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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.

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Police & Fire

Stamford Police Beef Up Presence After Bombing In New York, Chief Says STAMFORD, Conn. -- Police beefed up their presence at the Stamford train station and in other parts of the city after the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey, Stamford Police Chief Jonathan Fontneau said Monday as a suspect in the bombings was caught in New Jersey. "We sent our SRT (Special Response Team) team down to the train station," Fontneau said. "We also have our dogs working two shifts a day that are going to be at strategic locations around town." The suspect — Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 — was wounded in a police shootout just after he was discovered in Linde…

by Frank MacEachern

09/19/2016

Police & Fire

Stamford Police: Woman Spots Man Fondling Himself In Vehicle STAMFORD, Conn. -- A woman had a bird's eye view of a man allegedly masturbating in a vehicle Sunday evening, police said. The woman called Stamford Police after she spotted the incident on Grenhart Road just before 7 p.m. from her second floor residence, police said. The man left the scene before officers arrived, police said. The woman said similar incidents have occurred before and that she had shot video of the man, which she showed to officers, police said. "They saw the actions taking place, but they couldn't conform who it was at the time because it appeared that his face was c…

by Frank MacEachern

09/19/2016

Police & Fire

Police: Elderly Stamford Woman Falls For Scam, Sends $25,000 STAMFORD, Conn. -- A day after she sent a $25,000 check to what she believed was Publishers Clearing House, an elderly Stamford woman was contacted Saturday and told that a Mercedes-Benz vehicle would be delivered to her, accompanied by three FBI agents, Stamford Police said. The 81-year-old woman contacted police Saturday to say she had been contacted by someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House on and off over the last month and had been told her she had won a $33 million prize. They contacted her again Friday and asked her to send $25,050.21 to someone in Clinton, Md., in ord…

by Frank MacEachern

09/19/2016

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Webster Bank Robbery NORWALK, Conn. — A New York man has been named by Norwalk Police as as a suspect in the robbery of Webster Bank in August. Police say they have an arrest warrant for Kevin Credle, 45, of the Bronx, N.Y., and will seek to have him extradited from New York, where he is currently in custody on an unrelated matter, said Lt. Thomas Mattera Detective Bureau commander. Credle is being held in New York on parole violation charges and will face first-degree robbery and fourth-degree larceny charges when he is eventually brought to Connecticut, Mattera said. The robbery of the bank branch on Connect…

by Frank MacEachern

09/19/2016

Obituaries

Greenwich's Ian Kerr, Award-Winning Public Relations Executive, Dies At 90 GREENWICH, Conn. -- Ian Kerr, a Greenwich resident whose creative thinking and advocacy for the concept of brand management elevated the practice of public relations for more than six decades, died Friday. He was 90. His legacy was recognized by the Fairfield County Public Relations Association with the Charter Oak Award “for integrity, fortitude and perseverance in communications.” Kerr was also a two-time winner of Silver Anvil award of the Public Relations Society of America and the Matrix prize of the Connecticut chapter of Women in Communications. A writer once characterized Kerr a…

by Marven Moss

09/18/2016

Police & Fire

Officials Removing Hundreds Of Birds, Snakes Found In Weston Home WESTON, Conn. — Hundreds of exotic birds and snakes were being removed from a filthy Weston property Friday after complaints from neighbors about an odor led to the surprising discovery of the menagerie. "We have never had anything of this nature to this extent," Weston Police Sgt. Pat Daubert said. "We've had some hoarding issues (in the past)." Daubert estimated that there were about 100 various types of birds and about an equal number of snakes found at the home at 82 Newtown Turnpike. He said the owner had moved the animals to the property after an issue with his New…

by Frank MacEachern

09/16/2016

Police & Fire

Man Dies After Getting Pinned Under Pickup Truck At Norwalk Home NORWALK, Conn. -- A Norwalk man is dead after the pickup truck he was working on fell on him Friday, police said. The accident at 51 Plattsville Ave. occurred shortly after noon, police said. When officers arrived, they immediately began rendering aid to the man, who was pinned under the vehicle. He was taken to Norwalk Hospital, where he died from his injuries a short time later, police said. Police were continuing an investigation into the incident. They did not release the man's name or age. Neighbors who gathered in the area had little to say other than stating they had heard the man w…

by Frank MacEachern

09/16/2016

Police & Fire

Search Continues For Man Who Disappeared In Norwalk River NORWALK, Conn., -- Norwalk Police are saying little about the ongoing search for a man missing in the Norwalk River after an early-morning fight Friday. Officers responded to the area of 22 Wall St. at about 12:18 a.m. Friday on a report of a fight, police said. When officers arrived, they were told that three men were in the Norwalk River, police said. They saw two men climbing out of the water, and saw a third in the distance, swimming toward the Wall Street overpass, police said. Witnesses in Irving Freese Park, a small park adjacent to the Norwalk River, helped direct police to the wate…

by Frank MacEachern

09/16/2016

Police & Fire

Newtown Man Arrested After Asking 13-Year-Old Bethel Girl To Get In His Car BETHEL, Conn. -- An alert 13-year-old girl from Bethel took down the license plate number of a 42-year-old Newtown man who twice drove up to her seeking directions and then asking the second time if she wanted to get into his vehicle to show him where the movie theater was located, police said. Ronald J. Lee Jr., of 15 Dodgington Road, Newtown, told Bethel officers that he had found the girl attractive and wanted to date her, police said. He told officers that he thought she was 15 to 17 years old and would have tried to kiss her if she had gone to a movie with him, police said. The inciden…

by Frank MacEachern

09/15/2016

Police & Fire

Burglary Suspect Easily Identified By Security Video, Stamford Police Say STAMFORD, Conn. -- A man well-known to Stamford Police made their job simple after he was caught in a crystal-clear image from a security camera at a downtown building during an attempted burglary. “He couldn’t have looked at a camera any better,” Sgt. Sean Scanlon said about Michael M. Sweeney’s image. “He posed for us.” Sweeney, 42, of 495 Glenbrook Road, was charged with second-degree burglary. His bond was set at $5,000. On the night of Friday, Aug. 5, police received calls about a break-in at a Summer Street building. “The building had good surveillance, which is always a help to us…

by Frank MacEachern

09/15/2016

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