Crime & Safety

Booze & Violence, Easy Association — but ... Cereal?

Did breakfast cereal spark a physical fight between two sisters? Really?

A female bar patron allegedly threw a drink at a bartender at a Monroe restaurant during an argument over her tab. Then moments after she walked outside, a rock came crashing through the dining room window. She was arrested for breach of peace, but only for the drink.

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A 23-year-old woman was arrested in Stamford when she and her 19-year-old sister were involved in a physical altercation over cereal. Police allegedly had to restrain the suspect from going after the victim at the scene. No word on what brand of cereal kicked off the fight.

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A Bronx, NY man was busted with bogus bills—$100 bills to be exact after Greenwich Police received complaints he tried to use them to make purchases in three local businesses. He was caught approaching a fourth store—with more of the fake C-notes, police said.

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Two Bridgeport men were arrested after a Westport resident interrupted a burglary at his home. The men told the homeowner that they were each looking for a landscaping job. 

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Sensing something suspicious was going on, a Fairfield resident thwarted a drug deal by hiding 18 baggies of pot left by a stranger on the dead-end of the resident's street. The resident hid the pot in a drainage culvert.

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A 44-year-old West Haven woman reportedly struck her boyfriend while he was driving so he dropped her off at the police station to be arrested — on Valentine's Day.

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An unidentified person broke into the Norwalk Courthouse Sunday night, though nothing appeared to be stolen. The suspect apparently entered the building through a broken window. 

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A New Canaan police officer has been placed on administrative leave after accusations that the officer got into a fight at a downtown restaurant while off-duty.


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