Crime & Safety
Cops: Teens Steal Smokey the Bear Cutouts
Unusual police arrests and incidents from the region.
Smokey the (Bear) Bandit — What's on your bucket list? For these three teenagers, their bucket list consisted of a desire to take the . The investigation is ongoing.
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A burglar apparently outside to enter a Monroe house and steal a total of $500 cash, a small video camera and an older IBM laptop.
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At 1:20 a.m. one Monday morning, Darien Police say, they found an SUV stopped in front of a stop sign with the 33-year-old driver asleep at the wheel. The sleeping man was holding the steering wheel with his left hand; . The gear was still in drive. After repeated attempts, police eventually were able to wake the man up. Then they charged him with driving while under the influence and driving without a driver's license.
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Trumbull Police said an Easton man and a Monroe woman on Main Street in Trumbull near Edison Road. It was later determined they were robbed in Bridgeport trying to purchase narcotics, Trumbull police said.
Both were released on written promises to appear in court and their robbery report was forwarded to Bridgeport police.
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Westport police charged a under various paperwork and other items in his car’s glove compartment.
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Stamford Police are still looking for a van that was allegedly involved in the parked in an Atlantic Street lot. The driver reportedly drove through a security guard's vehicle and the front gate to escape when confronted.
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A Fairfield man faces multiple motor vehicle charges .
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A 2-by-4 piece of lumber and a baseball bat were during a road rage incident in Naugatuck.
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A Naugatuck man made in an attempt to fool DMV workers into thinking he paid his taxes, which he needed to do before registering a motorcycle
