A man who reported to police Tuesday that his Stamford check cashing store had been robbed at gunpoint will likely face embezzlement charges: Police said they discovered he was never actually robbed and had been siphoning upwards of $70,000 from the company over three months.
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A West Haven mechanic was arrested in Milford, where he was allegedly stalking one of his customers.
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An 18-year-old New Canaan high school student called police when someone scratched a three-inch long mark into her brand-new Mercedes.
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A Norwalk man is accused of fondling himself in Lord & Taylor in Trumbull and then wiping his hands on nearly $500 in store merchandise. He was arrested after returning to the store several weeks later.
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Someone caused $1,000 worth of damage to a town-owned restroom facility at a Fairfield park this week. The vandal—or vandals—ripped out supply lines to water fountains, among other acts of destruction.
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A Greenwich woman is accused of driving while intoxicated after she tried to flee from Greenwich Police who were investigating a report of a woman banging on the front door of a Byram home.
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A 25-year-old Stratford resident is accused of stealing a car from a Trumbull Bowtie Cinemas movie theater in June 2012 and stripping it for parts.
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