04/09/08 - News Reports From The Greenwich Post

World War II-era play turns writing to art

The Bush-Holley Historic Site will present a reading of Act II of the play Dear Eva at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Vanderbilt Education Center at the society’s Bush-Holley Historic Site at 39 Strickland Road in Cos Cob.

Quinnipiac University associate professor of journalism Paul Janensch and Catherine Ladnier of Greenwich wrote the nonfiction play based on real World War II era letters saved by Ms. Ladnier’s mother, Eva Lee Brown of Easley, S.C. Ms. Ladnier discovered the letters a few years ago and asked Mr. Janensch to write the play with her.

A conversation with Mr. Janensch and Ms. Ladnier follows the one-hour performance.

Admission is $15.

For more information, call 869-6899

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Police seek suspects in Walgreens assault

Police are asking for assistance this week in finding the two people accused of beating and robbing a disabled man outside Walgreens last month....

...Police have now released descriptions of the suspects and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them.

One suspect is described as a well-dressed black woman approximately five feet, three inches tall with a medium build and black hair with bangs. She was reportedly wearing a white jacket and dark slacks. The second suspect is a black male described by police as “athletic” with a medium complexion and an unshaven face. He is reportedly six feet tall with a medium build, and police say he was wearing a baseball cap, blue jeans and a black, white and blue-shouldered jacket.

Both suspects were seen inside the store before the incident took place....

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Public's help needed to find attackers of disabled man
Detectives say the man is disabled and partially blind.

Greenwich police are asking for the public’s help in finding the people who violently attacked and robbed a disabled man last month.

The attack occurred on East Putnam Avenue on March 12. Police say when the man, who is in his 50s, was shopping at Walgreens he accidentally showed he was carrying a large sum of money.

According to police, two people followed the disabled, partially blind man out of the store and spoke with him in the parking lot. Authorities say the man was assaulted and robbed after he walked about a block from the store.

Surveillance video shows the victim speaking with a man and woman in the parking lot. Greenwich police want to identify these people to see if they have information about the attack.

Anyone with information is asked to call Greenwich police Detective Anthony Fiscella at (203) 622-8021

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Child strangled by window shade cord

The state office of the chief medical examiner has ruled the death of 1-year-old Lilah Kirsch to be an accident.

11/13/07 - Veteran detective turns in his badge

Helping investigate crooked Greenwich financier Martin Frankel and helping to found a joint arson task force with the town Fire Department are two career milestones that stand out for Detective Edward Zack, he said yesterday.

A week before retirement from the Greenwich Police Department, the 51-year-old said he would miss the collaborative efforts with other current and retired town detectives which have helped break cases big and small.

'Over 29 years, you work with some unbelievable people who have great strengths in certain areas,' Zack said. 'Over time, as you go along, you wish a particular person was here because they were so good at something.'

Saturday the Greenwich native will work his last day for the town. In early December, Zack will continue his detective work as an inspector with the State's Attorneys Office in Bridgeport, investigating cases for prosecutors before they are taken to trial.

Zack said the desire for more professional satisfaction and additional income as his two teenage sons approach college age drove him to this decision.

'My personal feeling is I've been here 29 years and it's just not fun here anymore,' Zack said. 'You know when it's time to go.'

Detective Sgt. Thomas Kelly, Zack's supervisor, said his colleague's experience and skills as an arson investigator as well as a state-certified forensic computer investigator have been critical.
'His experience and knowledge in here will be greatly missed,' Kelly said. 'I wish him luck in his new job with the state.'

Zack attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., graduating in 1973. His nephew, Thomas Zack, is a deputy chief at the Greenwich Fire Department.

'We have deep roots in town,' he said.

Zack said he and other detectives began investigating Greenwich financier Martin Frankel in 1997 following the suicide of Francis Burge, who was found hanging from the back deck of Frankel's Greenwich mansion.

Police efforts played an important role in Frankel's 1999 indictment and conviction in 2002 on federal charges of racketeering, conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud for defrauding $200 million from insurance companies.

'We knew right away after the suicide it was not a normal situation and something was wrong with Marty Frankel,' he said. 'We did what we could to pursue it.'

In March 2002, as Danbury Police searched for 13-year-old Christina Long, Zack performed a forensic analysis of Dos Reis' computer, which helped Danbury Police determine that the Greenwich man had met with the eighth-grader the night she disappeared, he said........

Original Greenwich Time article: Veteran detective turns in his badge