Overuse of the Bat Phone Leads to Arrest

A Hamden man identifying himself as 'Batman' on the phone allegedly called his former Stamford employer continuously over the course of a year and left harassing and threatening messages. He was charged with more than 73 counts of harassment and threatening.

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A Naugatuck man is accused of trying to poison his boss by putting SpeedyDry in his oatmeal. That's the stuff they put on roads to clean up oil spills.

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In a bizarre encounter in Stamford, police said a as he fled the scene in his vehicle. Police said cocaine was later found on the man at the hospital. Both parties were arrested.

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A scam artist posing as a police officer called a Monroe man claiming federal charges would be brought against him, as he tried to steal the target's personal information, according to police. The thief changed his story when a real police officer called back. Rather than claiming to be with law enforcement, he told the officer he was working for President Barack Obama.

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A pair of Stamford teens have been busted for burglarizing a mid-country Greenwich home ... after they and two other teens were ousted from a house party there. Apparently, they weren't invited. But when they returned to bust into the house, they were caught on a home security surveillance camera and recognized by the residents, Greenwich cops said.

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A Westport man is facing felony assault charges after he spat at police officers multiple times. 

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When approached by police officers, a New Canaan man admitted that he had marijuana stored in a secret compartment in his hat. As a result, the officers deemed the hat as "drug paraphernalia."

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A homeless man was arrested in Norwalk after he was found banging around the fourth floor of an office building. He told police he'd been living there for more than a week.

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A man attempting to steal baby formula from K-Mart in Southbury was charged with robbery and assault after he allegedly struck a security worker who confronted him outside the store.

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Fairfield police arrested a Bridgeport woman from the elderly woman she is employed by as a home health care worker. The suspect was also accused of stealing $663 from the victim to pay her Cablevision bills.

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Police said they found a kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade in the jacket pocket of a Stratford man yelling in the middle of the street outside a neighborhood bar. The man was arrested for breach of peace, among other charges.