Connecticut Man Exonerated After Serving 16 Years for a 1991 Murder He Didn’t Commit (DNA)

Swinton, who was 51 years old and had no significant criminal record, always maintained his innocence and endured a lengthy trial in early 2001. May 5, 2018(Hartford, CT – March 1, 2018) With the consent of Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy, a Connecticut...

Mayor’s son pleads guilty to stealing drugs from Fairfield PD By Daniel Tepfer

Fairfield Police Detective Stephen Rilling appears at his arraignment in Bridgeport Superior Court, in Bridgeport, Conn. June 2, 2017. Rilling, son of Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, is charged with third-degree computer crime, second-degree larceny by defrauding a...

State Police Seize $1 Million Worth Of Fentanyl During Traffic Stop

​Statewide Narcotics Task Force seized one kilogram of fentanyl, with a street value of $1 million​ September 14, 2017State troopers detectives with the Statewide Narcotics Task Force seized one kilogram of fentanyl, with a street value of $1 million, after stopping a...

Deadly Fentanyl Disguised As Prescription Pills

An autopsy revealed the victim, not identified by authorities, overdosed on drugs including fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Enter Article DATE HEREWhen a Hamden man texted his dealer for four 30-milligram oxycodone in...

Cop pleads not guilty to stealing heroin, pills

June 30, 201MILFORD – A former veteran Fairfield Police detective pleaded not guilty Friday to stealing thousands of dollars in heroin and OxyContin pills from the police department. Stephen Rilling, the 40-year-old son of Norwalk’s Mayor Harry Rilling,...

Fairfield narcotics cop accused of stealing heroin, OxyContin

“Like too many other families in Connecticut, my son and our family are facing the effects of the opioid epidemic that is sweeping our state,” the mayor said.” June 2, 2017BRIDGEPORT – Investigators were preparing to arrest Fairfield Police...