Crime & Safety
Bumper Left at Accident Scene Leads Cops to Drunk Driver
Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.
A 25-year-old Shelton man was arrested and charged with DUI and evading responsibility in a hit-and-run accident. Police were able to identify him because the
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A Milford woman allegedly , taking out a credit card in her name and charging $1,268 on it, according to a Monroe police report.
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Westport police arrested a was in the back seat of the car.
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Trumbull's Animal Control officer caught : a corn snake possibly attracted by a dead mouse in a trap in a basement. Corn snakes hunt small prey and constrict rather than bite.
Also, was arrested after allegedly filling up a cart with $222 in merchandise and walking out without paying.
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A woman reported to Fairfield Animal Control last week that she had been bitten by a Great Dane while walking along the beach. Animal Control and Fairfield police are looking for the owner of the dog to verify its vaccination record, — is that the woman did not realize she had been bitten by the Great Dane until she arrived home from her walk.
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Not only did a large number of Darien teenagers converge on a drinking party earlier this month while a 17-year-old boy's parents were away, but $19,500 in jewelry is missing , police said.
