Crime & Safety

How to Get into Trouble with a Garden Hose, Bear Deterrent or a Samurai Sword


Trumbull Police charged a man with stealing his neighbor's house key and stealing thousands of dollars in items from the home. Police said he took watches, including a $3,000 Rolex; two iPads and an iPhone; coins and more watches from the home in February. Total value, $6,000.

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Milford Police arrested a suspect who is accused of discharging a can of Bear Deterrent in the second floor hallways area of a Howard Johnson on the Boston Post Road.

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A 17-year-old Greenwich boy faces numerous charges. Town police say he burglarized  a garage where he stole a pickup truck and took it on a joyride. They say he hit the parked car of a woman who was retrieving a child from the rear seat, and fled the scene, according to Greenwich Police.

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A burglar Stamford police said was "prolific" in the area in 2002 was charged after already being incarcerated in Connecticut. He was identified by authorities familiar with his distinctive style, police said this week: The man was allegedly  caught on surveillance video at multiple scenes wearing the same hat, which would eventually lead to the new charges.

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A familial disagreement led to a woman throwing a knife at her teenage son this week, New Canaan police said. After the 16-year-old called police, police arrived at the home and arrested the woman, who they said was drunk upon their arrival.

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A Fairfield man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and then spraying a witness—who was attempting to call 911—with a garden hose.

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Wilton police say a T.J. Maxx employee allegedly used a scam over a nearly five-month period to issue credit to her store customer "value" card amounting to over $300 for ostensibly returned merchandise.

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A 46-year-old Stratford man is accused of driving drunk when he crashed his vehicle into a local nail salon, injuring nine people, police said Monday.

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A Stratford woman who allegedly misled her husband to believe their family dog was stolen—rather than given away for free on Craiglist—was reportedly charged by Derby police Monday.

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A Stratford man was arrested Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated after police said they stopped him for driving with a flat tire.

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A 24-year-old Norwalk man assaulted and held a samurai sword to a female victim’s neck after she returned home, police said. The victim had her cell phone in her hand and was able to dial her ex-boyfriend’s phone number, and, although she didn’t speak with her former boyfriend, he was able to hear what was happening, police said.

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A Norwalk woman told police her husband violated a protective order when he entered her home through the window of a guest bedroom, and that when she confronted him, he cursed at her and pushed a TV set onto the floor. She said that he wanted to see their son and daughter, but after she shouted at him that she was calling the police, he left out the window.

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Two men, ages 23 and 31, showed up at a middle school in Darien saying they were broke and lost, then tried to sell marijuana to students in the parking lot, said police, who later arrested them.

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Two men stole a $2,000 machine used for dry cleaning from a business in Darien, and when they learned police were looking for them, the men showed up at the store to try to get the complaint withdrawn, police said.

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An unknown person allegedly used a Woodbury resident’s checking account information to purchase a subscription to online pornography.





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