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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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Police & Fire

Bomb-Sniffing Dog Joins The Ranks At Westport Police Department WESTPORT, Conn. -- The Westport Police Department has welcomed to its ranks a new K-9, Ambo, who will be used to detect explosives. Ambo is a 3-year-old yellow Labrador trained by Frank Reda of Superior K9. Ambo specializes in the latest cutting-edge techniques used to detect explosives, police said. Ambo is the first K-9 for the Westport Police Department trained in explosives detection. He will be partnered up and handled by K-9 Officer James Loomer.

by Casey Donahue

05/15/2017

Lifestyle

CeeLo Green, Sugar Ray Among Top Acts For Stamford's Alive@Five STAMFORD, Conn. – Lovers of all types of music will find something to match their taste in downtown Stamford this summer when the Alive@Five and Wednesday Nite Live concert series kick off in Columbus Park in July. Alive@Five opens on Thursday, July 6 at 5 p.m. with a performance by CeeLo Green. The concert series runs for six Thursdays. Wednesday Nite Live opens on Wednesday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. with a performance by Dionne Warwick and runs for four Wednesdays. In addition to Green on July 6, the Alive@Five 2017 line-up includes: July 13: Ziggy Marley July 20: Sugar Ray July 27: Rache…

by Casey Donahue

05/14/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Release Photos Of Woman Who Robbed Bank In Walmart Vest NORWALK, Conn. -- Police are searching for a woman in a blue Walmart vest who robbed the First County Bank on Connecticut Avenue on Friday morning. The robbery occurred at 11:30 a.m. at the bank, located at 700 Connecticut Ave. beside the busy Walmart parking lot, police said. The suspect entered the bank and handed the teller a note that implied she had a gun, according to police. The suspect is described as a light-skinned black woman in her late 20s or early 30s. She was 5-foot-4 with a stocky build and short black hair pulled behind her neck in a bun or ponytail, police said. She wore b…

by Casey Donahue

05/13/2017

Police & Fire

Ridgefield Girl Approached By Strange Men Offering Her A Ride RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Two strange men in a car approached a high school student in Ridgefield and offered her a ride last week, according to the Ridgefield Press. The ninth grade girl was walking on Walnut Grove Road at around 2:35 p.m. on Friday, May 5 when the two men in a red car approached her and offered her the ride, police told the Ridgefield Press. The girl declined and kept walking, the Ridgefield Press reported. Police began investigating after an account of the incident was posted on Facebook, according to the Ridgefield Press. The girl described one of the men as being around 60 …

by Casey Donahue

05/13/2017

Police & Fire

Stratford First Responders Rescue Elderly Cardiac Arrest Patient STRATFORD, Conn. -- Stratford first responders worked together to save an elderly person going into cardiac arrest Friday morning.FT Paramedic Dane Johansson and Per Diem EMT Dave Foster responded to the cardiac arrest with Stratford Fire Department Engine 4 first responders and Operations Supervisor/Paramedic Chris Costa. CPR was in progress when they arrived, and the team worked together to resuscitate the elderly patient. After basic CPR/CCR and advanced cardiac life support was provided by Johansson, Return of Spontaneous Circulation was achieved in the field, EMS officials said. "…

by Casey Donahue

05/13/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Police: Norwalk Driver Hid Bag Of Pot, Heroin In His Rectum WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Norwalk man was arrested Tuesday after police said he hid marijuana and heroin inside his rectum during a traffic stop in Westport. Officers stopped a car with darkly tinted windows on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on Saugatuck Avenue near Ferry Lane, police said. The officer stopping the car smelled marijuana coming from inside, according to police. The driver, identified as 29-year-old Supreme Harmon of Norwalk, denied having drugs in the car, so a K-9 unit was called to the scene, police said. As the officer and K-9 Koda searched the car, police said the officer located a whi…

by Casey Donahue

05/13/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Of 15-Year-Old Girl BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Bridgeport man with the street name "King Sincere" pleaded guilty Friday to sex trafficking of a minor after he brought a girl from New York to his home where she worked as a prostitute, according to Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Darryl Morris, 32, has been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 16, 2016. According to court documents, in November 2014 he met a 15-year-old girl who was working in prostitution in New York. Shortly thereafter, he brought her to his home in Bridgeport and arranged to have advertisements of …

by Casey Donahue

05/12/2017

Police & Fire

Westchester Woman Sentenced For Stealing $700K From Employer A Westchester woman was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for stealing more than $700,000 from her Stamford, Conn., employer, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Rosemarie Collazo, 52, of Yonkers was sentenced in Bridgeport court to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. She pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud. According to court documents, Collazo was employed by Abbey National Treasury Services in Stamford, where as part of her job she assisted in arranging payments to vendors. She collected inv…

by Casey Donahue

05/12/2017

News

Woman Gets 2 Years In Prison For Stealing $700K From Stamford Employer STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Yonkers woman was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for stealing more than $700,000 from her Stamford employer, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the district of Connecticut. Rosemarie Collazo, 52, was sentenced in Bridgeport court to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. She pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud. According to court documents, Collazo was employed by Abbey National Treasury Services in Stamford, where as part of her job she assisted in arranging payments to vendors. She collected invoice…

by Casey Donahue

05/12/2017

Police & Fire

Woman In Walmart Vest Robs Norwalk Bank NORWALK, Conn. — Police are searching for a woman who robbed the First County Bank on Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk Friday, according to the Hour. Police told the Hour that the woman was wearing a Walmart vest and sunglasses during the robbery, which took place at around 11:30 a.m. She walked in and passed a note to the teller that indicated that she had a weapon, though no weapon was actually displayed during the incident, the Hour reported. Police were in the area of the bank, which is located at 700 Connecticut Ave., and were searching for the suspect, according to the Hour. A Walmart is…

by Casey Donahue

05/12/2017

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