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A volunteer youth coach with the Danbury Police Activities League was arrested on drug-related charges. In a statement, the league said they find the nature of the accusations to be extremely serious and disconcerting. The coach has been relieved of all coaching duties effective immediately. The league reiterated that their mission is to provide children with a “safe and healthy…

Police have made an arrest in connection with a bomb threat at Danbury High School a week ago. Officials said several Danbury teachers and students received emails indicating a bomb was in the high school on Dec. 3. The police department was notified and detectives responded to the school. Police said that after investigating, they determined the threatening emails originated…

Connecticut State Police investigators are looking for witnesses to a four-car accident in Danbury. The crash happened Thursday around 2:15 p.m. near exit 1 on I-84 in Danbury, according to police. The accident left at least one person with possibly life threatening injuries, state police said. As traffic slowed due to congestion on Thursday afternoon, a vehicle crashed into another…

Part of Route 53 in Danbury is closed due to flooding on Tuesday. Police said Route 53 has been closed at Elmwood Place since 10:45 p.m. on Monday and there is water over the road. Authorities have been checking the area every hour to see when it may reopen. An estimate is unknown at this time. This comes as a…

Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a 9-year-old boy who is missing from Danbury. Troopers said Amogelang Tsagae was last seen wearing a white and black button down shirt, black jeans and black sneakers. He has been missing since Saturday. Tsagae is 4-foot 10-inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with…

Connecticut state police are asking for your help after finding a body inside a car at a commuter lot in Danbury Saturday night. Troop A was called to the commuter lot at exit 2 on Interstate 84 eastbound after receiving a report of a strong odor emanating from a car in the lot, officials said. Responding officers found a woman…

Police have arrested a second teenager in connection to the shooting of a 15-year-old female at Danbury Fair Mall earlier this month. Investigators said they identified 18-year-old Derek Sotelo, of Danbury, as being part of a group that arrived at the mall intending to confront the group that included the 14-year-old male shooter. According to investigators, Sotelo was armed with…

Police have arrested a teen suspected in the shooting at a mall in Danbury.

Police have arrested a 14-year-old male who is accused of shooting a 15-year-old female at Danbury Fair Mall last week. Officers were called to the Danbury Fair Mall in the area of Macy’s around 7 p.m. on Wednesday for a report of shots fired. A 15-year-old female was shot in the chest and was alert and conscious when emergency...

Police are continuing the search for the gunman who opened fire during an argument inside the Danbury Fair Mall Wednesday night, shooting a 15-year-old girl.

A 15-year-old was shot at Danbury Fair Mall on Wednesday night and police are seaching for the shooter. rhing for the

A 16-year-old was injured in a shooting at the Danbury Fair Mall Wednesday night, according to police, who believe she was an innocent bystander caught up in an altercation between two groups.

Connecticut State Police are responding to the Danbury Fair Mall to assist Danbury police with a report of shots fired, state police confirmed Wednesday.

One person was injured after a serious motor vehicle crash in Danbury Saturday morning. Police said 32-year-old Corey Fenger was driving a scooter on Nabby Road when he hit a car driven by a 80-year-old woman from Brookfield. Officials said Fenger was injured during the crash and was transported to Danbury Hospital. The crash is under investigation and anyone with…

Police have made an arrest after a deadly drive-by shooting in Danbury a few weeks ago. Officials have arrested 17-year-old Elvis Anthony Agramonte, of Danbury, after executing a warrant. Officers received multiple complaints of gunshots coming from Mill Ridge Road on June 20. When police arrived, they said they found 18-year-old Yhameek Johnson, of Danbury, being cared for by area…

A U.S. Marshals task force and Danbury police found a missing, endangered child who authorities said was trafficked and arrested a Danbury man suspected of assault. The U.S. Marshals Service said the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Danbury Police Departments found the child Wednesday morning and 35-year-old Wayne Marcell, of Danbury, was arrested at 8:30 a.m....

An 18-year-old man has died after a drive-by shooting in Danbury on Sunday. Officers received multiple complaints of gunshots coming from Mill Ridge Road around 8 p.m. When police arrived, they said they found 18-year-old Yhameek Johnson, of Danbury, being cared for by area residents. According to police, Johnson was the victim of a drive-by shooting and had been shot…

A grandmother has been arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old grandson in Danbury. Police said they responded to Danbury Hospital on March 17 after a 1-year-old boy died because the circumstances were suspicious, and they started to investigate. The child’s grandmother, 60-year-old Cora Brandon, is suspected of being complicit in his death, according to Danbury police. An…

Just under 40% of the inmates inside the federal prison complex in Danbury have refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal officials. The Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office disclosed the latest vaccination numbers in a court filing Friday as part of class-action lawsuit over an alleged failure to protect prisoners from the coronavirus inside the institution. There are...