Norwalk

Police have arrested a man who is accused of trying to kidnap a child in Norwalk, then attempting to buy the child. Just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to reports of a man trying to take the child out of a parked vehicle. The woman told police that the child was sitting in the backseat and she had unbuckled…

Stew Leonard Sr., the founder of Connecticut-based grocery chain Stew Leonard’s, has died at the age of 93, according to the company. Leonard died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City after a brief illness, the company said in a news release. There will be a public wake on Monday, May 1, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m….

A Norwalk man took videos of himself driving more than 130 miles per hour and posted them on social media, according to state police. State police said they learned on March 28 that there were videos on Instagram and Facebook of a Chevrolet going around 133 miles per hour on Route 7 in Norwalk, which has a speed limit of…

A staff member at a school in Norwalk has been arrested and is accused of putting multiple students in a chokehold last month including one who lost consciousness. Norwalk Public Schools contacted police about an incident on February 24 where investigators said a staff member had made a student go unconscious at Brookside Elementary School. According to police, Stefanie Sanabria,…

A discovery on a Long Island beach is bringing two families from two states together: A missing memorial bench honoring a Connecticut couple who passed away was found in Setauket, Long Island. The bench apparently spent months floating across the Long Island Sound before it washed up. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A memorial bench honoring a Connecticut couple that passed away was found 20 miles across the Long Island Sound on a beach in Stony Brook.

Route 7 north and part of both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk are back open following a homicide investigation on Saturday. Troopers were called to a one-car crash on Route 7 north near exit 2 around 3:19 a.m. When state police arrived, they said they found a man in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead…

There has been no sign of April Grisanti since the night of Feb. 1, 1985 and Norwalk police continue to search for answers to solve the 38-year-old case. Police said Grisanti was last seen leaving Anthony’s Bar on Main Street at 12:15 a.m. that morning and her ex-boyfriend, James “Purple” Aaron, forced her into his vehicle and headed north on…

Norwalk police have arrested three teens after responding to a report of gunshots and said they seized three semiautomatic handguns. Police received a 911 call at 12:13 p.m. from a person who reported gunshots near Merritt Street and three people with guns running toward Chestnut Street, police said. Officers quickly located a 16-year-old who had a semiautomatic handgun, police said….

A frightening attack on two owners of a gay bar in Connecticut left one of the victims requiring more than 50 stitches for his face, and now the victims’ attorney is calling on police to charge the alleged suspect with hate crimes.

The attorney of two men who were attacked in a gay bar in Connecticut want the man arrested charged with a hate crime, Marc Santia reports.

The mayor of Norwalk is declaring a water emergency for the city, effective Friday, because of drought conditions. Mayor Harry Rilling said in a news release that he is issuing mandatory water conservation measures “to prevent a much larger water crisis.” The city said Norwalk has had historically low levels of rain, including the least amount of rain on record…

Police are investigating an assault on the Brien McMahon High School football field in Norwalk during a game Sunday afternoon and they are asking anyone with information or video to come forward. Police said it happened around 1 p.m. Sunday and they are working quickly to find and hold anyone responsible for criminal behavior accountable. No additional information was released….

A Norwalk police officer was injured after investigators said he was assaulted by two men at the Oyster Festival on Saturday night. Officers working at the Oyster Festival were notified of a fight between minors near the Kids Cove around 9:49 p.m. At the scene, police said they broke up two separate fights. While escorting one of the minors that…

Several employees working for the show “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” in Norwalk are being laid off because of the show’s cancellation. A spokesperson said people working at the production office on Water Street and stage on Leonard Street will be laid off. Some employees were let go on Aug. 22 and certain employees will be laid off on Sept….

Two men were taken into custody outside a Connecticut home on Monday, one for “menacing” officers with an ax, amid a large confrontation where a group was protesting a formal eviction order, authorities said. Norwalk police said a Connecticut Marshal had arrived at the residence on Sylvester Court around 9 a.m. to serve an eviction order. The lone official encountered…

A Norwalk man drowned in Long Island Sound Sunday while trying to help a woman who was struggling in the water, according to police. Officers responded to Calf Pasture Beach around 4:45 p.m. for a report of an unconscious person in the water. According to police, a man and woman were walking on a partially-submerged sandbar when the woman fell…

A real estate attorney is accused of stealing more than $1 million from clients in Norwalk and has been charged with eight counts of first-degree larceny, according to Norwalk police. Norwalk police detectives took 57-year-old Carl Ferraro, of Darien, into custody on Wednesday. Police said they received several complaints in March and Ferraro was alleged to have withheld money from…

One tractor-trailer hit another on Interstate 95 South in Norwalk early Saturday morning, rupturing a tank and causing a fuel spill, and sending vegetables onto the highway, according to the fire department. The Norwalk Fire Department responded to the highway, between exits 14 and 13, at 5 a.m. They said a tractor-trailer was in the breakdown lane, waiting to have…

Wegmans is planning on opening its first Connecticut store in Norwalk, and the company has big plans to handle the new traffic influx that is expected.