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Meredith Guinness

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mguinness@dailyvoice.com

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Police & Fire

Women Charged With Shoplifting $900 In Jewelry, Clothes In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two Bridgeport women were arrested on shoplifting charges Friday after they left Kohl’s in Fairfield with nearly $900 in jewelry and clothing, police said. Jacqueline Rhea Garavel, 50, of Soundview Avenue, and Lourdes Molina, 41, of Pilgrim Road, paid for some items, but then left the Tunxis Hill Road store with a cart full of items with no tags that they had not purchased, police said. They were apprehended by store security, police said. Molina was found with about $436 worth of stolen merchandise, and Garavel had $256 worth, police said. Each woman was charged with si…

by Meredith Guinness

02/02/2016

Police & Fire

Police Raid On Bridgeport Home Results In Largest-Ever Seizure Of Guns, Pot BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A cache of 21 handguns and rifles, marijuana plants worth “tens of thousands” of dollars, anabolic steroids, growth hormone and ammunition were seized from a Bridgeport home late Saturday in what Mayor Joseph P. Ganim called “one of the largest single arrest results anyone can remember.” Officers arrested Jack Kelhoffer, 30, of 30 Aldine Ave., after breaching the door to his house and finding the suspect standing in a hallway near a loaded Glock semi-automatic handgun, police said. They executed a search-and-seizure warrant, finding “an elaborate marijuana cultivation …

by Meredith Guinness

02/01/2016

Police & Fire

Woman Charged In Fairfield Car Crash; Police Used Narcan To Revive Her FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Shelton woman was arrested on charges of impaired driving Friday from an accident in November when she rolled through a traffic light at Kings Highway East and Grasmere Avenue in Fairfield, jumped a sidewalk and hit a pedestrian guardrail over the railroad tracks, police said. Gina Garamella, 26, Moose Hill Road, was unconscious and not breathing when the first officer responded to the Nov. 3 accident, police said. EMTs administered Narcan spray, which is used in opiate overdoses, and she began breathing again, police said. Garamella was taken to St. Vincent’s Medical C…

by Meredith Guinness

02/01/2016

Police & Fire

Fairfield Couple Arrested After Woman Jumps On Hood Of Fiance's Car FAIRFIELD, Conn. — An engaged couple were arrested Sunday during an argument after the man drove a few blocks with the woman riding on the hood of his car, Fairfield police said. Angela Conklin, 52, and Andrew Vossler, 48, both of Palamar Drive, were arguing in their home at 11:20 a.m., police said. She scratched him across the chest and he left and attempted to drive away, according to the police report. She jumped on the hood of the car and neighbors on Palamar, Home Fair Drive and High Ridge Road called police to report a woman clinging to the hood of a moving car, police said. Conklin…

by Meredith Guinness

02/01/2016

News

Lt. Gov. Wyman Buzzes After A Visit To B:Hive Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman paid a visit to B:Hive Bridgeport on Tuesday, happily meandering through the warm, downtown co-working space where about 30 entrepreneurs make their dreams come true. “I feel like I’m in New York,” the Brooklyn native said. “It’s the way to go — to get out of the house and have a place to concentrate. It’s a great, great thing to see.” Wyman said she’s seeing similar initiatives taking shape around Connecticut, where an increasing number of primarily young people — spurred by a stale job market or their own burgeoning creativity — are launching their…

by Meredith Guinness

02/01/2016

Police & Fire

Westport Police Bag Two On Shoplifting Charges At Jack Wills Shop WESTPORT, Conn. — Two men were arrested on shoplifting charges, accused of taking $338 worth of merchandise from the Jack Wills store in Westport on Jan. 21, police said. Employees of the Main Street shop noticed the men walking through the store with several empty bags and told police they were evasive with store staff when asked whether they needed help. Westport officers responded at 5 p.m. and found the men walking out of the store, police said. Officers searched their bags, which contained merchandise with the tags still attached, according to the police report. Andre Fowler, 21, of …

by Meredith Guinness

01/30/2016

Police & Fire

Norwalk Man Charged In Westport Assault WESTPORT, Conn. — Westport police arrested a Norwalk man on charges of grabbing and striking a victim in the face and stopping the victim from calling 911, police said. Westport officers were called to a Franklin Street address on a report of a disturbance at 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 22, police said.They found the victim bleeding from the head, but the accused, James Olivia, 52, had left the scene, police said. He was located at his home and was arrested an charged with third-degree assault and interfering with an emergency call. He was held on $10,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in court o…

by Meredith Guinness

01/29/2016

News

Bridgeport Property Values Decline 19 Percent Since 2008 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The city’s 2015 reassessment shows that real estate property assessments are down about 19 percent across the board from the last reassessment in 2008, Bridgeport Director of Finance Ken Flatto said Thursday. Condo values are down more than 30 percent, single- and multi-family home assessments are down 19 percent and commercial real estate is down 5 percent to 15 percent, according to the preliminary reports. “That’s not a big surprise,” Flatto said of the new preliminary numbers, which reflect the years-long recession. Motor vehicle and personal property values are run…

by Meredith Guinness

01/29/2016

News

Uber Teams With Stratford For Free Safe Rides Program To Curb Drunk Driving STRATFORD, Conn. — A first-of-its-kind pilot program will offer Stratford residents free weekend rides to curb drunken driving, the town, Uber and the nonprofit Wayne’s Walk announced Thursday. If all goes well, Uber would like to roll out similar programs across the state and the nation, said Matt Powers, general manager of Uber Connecticut. “We know that when people have reliable options like Uber to get a ride home, they’re more likely to make smarter choices,” he said. “I hope this serves as a model for other towns and cities throughout Connecticut and across the country.” Wayne’s Wa…

by Meredith Guinness

01/29/2016

Police & Fire

Undercover Shelton Officers Arrest Two, Retrieve Drugs, Gun SHELTON, Conn. — Undercover officers arrested two Shelton residents on drug and weapons charges after they witnessed a hand-to-hand drug transaction downtown in the commuter parking lot at Canal and Cornell streets Wednesday afternoon, police said. Officers found several individually wrapped bags of marijuana, several loose pills and a semi-automatic handgun in the 2:30 p.m. arrest, police said. Ricardo Llera, 21, of Shelton was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, sale of a controlled substance, illegal possession and failure to keep drug in or…

by Meredith Guinness

01/28/2016

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