Crime & Safety
Con Artists, Harassment, a Purse Snatching and a Live Chicken
Notable police reports in the county over the past week.
An 85-year-old Monroe resident told police that at around 7:11 p.m. Saturday and tried to talk her way inside her house, even though she told the woman that she had not asked for a home health aid.
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A Stamford man faces harassment charges following accusations that he’d harassed a doctor’s office receptionist thousands of times over a period of 10 years, making crude and graphic sexual remarks. Police found him after .
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In Stamford, police who had stopped one car for a motor vehicle violation soon became interested in another car, which had stopped down the street. Upon investigation, police two .
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A Bridgeport man allegedly caught shoplifting drew more charges at the Westfield Trumbull Mall.
When officers tried to detain him, he allegedly threatened that he had a friend with a gun who would shoot officers.
After his arrest, officers found he was wanted for five counts of failing to appear in court.
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A drug company sales rep in Norwalk told police that someone smashed through a window of her car overnight to steal items that included .
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Fire officials in Greenwich responded to an alarm at the high school that likely was pulled after someone , just as the 2,700 students were leaving for spring break.
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A 23-year-old Norwalk man was arrested in Greenwich after he allegedly broke into his place of employment—the Greenwich Skating Club—after hours, .
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A 33-year-old man who was shot more than once at a Norwalk apartment complex Tuesday morning to escape from his assailants.
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A Norwalk man faces assault charges after he reportedly struck his girlfriend while punching a TV out of frustration. According to police, he was while he was online looking for work.
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A man from upstate Connecticut, reportedly , yelled at and pushed a restaurant employee in New Canaan, then sped off in his car — only to be stopped by town police and arrested for drunk driving.
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A Fairfield employee faces a slew of charges after he allegedly discounted items for family and friends, , police said. He reportedly marked down one item from $180 to $5.
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Police responded to a call in Fairfield in which . The complainant said the drop-off was likely a prank but asked officers to bring the fowl to Animal Control.
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Westport police charged a Danbury man after he allegedly attempted to steal a woman's purse in a CVS parking lot. The man eventually fled the scene empty handed after she began to scream.
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The young man who called a 77-year-old Darien woman and asked her to wire him $2,400 in bail money to get out of jail , as he'd led her to believe. And the man who picked up the phone at the number she was given for the police station wasn't actually a police officer. With the cost to wire the money included, the woman lost $2,521 in the scam.
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