2009 saw progress in the Greater Danbury area, but marked with some tragedy
A bullet riddled body was found along Route 37 by the Padanaram Resevoir. Police arrested 2 men on murder and robbery charges fro stealing the Bronx man’s marijuana stash, killing him and then dumping the body.
Charges are brought against the alleged drunk driver who mowed down a mother and daughter outside of the girl's dance class in June in Brewster. 35-year old Zacarias Conses Garcia is accused of driving drunk, without a license, failing to turn and running down Lori and Kayla Donohue. He faces a federal immigration detainer warrant.
The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the appeal Monday of one of eight people convicted in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old New Milford girl. Ronald Rajcok asked a sentence review panel to reduce his 36-year prison sentence, but the judge added 6 years instead.
A 56-year-old Bethel man was shot by police in October. Officer say Joseph Dellaventura made an abrupt movement with his weapon 3 officers who responded to a report of an armed, despondent person at the home.
A now former ESPN broadcaster, Steve Phillips of Wilton was fired when an affair with production assistant Brooke Hundley became public in October. The 22-year old woman was also fired, but claims the baseball analyst harassed her and that she did not stalk him.
A Ridgefield-based plastic surgeon voluntarily surrenders her license following a poor inspection of her facility. The Connecticut Plastic Surgery Center, run by Dr Teresita Mascardo--was shut down last week after several dangerous conditions were found by inspectors.
The former dean of The Gunnery, a Washington, Connecticut boarding school, has been charged with sexually assaulting four students. Robert Reinhardt was fired from The Gunnery in June.
Despite the tough economic times, there were many infrastructure improvements made in the area. Danbury opened a new school. The Ellsworth Avenue School serves students in grades Kindergarten through 5th. It replaced the old Roberts Avenue School. The city also opened some new ball fields. A new Police Station was opened on Main Street. In Newtown, officials moved its municipal service to a facility on the former Fairfield Hills property. The structures were completely renovated to make room for the Town Hall and other offices.
The long-awaited Route 7 bypass project in Brookfield and New Milford finally opened this year. After many setbacks including endangered species migration paths being in the way and 30-years of waiting for environmental permits and funding to be in place, the expressway was opened. The state also had to pay a quarry owner more than $28-million following a court ruling that the state undervalued the land it took by eminent domain.
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