Police ID Father, Husband Stabbed To Death Inside Danbury Home
Authorities have identified a 22-year-old man fatally stabbed over the weekend at a Connecticut home, an attack that led to another man’s arrest and a bond set at $1 million.
Yorge Michael Andrade-Vera was stabbed around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at a home on Granville Avenue in Danbury, police said.
He was taken by paramedics to Danbury Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to a Facebook memorial post, Andrade-Vera is survived by his wife, young daughter, and several immediate family members.
Bryan Eduardo Caceres-Pinguil, 21, of Danbury, was arrested and charged with mu…
4 Men Busted In Danbury Brothel Raid Face Sex Trafficking Counts In Federal Court
Four Connecticut Men Indicted on Federal Child Sex Trafficking Charges After Brothel Raid
Four men in Connecticut who were arrested last year after police raided a Fairfield County brothel where minors were allegedly exploited now face federal charges, authorities said.
Oswaldo Ordonez-Ortega, 39; Edwin Quilli-Tacuri, 40; and Bryan Ismael Vasquez-Salinas, 23 — all of Danbury — along with Marco Robles, 40, of Brookfield, have been charged with sex trafficking of a minor, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced Thursday, April 10.
If convicted, each defendant faces a mini…
Cold Case Bust: Man Caught In 1989 Kidnappings Of Danbury Women, 11-Year-Old
A 53-year-old man has been linked to two kidnappings that occurred in 1989 in Fairfield County, Connecticut, closing a 36-year mystery for prosecutors.
David Vincent Coffey, of New Britain, was previously tied to the April 23, 1989, kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in Danbury, police said. Now, investigators say he is also connected to the abduction and sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman from the same Danbury home in January 1989.
Both victims were reportedly taken from the same residence on Peace Street, according to News-Times.
Coffey faces charges of first-degree …
Danbury Man Slashed Victim's Neck, Arm During Bar Fight, Jury Finds
A 31-year-old man was found guilty this week of slashing someone with a knife during a bar fight last year, officials announced.
Kevin Patricio Pereira of Danbury was convicted of assault in the first degree, reckless endangerment, threatening, and breach of peace in the April 13, 2024, attack, the state prosecutor's office said.
Authorities said Pereira cut the victim's neck and arm during a fight at Boemia Café on Wildman Street in Danbury. A bartender jumped in and broke up the fight.
Pereira ran away while the victim was hospitalized following the incident,…
