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Margaret Joyce, 46, faces a single count of illegal possession of an absentee ballot in the case, her second arrest in connection with absentee ballot fraud in Bridgeport. Joyce surrendered to police Thursday and was released on a written promise…

BRIDGEPORT — A Bridgeport man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three children for more than a decade will spend 25 years in prison after taking a plea deal Tuesday.

The defendant, 39-year-old Omar Gomez-Zarate, pleaded guilty before…

A Bridgeport gangster known for his interstate car-theft organization who was serving a life sentence for the murder of a 15-year-old has died. 

Thomas “Tommy” Marra died on Nov. 6 at the age of 72, according to the state Department of…

The defendant, 31-year-old Luis Ramos-Santos, faces charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a minor, risk of injury to a minor, third-degree strangulation, and first-degree unlawful restraint. A judge on Monday ordered him held in…

Some might say the new Aurora Regional Navigation Campus that opened recently in a former 255-room hotel is undergirded by one of humanity’s seven deadly sins — envy.

The intent is to turn that feeling into a motivational force. For his part,…

BRIDGEPORT — A judge on Monday ordered a man charged with aggravated sex assault of a minor held in lieu of $1.75 million.

In addition to the sex assault charge, which carries a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction, the defendant,…

BEIRUT — A year after the ceasefire was declared between Lebanon and Israel, the country remains suspended in a fragile limbo, caught between persistent security threats, entrenched political fractures, and mounting international pressures.

The…