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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

Driver Arrested In Wilton After Police Find Bath Salts In His Car WILTON, Conn. -- An East Haven man pulled over for a traffic violation in Wilton was found to have prescription pills and bath salts in his car, according to police. At around 11 p.m. on Friday police pulled over a car on Danbury Road in Wilton due a headlight being out and an expired registration, police said. While speaking to the driver, 38-year-old Thomas Smith of East Haven, police discovered that he had several narcotic pills in a plastic tube in his pocket, according to police. Smith said that the pills were prescribed to him, but he was unable to produce an original container, accor…

by Casey Donahue

05/02/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Wilton Homeowner Chases Car Thief Into The Woods WILTON, Conn. -- The owner of a home on Bob White Lane in Wilton chased a suspicious person into the woods and later discovered that that same person may have stolen his car, according to police. At 12:30 a.m. Friday, April 14, police responded to a home on Bob White Lane on a report of a suspicious person walking around the property and ringing the doorbell. The owner chased the person into a wooded area and lost sight of him, police said. The suspect was described as a white male, 6 feet tall, and wearing blue jeans and long sleeves. Officers canvassed the area but were unable to find th…

by Casey Donahue

05/02/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Money Stolen From STAR Home In Darien DARIEN, Conn. -- More than $3,000 is believed to have been stolen from a STAR group home for people with disabilities in Darien, according to police. On Monday, April 24, Darien Police officers met with representatives from STAR, a Norwalk-based organization that serves individuals with developmental disabilities. Among the organization's many operations, it runs a group home for adults in Darien. Police said they met with the representatives on a report of an apparent larceny. During a routine business audit in February, it was discovered than about $3,400 in cash was unaccounted for, acco…

by Casey Donahue

05/01/2017

Police & Fire

Stamford Man Headbutted In Darien By Stranger With Small Child DARIEN, Conn. -- A Stamford resident reported that he was headbutted by a man in Darien who was walking in the road with a small child on a bike, according to police. Police responded to Rings End Road on Friday, April 14 at around 5:47 p.m. on a report of an assault. A 30-year-old Stamford man said he had been driving on Rings End Road when he saw a white man walking in the roadway with a small child on a bike. The driver went over the double yellow line to avoid hitting the pedestrians. At this point the man in the road started cursing at him, causing the Stamford man to stop his car and g…

by Casey Donahue

05/01/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Firefighters Extinguish Car Fire NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk firefighters from Marine Company Engine 3 extinguished a car fire Saturday morning.Engine 3 caught the car fire while on the way to perform maintenance on the boat before the season starts up, fire officials said.

by Casey Donahue

05/01/2017

Weather

Showers And Thunderstorms Kick Off Week In New Canaan FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- There's a chance of some serious thunderstorms hitting Fairfield County Monday night, kicking off a mostly cool week that will start and end with some wet weather for the region. The daytime on Monday will see areas of drizzle and fog, mostly before noon, but otherwise the day is expected to be mostly cloudy with a high near 63, according to the National Weather Service. There will be a south wind around 6 mph. There is a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms, mainly at night. The main threat comes from gusty winds, the NWS said. There is a chance of showers an…

by Casey Donahue

05/01/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Identify Father, Daughter Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk Police have identified the father and daughter involved in an apparent murder-suicide on Wilton Avenue early Monday morning. Police said that the victim has been identified as 33-year-old Melissa Wilkinson, while the suspect has been identified as her father, 55-year-old Mark Wilkinson. Both were residents of the apartment at 66 Wilton Ave. Related story: Father, daughter dead after apparent murder-suicide in Norwalk Police responded to the apartment at around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Co-workers of Melissa Wilkinson had gone to the home after she had not shown up for wo…

by Casey Donahue

05/01/2017

News

Motorcycle Crash, School Rankings, I-95 Death Top Week's News In New Canaan FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- A motorcycle crash, a ranking of the top high schools in the area and a pedestrian killed on I-95 are among the top news stories in Fairfield County this week, in case you missed them. A 27-year-old Newtown woman was killed in a motorcycle accident on Currituck Road in Newtown on Sunday evening. Jackie Schulz was wearing a helmet when her 2010 Harley Davidson Sportster hit a utility pole. Friends later set up a GoFundMe to help her 4-year-old son. Four high schools in Fairfield County ranked among the Top 500 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report…

by Casey Donahue

04/30/2017

Police & Fire

Cops: Bridgeport Man, Teens Kidnapped And Beat Homeless Man BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Police charged a Bridgeport man and three teens with kidnapping a homeless person and beating him with a baseball bat on Thursday, according to the Connecticut Post. Police told the Connecticut Post that 31-year-old William McNeil, along with two teenage boys and a teenage girl, drove up to Washington Park and grabbed a 34-year-old homeless man. They dragged him into their SUV and drove off, the Connecticut Post reported. Witnesses called police, who caught up with the car on Noble Avenue, according to the Connecticut Post. The man was sobbing and bleeding from a wound,…

by Casey Donahue

04/29/2017

Police & Fire

Missing 10-Year-Old Stamford Girl Found Safe STAMFORD, Conn. — A 10-year-old Stamford girl who was abducted by her mother this week has been found safe, according to the Stamford Advocate. Police told the Stamford Advocate that 30-year-old Samantha Cuevas of the Bronx had lured her 10-year-old daughter out of a window at the girl's grandmother's apartment in Stamford on Wednesday afternoon. The grandmother had legal custody of the child, but the mother believed that she had custody of her, and even presented New York custody papers to police, the Stamford Advocate reported. However, new custody papers had been filed in Connecticut, gra…

by Casey Donahue

04/28/2017

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