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Drunk Driving On Three Wheels, Passed Out at the Pump

Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.

Authorities were called for a report of an intoxicated man driving his car into Southbury Mobil on three wheels. When police arrived they found the man passed out at the pump.

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Hamden Police arrested a Quinnipiac University student on Thursday, Oct. 18 after they intercepted a delivery of a pound and a half of marijuana that was allegedly sent to him via the U.S. Postal Service. The package had a street value of $15,000, according to police.

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Danbury Police were called to Walmart, where they charged a man with shoplifting and two counts of risk of injury to a minor because he was using children to help steal clothes, police said. "Charles Dickents would be proud," commented bordwithbs. No, he wasn't Fagin or the Artful Dodger.

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A Monroe firefighter tried to rescue a cat from a tree when it bit him and ran off. Now he has to receive post exposure treatment for rabies.

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When a Milford teen was arrested for allegedly stealing perfume from Sears, police also discovered heroin on her.

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A Stratford resident Wednesday accidentally fired off his rifle at his apartment,causing a bullet to go through his neighbor's floor, police said. Luckily, no one was injured.

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A Shelton man is accused of turning a $116 check into a $916 check through forgery. Trumbull Police said the man cashed in some gold and changed the check in February. 

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The Westport Police Department has received a number of complaints regarding the theft of political campaign signs, which is a criminal offense that could result in larceny and trespassing charges.

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Monroe and Shelton police officers found a .38 caliber revolver in a man's apartment during a search, but it wasn't one of the stolen firearms police were looking for. However, the serial number matched one of the victim's other guns leading to an arrest for the stolen weapon last week.

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An alarm at the Middlebury Shell station was set off in the early morning of Thursday, Oct. 18. Police couldn't find any suspects but did check out the security footage of a man entering the store and taking some cartons of cigarettes. Later on that day, an officer saw a man matching the description of the suspect riding his bike on Route 63. The man, upon seeing police officers approach, allegedly tried to hide the cartons in his hoodie.

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Shelton Police are looking for two white males who broke into a gas station early Monday morning and took off with cigarette cartons. The burglars were caught in the act on surveillance cameras. Do you recognize either of them?

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A Fairfield man faces burglary and larceny charges after he allegedly broke into his neighbor's house and stole jewelry, according to police.

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Naugatuck police thought they were making a routine traffic stop. That stop, however, led to an arrest of the two occupants for having 29 grams of marijuana in their possession that police believe they were trying to sell. 

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A Norwalk man was arrested after he kicked in the door to a stranger's apartment looking for his car. His friends had allegedly taken away his keys because he'd had too much to drink.

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Police Officer Brenda Baines gave Patch an inside look at a night on the town in Stamford this week, and she had a wealth of insight to offer.

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