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Drunken Man Sleeps Through Car Fire: Police

Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.


Three people were arrested in a , and another person was also charged with shoplifting at Kohl's in a separate incident. Both stuffed clothing into bags and walked out of the store, police said. One haul was just over $500 and the other $1,220, police said.

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Greenwich Police say a motorist slept through an engine fire in his car and firefighters extinguishing it. Perhaps not surprisingly, .

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Westport police reportedly while the engine was running. An officer eventually broke one of the car windows in order to wake the driver, as he was totally unresponsive. 

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A Shih Tzu in Stamford had to be ... only after a carpenter was called to dismantle a portion of the deck first.

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Fairfield police are investigating a series of high-end retail thefts that have resulted in .

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, two youths chasing another by bicycle were sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car; a fourth teen was arrested for allegedly stealing a bike while he made his getaway.

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A Darien Police animal control officer wanted to give a woman a ticket charging her with having her dog off of a leash in a town park and not registering the dog, but she walked away, refused to accept the ticket and in giving information to the officer, police said. So for alleged violations of a state infraction and a town ordinance the woman was charged with a misdemeanor — interfering with an officer, and must appear in court.

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Local police teamed up with State Police this week in executing a search warrant on a home in Stratford suspected of . Police said they seized drugs, drug packaging materials and cash in the raid.

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A Milford man at a person from inside a car.

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A Naugatuck woman being evicted from her apartment , police said.

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Three people went on a shopping spree at several different stores in Hamden recently -- the only problem is that, according to police, .

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Patrons of Hibachi Grill in Orange were treated to something beside dinner during a recent visit when .

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broke taxpayer March 5, 2013 at 02:36 pm
They should also be tested for other genetic disorders, such as Wilson's disease, which causes theRead More liver to store copper, eventually leading to acute liver failure. Unfortunately, the person who has it doesn't usually know until they are in liver failure. This disease killed my friend's daughter at the age of 6 - and they never knew until it was too late. My personal feeling is if there is a way to non-invasively test for these types of illnesses - no matter how rare - it should be done.