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Cigarette Assault Arrest, Ridgefield Farmers Market Top Week's News

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Here's a look at the top stories from last week across Fairfield County.

Richard Todd Stafford, a football player at the University of Massachusetts, was one of three Greenwich men charged in an assault of a Darien man in Stamford over a cigarette.

Richard Todd Stafford, a football player at the University of Massachusetts, was one of three Greenwich men charged in an assault of a Darien man in Stamford over a cigarette.

Photo Credit: Stamford Police

  • Stamford Police arrested Richard Todd Stafford, 21, of Greenwich a tight end on the University of Massachusetts football team, and two other men from Greenwich on charges of assaulting a Darien man, 20, who refused to give up his last cigarette, police said.
  • A would-be thief attempted to swipe a 2013 Mercedes GL 450 from Mercedes Benz of Fairfield by tearing off the vehicle’s lockbox, police said.
  • Greenwich Police, in the waters of Long Island Sound who think they’re coming up on a log, find and rescue a capsized-kayaker in distress, police said.
  • Former Los Angeles Laker Wes Matthews Sr. teamed up with former Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to run for Bridgeport sheriff in the fall mayoral election.
  • The renowned Willis Mills’ residence, a Modernist masterpiece uniquely built into a rocky, tree-lined plot of land in New Canaan in 1955, hit the real estate market, listed at a cool $2.75 million.
  • Ridgefield resident Gina Pin has replaced Thomas McMorran on an interim basis as Head of School at Joel Barlow High School, which serves the towns of Easton and Redding, the Region 9 Board of Education said.
  • Melanie Mauldin, a supervisor for the Ridgefield Community Center, invites the whole community to enjoy the farm-fresh items served up each week at the Ridgefield Farmers Market, on the grounds of the Historic Lounsbury House, 316 Main St.
  • New Fairfield resident Lindsay Williams strikes it rich, winning $25,000 on a Golden Casino scratch-off ticket purchased at a Danbury All-Star Energy station by her uncle.

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