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'We're Not Hiring ... but Those ARE Unusual Skills'

Lighter notes and darker turns amid the police reports of Fairfield and New Haven counties.

Local police said a Naugatuck man left messages on the phone of a preschool saying he pees the bed, wears diapers and has a lot in common with young children, police said. He then went to the church where the preschool is located asking if he could apply for a job, according to a police report. 

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Monroe detectives arrested two suspects linked to three burglaries their town and 14 more arrests are pending in a regional investigation of burglaries in six other Fairfield County towns.

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In Norwalk, a mob assaulted a pair leaving the grocery store this week. Up to 20 men attacked one of the victims and the car the victims were entering, police said.

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According to police, a Good Samaritan, who broke up an attempted robbery of a woman' cellphone by a teen on a bike, took part in the first in a series of similar instances throughout the week in which teens on bicycles have seemingly been attacking women for their devices.

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A Fairfield man was charged with sixth-degree larceny and breach of peace after he allegedly walked into a shop on the Post Road and demanded $18 from the register, police said. He reportedly needed to fix a broken pipe in his home.

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A Shelton man got an unexpected surprise Thursday morning when a , packing materials and cash in his home—which is in a school zone. The suspect's two-year-old child was sleeping in a crib at the time of the raid. His other three kids were at school.


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