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

New Canaan Native Joins Darien Police Force DARIEN, Conn. -- The Darien Police Department welcomed the newest member to its ranks, when Officer Burr "BJ" Allen was sworn in this week. Allen comes to the Darien Police Department after spending a year-and-a-half with the New Haven Police Department. Prior to his career in law enforcement, Allen was a psychiatric technician at Stamford Hospital. Allen grew up in New Canaan, graduating high school at the Berkshire School in Massachusetts. He attended Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Penn., where he was on both the football and lacrosse teams. He was sworn in at a meeting of the Da…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

New York Man Injures Three Stamford Police Officers At Alive@Five Concert STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three Stamford police officers were injured by a New York City man at the Alive@Five concert at Columbus Park Thursday evening, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police told the Stamford Advocate that just before Cee Lo Green began performing at 5 p.m. Thursday, an officer saw 52-year-old Lamont Holloway of Manhattan shouting obscenities as he walked out of the venue. Holloway then got up on a pillar and threw a knapsack into some bushes near the Stamford Police Department mobile command center, the Stamford Advocate reported. Three officers approached Holloway to ask h…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

Greenwich Detective Honored For His Role In Arrest Of Bank Robber GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich Police Detective James T. Manning was named the June Officer of the Month for his work that led to the arrest of a suspect bank robber. The Greenwich Police Department recognized Manning "for his self-initiated, proactive police patrol," which led to the arrest of David E. Byers, 34, for two bank robberies and a gas station robbery in late April. Police said Byers robbed the same Chase Bank twice in one week before fleeing to San Diego, where he was eventually arrested. Related story: Suspect in two Greenwich bank robberies nabbed in California Manning's work …

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

Police & Fire

Stamford Man Charged With Beating, Strangling Girlfriend STAMFORD, Conn. — A 28-year-old Stamford man was held on a $300,000 bond after being charged with beating and strangling his girlfriend in an encounter that left bruises and scratches on her face and body, according to the Stamford Advocate. Anthony Dimaio was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault, strangulation, unlawful restraint and interfering with a 911 call, according to the Stamford Advocate. His girlfriend had come to police headquarters on Saturday to report that Dimaio had begun verbally abusing her the previous night before he started beating her, the Stamford Advocate repor…

by Casey Donahue

07/07/2017

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