Crime & Safety

Larceny a-Go-Go in Fairfield County

Whether it's pizza pilfery or alleged barn burglarizing, police accusations indicate a good pair of running shoes would seem to be a wise investment for a Fairfield County criminal.

Talk about pizza to go—an apparently hungry thief snagged one of the two pepperoni pizzas a delivery man was trying to deliver in Greenwich, police there said. The pizza pilferer ran off, leaving one box of pizza on the ground.

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Orange police say they arrested one of two men trying to burglarize a barn after the barn's owner showed up and chased the man down the street.

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Westport police say they arrested a Trumbull man after he pointed his semi-automatic handgun at a man who approached his car following a road rage incident. 

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Police in Stamford arrested a Russian national on charges that he was in his home. Officers discovered the alleged mushroom-growing facility after arriving at the suspects home to serve a warrant for failure to respond to a ticket.

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Two Wilton brothers were arrested after allegedly getting into an altercation with an off-duty police officer who was attempting to assist one of the brothers as he allegedly drunkenly stumbled around N. Main Street in Norwalk.

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In Hamden, for the second time this year, the carnival at the Hamden Mart had to be closed down early because of what police termed "chaos and violence." This time a gang of youths attacked a homeless man and accousted an elderly woman getting in her car, according to police, before the event was shut down.

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Fairfield police are seeking information on a man they believe stole money from the tip jar at a restaurant in the center of town. The suspect has been nicknamed the "tipnapper."


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