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Monroe Police Charge Bridgeport Woman With Using Drugs In Front Of Child
MONROE, Conn. -- A 21-year-old Bridgeport woman is facing charges after Monroe police responded to a report that she was using heroin in her car with her young child in the backseat Wednesday night, according to the Connecticut Post.Cynthia Fernandes, 21, of Park Avenue, Bridgeport, was arrested while parked in the Goodwill parking lot on Monroe Turnpike, according to the Connecticut Post. She was charged with risk of injury to a minor and released on $2,500 bond while the child was released to family, the Connecticut Post reported.
Police found a syringe and heroin in the car, according to…
Norman Brokaw, 89, Larchmont Native, Agent For Marilyn Monroe, Others
Norman Brokaw, a native of Manhattan and Larchmont and well-known longtime William Morris agent who took credit for introducing Marilyn Monroe to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, died Saturday in California from complications of pneumonia, according to multiple sources. He was 89. Brokaw, born on April 21, 1927, in Manhattan to Jewish immigrants from Russia, started out as a mail clerk to and rose to become one of the top agents at William Morris and later served as chairman.
He considered one of his biggest achievements ushering Bill Cosby into television entertainment in 1965, something he c…
