Norwalk

Norwalk News: Pot Bust

#Norwalk  News: On October 5, 2017 at 4:39 PM Strategic Narcotics Enforcement Team (SNET) Officers were dispatched to the Courtyard Marriott located at 474 Main Avenue for a complaint. Hotel management reported a marijuana odor emanating from one of the rooms. Management wanted the occupants escorted from the premise. The officers contacted the occupants, Kevin Tobar-Castillo and JohanCifuentes, in the hallway outside of their room. Due to the heavy odor of marijuana, the officers requested consent to search the room. The men consented to a search of the room during which officers found loose marijuana strewn about the room, drug-packaging material and a large amount of cash. Both men were placed under arrest at this time. While handcuffing Cifuentes, officers…

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Norwalk CT– Shooting Arrest

#Norwalk CT--On September 8, 2017 at 11:03 pm, Norwalk Police responded to the Bow Tie Cinemas at 542 Westport Avenue for a male who had negligently shot himself in the leg. Arriving officers located Theo Thomopoulos inside the lobby suffering from a single gunshot wound to the leg. Officers seized a 9mm handgun from Thomopoulos, who wastransported to the Norwalk Hospital for treatment. No one else was injured during the incident. An arrest warrant was subsequently issued for Thomopoulos, who turned himself in at police headquarters on October 5, 2017. Arrested: Theo Thomopoulos, 51 of 19 Congress Street Shelton Charges: Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm, Reckless Endangerment 2 and Breach of Peace 2  Bond: $25,000 Norwalk Police Tip Line at…

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Norwalk News: Cold Case Murder Arrest

#Norwalk CT--Hakeem Atkinson, age 22, of 68 Bradley St., Bridgeport, was charged with Murder in the unrelated slaying Joseph “Jabs” Bateman, who was fatally shot behind the Avalon Gates housing complex on Belden Avenue in Norwalk on February 3, 2012. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Atkinson was 16 years old when Bateman was shot to death in a crime related to street gang activity in Norwalk. The arrest is the result of an intensive investigation by the Norwalk Police Department in conjunction with the Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney and the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk. Bateman’s death was featured in the fourth edition of the cold…

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#Bridgeport CT–#Norwalk Man Arrested In August Homicide

#Bridgeport CT--Today, David Shavers of Norwalk was arrested and charged with the murder of Cadell Moore that occurred on Sixth Street. The investigation revealed that Shavers had an ongoing feud with members of a local street gang that started over a drug dispute. On the morning of August 24, 2017, Shavers drove to the area and opened fire on a group sitting on the porch of the house at 54 Sixth Street. The victim was working on his car in front of that house and was shot in the head and killed. There is no evidence that Shavers had a direct relationship with Moore or that Moore was the intended target. Shavers is being held on $750,000 bond. Thank you to…

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