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Grenades in the Scrap Metal Pile! Call the Bomb Squad

Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.

A Darien man with a scrap metal pile in his yard, to which friends and neighbors would occasionally add, called police — who then called the Stamford bomb squad — when two grenades were discovered among the discarded metal. The grenades were determined to be duds.

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A Monroe man was arrested after allegedly throwing a tantrum when his TV set blew out. Police said he took the TV outside, doused it with gasoline and set it on fire, then tried to tackle a police officer when police and firefighters arrived at his house. While being arrested, police said the man, who had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on him, was screaming and kicking the window of the police cruiser, threatening to kick it out.

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19-year-old Milford man was allegedly in possession of 19 grams of marijuana.

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A home health care worker is accused of stealing almost $100,000 from a Naugatuck man whom she worked with last year. 

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A dispute over access to a parking spot led Greenwich Police to the discovery of several guns inside the home of the man they say threatened his neighbor after pulling a handgun from his holster, according to police.

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Police said a female employee of Target's cash drawers were short on numerous occasions while she worked at the store in the Westfield Trumbull Mall. , police said.

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A delivery driver dropping off packages to a Norwalk CVS store had his GPS unit stolen out of his truck while he was delivering pallets.

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A Shelton man was arrested in Fairfield after he allegedly wrecked a Cumberland Farms bathroom in town, police said. The 19-year-old was reportedly intoxicated when he jumped out of his friend's slow moving vehicle on I-95 and journeyed to the gas station, where police said he caused $800 worth of damage to the bathroom.

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After nearly hitting a Middlebury cop with his pickup truck, police said a man led officers on a car chase in which he drove the wrong way on a highway.

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Dawn May 22, 2013 at 10:28 am
Good luck Laura, My husband and I tried to get some on Purdy Hill Road from Rt.111 to Rt.25. theyRead More said they can't do it. I have asked numerous times to have a police officer sit in Farmview or use our driveway, said it's too dangerous, go figure. Tired of drivers around town having no respect for other drivers and people walking on side of road. It gets to the point that I don't even want to leave my house. Get a clue people slow down, stay off phones, it's not hard.
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Carl Kolchak May 21, 2013 at 07:36 pm
Well, realistically, you won't get speed bumps (they just don't do that on public streets) but youRead More might get a speed trap once in a while. I drive this road every weekday and am just as appalled as you are by the speeding. And let me tell you, it's not always youngsters. I've seen a few blue-haired old ladies ride my bumper on that street. We have a similar problem on Barn Hill, another long stretch of road where drivers feel the need for speed. What I can't figure out (with all due respect) is why anybody with half a brain would choose either of those streets for their morning or evening walk. That's just tempting fate.
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