Police Reports: Narcotics Arrests, Fraud Attempt, a Good Samaritan ...

No Taxes in Connecticut?

A Beechtree Lane woman told police Friday she received a phone call from a man with an accent telling her she won a Publishing Clearinghouse contest for a 2011 Mercedes Benz.

There would be no taxes nor insurance payments for her, with the exception of the first insurance payment of $275, which she had 45 minutes to pay via Western Union. Then he changed the cost to $375, before she reminded him it was $275.

The Beechtree Lane resident called police to report the attempted fraud and detectives are investigating the incident.

A Good Samaritan

A Good Samaritan turned in a wallet at police headquarters at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Police said the 45-year-old Naugatuck man found it outside the Subway at 230 Route 34 police said.

The owner, a 20-year-old Monroe woman, picked up her wallet, which contained her driver's license, $157 cash, an ATM card, personal checks and other personal items.

A Creepy Text

A Gristmill Road couple made a complaint at police headquarters Saturday night after they received a text of a photo of their house from an unfamiliar sender. The wife called the number and a man with a thick Spanish accent, who answered, sounded nervous, would not give out his information, and hung up, police said.

Police are investigating the incident.

Narcotics Arrest

A Pontiac Bonneville was parked by gas pumps at the Shell station on Main Street at 2:11 a.m. Saturday, but the driver was not filling the tank. He and the female passenger appeared to be eating inside the sedan, which had no front marker plate, according to police.

When the Pontiac left the gas station, officers stopped it for the motor vehicle infraction. A strong odor of burnt marijuana was detected while they questioned the driver, police said.

Three small, plastic bags with suspected marijuana were found in the vehicle, along with a brown metal container with a small, plastic bag of green power and another bag with a pill, according to the report.

The driver, Anthony Moran, 21, of Wade Street in Bridgeport, took responsibility for the items. He was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics and possession of less-than four ounces of marijuana. He was released on $300 bond for a March 29 court date.

He was also issued a verbal warning for failure to display a registration plate.

The 19-year-old female passenger was not charged in the incident.

Another Drug Arrest

An officer on patrol noticed a red Ford pick up truck parked in the back lot of Webb Mountain Park, just outside the camp ground entrance, at 4:30 Saturday morning, which is after sunset when the park is closed, according to the report.

Two teenagers in the truck tried to back around the police car as it arrived, but the officer pulled over their vehicle, police said.

The passenger, Amanda Chaffee, 18, of Huntington Street in Shelton, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of less-than four ounces of marijuana, and issued an infraction for simple trespass. Bond was set at $250 for a March 29 court date.

The driver, Dean Odice, 19, of Nicholdale Road in Shelton was issued an infraction for simple trespass and poss alcohol by a minor.

When officers had approached the truck they smelled the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the Ford and a bottle of vodka was visible on the floor of the back seat, police said.

When officers asked if there were any drugs in the car, police said Odice replied that he didn't have anything, but the girl might. Chaffee admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in her purse, police said, adding officers also found a metal grinder in the purse and a glass pipe stuffed into Chaffee's pant leg.

The Phantom Alarm

Police officers and Monroe Volunteer Firefighters raced to a Blake Road residence shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday to investigate an automatic fire alarm. Upon arrival, the residents said there was no problem and in fact, their alarm did not sound.

According to Monroe Fire Department spokesman Kevin Catalano, on occasion there can be a glitch in the phone lines, which is how a fire alarm is transmitted from a building to an alarm company's monitoring center.