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Karen Tensa

Managing Editor, Connecticut

ktensa@dailyvoice.com

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Karen has lived and worked in Connecticut for more than two decades. Her professional experience includes more than a decade of work as the news editor at The Advocate in Stamford and reporting and editing stints on the staff of The Hartford Courant, among others. She is dedicated to writing local news, enjoying winter sports and reading nonfiction books.

Karen was formerly a managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Wrong-Way Driver Causes Rollover Crash On Merritt Parkway, Police Say A driver who entered the Merritt Parkway the wrong way and drove head-on into oncoming traffic caused a rollover crash, state police told the Connecticut Post. One driver was sent to the hospital with minor injuries in the crash at about 8:40 p.m. Friday in Trumbull, the Post said. The accident occurred on the northbound side of the Merritt between Exits 47 and 48 in Trumbull, the Connecticut Post said. Click here for the story at the Connecticut Post.

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10/21/2017

Weather

Risk Of Fire Danger 'High' In Westport As Drought Conditions Return FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- As moderate drought conditions return during a stretch of warm, dry fall weather, Connecticut has issued a “high alert” for forest fires this weekend for Fairfield County. The high warning is also in effect for Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham, New Haven and Middlesex Counties. Abnormally mild and dry weather will continue through the weekend as high pressure remains in control, the National Weather Service said. High temperatures Saturday will reach the mid to upper 70s under sunny skies. A similar day is in store for Sunday. Nearly half of Connecticut is…

by Daily Voice

10/21/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Wrong-Way Driver Causes Rollover Crash On The Merritt TRUMBULL, Conn. — A driver who entered the Merritt Parkway the wrong way and drove head-on into oncoming traffic caused a rollover crash, state police told the Connecticut Post. One driver was sent to the hospital with minor injuries in the crash at about 8:40 p.m. Friday, the Post said. The accident occurred on the northbound side of the Merritt between Exits 47 and 48 in Trumbull, the Connecticut Post said. Click here for the story at the Connecticut Post.

by Daily Voice

10/21/2017

Police & Fire

Danbury Firefighters Knock Down Smoky Blaze In House DANBURY, Conn. — Danbury firefighters tackled a smoky fire in a home in the downtown area on Friday afternoon. At about 2 p.m. Friday, the Danbury Fire Department was dispatched to 23 McDermott St. on the report of smoke coming from the house, fire department spokesman James Gagliardo said. The first units on the scene confirmed there was a working fire, he said. Firefighters forced entry in to the home, where high heat and low visibility conditions were present, Gagliardo said. Firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze, completed a search of the home and ventilated the remaining s…

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Georgia Woman Stole $773K From UConn By Hacking Account STORRS, Conn. — A Georgia woman who diverted $773,000 from a University of Connecticut account that were intended to go to Dell computers has been arrested and is now held on $1 million bond, police said Friday. UConn discovered in May that someone had hacked into a bill-paying account and diverted a total of 32 payments meant for Dell over a five-week span, police said. The theft of $773,079.35 took place from April 12 to May 9 and was discovered after Dell contacted UConn about the past due bills, UConn police said. An investigation led UConn police to Muthini Nzuki, 39, of Kennesaw, …

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

Have You Seen Them? Wilton Police Seek 4 Suspects In Jewelry Store Heist WILTON, Conn. — Wilton police are searching for four suspects who stole $17,000 worth of jewelry in a "distraction" larceny at Campus Jewelers in Wilton Center on Thursday. At 2:30 p.m. four suspects — described as three white women and one white man — entered the store at 5 River Road, police said. The three female suspects distracted the two salespersons by looking at items while the male suspect stole jewelry from behind the counter, police said. The man put the stolen items in a brown paper shopping bag that he was carrying, police said. The suspects then purchased an ite…

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

Have You Seen Him? Brookfield Police Seek Info On Bank Robbery Suspect BROOKFIELD, Conn. — About three hours after a Brookfield bank was hit by a robber on Friday, police released a photo of the suspect in a baseball hat. The Newtown Savings Bank branch office at 99 Federal Road was robbed at 8:55 a.m. Friday, Brookfield police said. The location is in a busy retail area near an exit ramp off Route 7, near the Danbury border. Related story: Police Searching For Suspect In Brookfield Bank Robbery The lone suspect was described as a 5-foot-10 black male with a medium build. He was wearing a dark baseball cap with a distinctive white stripe, a gray-hooded sweats…

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

House-Sitter Charged With Stealing Items From Monroe Home Over Summer MONROE, Conn. — A Waterbury woman who was house-sitting for a Monroe family is the second person to be charged in connection with the theft of items from the home, according to the Monroe Courier. Bianca Garnett, 26, who is incarcerated on unrelated charges, was arrested on a warrant during a Bridgeport court appearance, the Courier said. She was charged with conspiracy to commit larceny and using a motor vehicle without permission in the Monroe case and returned to York Correctional Center, the Monroe Courier said. RELATED STORY: House Sitter's Friend Charged With Stealing, Pawning Ite…

by Daily Voice

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

Police Searching For Suspect In Brookfield Bank Robbery BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Officers with police dogs were searching Friday morning for a suspect who fled after robbing a bank on Federal Road, according to the News-Times. The bank robber, who did not display a weapon, hit the Newtown Savings Bank at 99 Federal Road off Route 7 just before 9 a.m. Friday, the News-Times said. Police were investigating at the scene, the News-Times said. Check back with Daily Voice for more on this breaking story. Click here for the story at the News-Times.

by Daily Voice

10/20/2017

Police & Fire

43-Year-Old Danbury Man Busted On Drug-Dealing Charges DANBURY, Conn. — A 43-year-old Danbury man was arrest on multiple drug-dealing charges after officers armed with a warrant searched his home and car, police said. On Thursday, officers conducted a surveillance stopped Keenan Moore on Nabby Road while he was driving the vehicle listed in the search and seizure warrant, police said. After seizing Moore and his vehicle, investigators proceeded to his residence at 10231 Ashwood Valley and made entry, police said. "Moore was found to be in procession of a substantial quantity of narcotics packaged for sale and associated drug parapherna…

10/20/2017

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