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Stratford Man Arrested After Police Receive Tip From Public
STAMFORD — A community tip to police has led to the arrest of a Stratford man accused of aiming a loaded gun at a 4-year-old child while trying to rob the boy's mother before a cancer walk, according to the Stamford Advocate.
Christopher Smith, 44, of 435 Reittner St., Stratford, was taken into custody late last week after policed received a tip naming him as the suspect in the Oct. 17 robbery attempt, according to the report.
Smith, a convicted felon, was charged Monday with first-degree criminal attempt at robbery, criminal possession of a firearm, first-degree threatening and risk of inju…
Man With 4-Year-Old Child Busted On Drug Charges In Greenwich
GREENWICH, Conn. -- A New Haven man was arrested early Sunday after Greenwich police searching his car found marijuana, a digital scale, large amounts of cash and a 4-year-old child, according the greenwichtime.com.
Andre Finch, 28, faces charges including illegal possession of marijuana, illegal sale of marijuana, interfering with an officer and causing risk of injury to a minor, according to the report.
Finch was released after posting $200 bond.
Information on the 4-year-old -- including the child's gender, condition and relation to Finch -- was not released by police, Greenwich Time sa…
Theater Of STARs Presents 'Searching For Jimmy Buffett' In Norwalk
NORWALK, Conn. – A theater group of singers, dancers and actors with intellectual and developmental disabilities will be performing at the Norwalk Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16.
The group, part of the Theater of STARs program, includes 57 performers who have been guided over 14 weeks of rehearsals by about 20 volunteers and staff supporters. The performers, whose show is called "Searching for Jimmy Buffett," hail from Norwalk, Westport, Weston, Wilton, Darien and New Canaan.
Tickets for the Wednesday show at 125 East Ave. are open to the public at a cost of $3 in advan…
Lillian Vernon, Whose Catalog Business Was Based In Westchester, 88
Lillian Vernon, founder of the first woman-owned company ever listed on the American Stock Exchange, died Monday in Manhattan. She was 88.
As a child, she came to the United States with her family to escape the rise of the Nazi party in Germany during the 1930s, according to the report. By 1951, Vernon had used $2,000 of her wedding money to start a catalog business from her Mount Vernon kitchen.
The Lillian Vernon Corporation, as her company would eventually be known, would grow to include nine catalogs, 15 outlet stores, two websites and an annual revenue approaching $300 million, accordi…
