A Stamford house cleaner is accused of stealing her boss’ car, driving to Norwalk, smoking crack inside and passing out. Police who roused her discovered spray paint on the car and on her hands. When asked about it, she reportedly told them she was planning to paint the car and wanted to get a head start.
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A Bethel man was not just accused of trying to steal groceries from Big Y—he was accused of trying to steal $500 worth.
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Monroe police arrested a young woman for evading the scene of an accident after she allegedly lost control of her car while talking on her cell phone and went off the road, striking a mailbox and three wooden posts. Police said an officer later found the banged up car in a parking lot with both airbags deployed and the driver sitting in the front seat ... talking on her cell phone.
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A 19-year-old Wilton man who was eating in the high school cafeteria with his girlfriend was asked to leave by a security officer because he wasn't a student at the school. The man then threw food at the security officer, who called the police. The teen was charged with loitering and breach of peace.
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And you may recall these reports from this week on Darien Patch ...
Stamford Police this week charged a Vine Road resident with illegal bomb manufacturing. The case began at the end of January when a home inspection by the health department led authorities to a basement lair that allegedly contained bombs in various stages of completion, a high-tech surveillance system, a number of weapons, anti-police and hate propaganda and a tunnel-in-progress.
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A Wilton mother was charged with risk of injury to a minor after allegedly leaving her three-year-old daughter home alone while she ran errands.
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A 49-year-old man was driving while intoxicated and crossing over the double yellow line on the Post Road at 1:35 a.m., Darien police said. Cruising speed: 10 mph.
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According to Darien police, after a group of girls beat a 16-year-old Darien girl working the concession stand at Darien Playhouse, the 36-year-old woman who had brought them there turned to the victim and said: "That's what you get." What the 36-year-old later got was—arrested.
