Month: October 2015

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Trick or Treaters on the Move

Scenes from Westport Halloween trick or treaters tonight in the Compo Beach area. Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

Scary

A Donald Trump costume with vehicle drew laughter from trick or treaters tonight in Westport’s Compo Beach area. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

Enjoying some Halloween fun at Westport’s Compo Beach tonight were a group of 11-year-olds, all sixth graders at Bedford Middle School. They are (l-r) Merel Kanter, Sadie Goldman, Camilla Østbye, Rachel Greenberg, Chloe Manna, Lily Caplan and Brooke Dembin. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

Jelly Fish Look

Tia Pogue, 16, of Westport did her trick or treating tonight in her homemade jelly fish costume on Fairfield Avenue in the Compo Beach area. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

Compo Crowd

Trick or treaters converge on a Compo Beach area home tonight as hundreds descended on the neighborhood, traditionally one of the town’s busiest on Halloween night. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Robin Fellows for WestportNow.com

Having Fun

Among those having fun trick or treating tonight in Westport’s Compo Beach area were (l-r) Anna Friezo, Francesca Sullivan, and Samantha Callari, all 9, of Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Robin Fellows for WestportNow.com

Spooky Welcome

The Colder family of Westport Avenue in the Compo Beach neighborhood welcomed early trick or treaters today to their spookily decorated home. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

The Navins: Besieged by Heroin, Hatred and Greed

By James Lomuscio

A heroin habit that reached $600 a day, a father’s history of abuse requiring state intervention, and a young couple’s lust for independence and money even if it meant murdering parents are all choreographed in a state police arrest warrant.

Warrant details history of family trouble involving Kyle Navin and parents Jeffrey W. Navin and Jeanette L. Navin. Contributed photo

Police Friday night charged Kyle Navin, 27, already being held on a gun charge, with the murder of his parents. In addition, police announced the arrest of Jennifer A. Valiante, 31, his Westport girlfriend, as part of the investigation.

Jeffrey W. Navin, 56, president of J&J Refuse in Westport, and his wife, Jeanette L. Navin, 55, a Weston school paraprofessional, were reported missing since Aug. 7 after not being seen since Aug. 4.

Friday night, the Chief State Medical Examiner’s Officer in Farmington confirmed that the remains found at an abandoned Weston property at 85-89 Norfield Road belonged to the Navins.

Kerrigan Son: ‘No Connection to the Murder’

A son of the owner of the Weston property where the remains of a murdered couple were found said today his family has “no connection to the murder.”

Thomas J. Kerrigan: “let authorities continue the investigation.” Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The father, Thomas F. Kerrigan, a businessman of Westport, is the owner of the property at 85-89 Norfield Road where the remains of Jeffrey W. Navin, 56, and wife Jeanette L. Navin, 55, were found Thursday.

“My family has already spoken to authorities, and we have no connection to the murder,” Thomas J. Kerrigan, also a Westport resident, said in a statement emailed to media.

“My father was also not a friend of Kyle’s,” he said, referring to the Navins’ 27-year-old son, who has been charged with his parents’ murder. “However, my brother and I were once acquainted to the Navin family a while ago when Kyle learned about the vacant property.”

Spooky House on Bradley Street

A house on Bradley Street in Westport’s Compo Beach area is ready today for Halloween trick or treaters. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com