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Frank MacEachern

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fmaceachern@dailyvoice.com

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Originally from Canada, Frank started his journalism in his native country before moving to Fairfield County a decade ago where he continued his career. He is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and of University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Frank was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Frank MacEachern's Contributions

Police & Fire

61-Year-Old Danbury Man Busted On Drug Charges For Second Time This Month DANBURY, Conn. — A man approaching retirement age was busted on drug charges by Danbury Police on Wednesday, just four weeks after an earlier arrest on similar charges, police said. Raymond Henderson, 61, of 14 Division St., second floor, was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drug paraphernalia within 1,500 feet of a school. His bond was set at $25,000. Members of the Special Investigations Division executed search-and-seizure warrants at Henderson's apartment in regard to illegal drug sales, police…

by Frank MacEachern

03/31/2017

Police & Fire

New York City Man Arrested On ID, Forgery Charges In New Canaan NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A New York City man's bad luck of getting into an accident in Massachusetts resulted in New Canaan Police solving an identity theft case. Sinke Merim Zewge, 34, of 317 Bowery, New York City, was charged with second-degree identity theft and second-degree forgery. He was held on $25,000 bond for a court appearance Friday. A New Canaan resident went to police to report that numerous credit cards had been taken out in the resident's name. Police identified Zewge as a suspect in the case after he got into an accident with his U-Haul truck in Amherst, Mass. Police investiga…

by Frank MacEachern

03/31/2017

Police & Fire

Police Arrest Greenwich High Student On Pot Charges GREENWICH, Conn. — One Greenwich High student turned in another, resulting in the arrest of a 19-year-old town resident on multiple marijuana charges, police said. Renolson Ezekial Dume, of 78 Oak Ridge St., was arrested Monday and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana within 1,500 feet of a school and possession of marijuana with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school. A student anonymously informed school officials that another student had marijuana in his possession, police said. A school official spoke with the …

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Westhill Student Caught With Stolen Cellphone Thanks To App's Alarm STAMFORD, Conn. — A 16-year-old Westhill High student who stole a teacher's cellphone was arrested after it sent out an alarm while tucked in his backpack — with a police officer looking on, police said. Police said the teacher couldn't find her phone during the day, but it wasn't until about 8 p.m. Wednesday that she notified police after failing to find it at her home. Using the "where's my phone" application on her computer, the woman was able to show Officer Heather Franc that the phone was in the area of South Pacific Street and traveling south, police said. Franc contacted…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

Two Women Charged With Attack At Stamford Club Sparked By Facebook Posts STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Stamford woman is facing charges in two brutal attacks that left a pair of teenagers with serious injuries in separate attacks sparked by social media posts, police said. Kieonna Bragg, 19, of West Main Street, was charged with second-degree assault and breach of peace in an Oct. 14 attack after a Stamford High football game in which she knocked a teenage girl unconscious, police said. She's also charged with third-degree assault of a woman at a teenage dance that left the victim with severe neck injury that required three days of hospitalization, police said. Bragg …

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Man, 71, Busted In Sex-For-Money Human Trafficking Ring DANBURY, Conn. — A Westport man and a Danbury man are facing charges in a human-trafficking ring in which young males with mental health issues were delivered to wealthy clients throughout Connecticut for sex, Danbury Police said Thursday. William Trefzger, 71, of 99 Greens Farms Road, Westport, was charged with patronizing a trafficked person. His bond was set at $500,000. Robert King of Danbury, who had been previously arrested in the case, was charged with promoting prostitution and witness tampering. A third man, Bruce Bemer, 63, of 215 Sherwood Drive, Glastonbury, was charged with pat…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

Police: NJ Man Said 'Holy Spirit' Told Him To Defecate In Stamford Church STAMFORD, Conn. — A New Jersey man may have to say more than a few Hail Marys after he defecated and urinated in the confessional of a Roman Catholic church in Stamford on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Donald Ray Hurt, 65, of 510 Broad St., Newark, told police "that the Holy Spirit told him to," Sgt. Jennifer Lynch said. Officers were called by the custodian of the Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist at 279 Atlantic St. after finding a completely naked Hurt in the church, police said. He was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and disorderly c…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Schools

Greenwich Announces New School Superintendent GREENWICH, Conn. — Greenwich has reached out to Illinois for its new superintendent of education. Jill Gildea will take over her responsibilities on July 1, the Board of Education announced Thursday morning. “Jill is everything we want and more," school board Chairman Peter Sherr said during the special meeting approving her selection. "We're lucky to have you." Currently Superintendent of Schools for Fremont School District 79 in Mundelein, Ill., Gildea was selected after a national search in a process led by Ray and Associates. There were 67 final applications that was win…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

Two Norwalk Residents Charged In Case Of Stolen Checks In New Canaan NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Two Norwalk residents were arrested Wednesday after a lengthy investigation by New Canaan Police into a stolen check scheme. Wayne E. Barker, 24, of 10 Christy St., was charged with two counts each of forgery and misapplication of property. He was arrested after he appeared in Norwalk court on an unrelated matter. His bond was set at $40,000. Kimberly Ann Ruff, 36, of 41 Wolfpit Ave., Apt. 1E, was charged with four counts of identity theft and one count each of second-degree forgery and second-degree larceny. She turned herself in to police and was held on $35,000 bond f…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

Police & Fire

State Police: Bridgeport Officer Shot Teenage Suspect In Robbery BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — State Police have been called in to investigate the non-fatal shooting of a teenage robbery suspect Wednesday night by a Bridgeport police officer. At about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, after an attempted street robbery, Bridgeport Police Detectives confronted the 18-year-old male and 16-year-old male robbery suspects in the area of 436 Woodmont Ave., state police said. During the interaction, a detective shot and wounded the 18-year-old with at least one round, state police said. The suspect was shot in the face, according to the Connecticut Post. Both suspects were armed, p…

by Frank MacEachern

03/30/2017

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