Man Tased Three Times Before Being Cuffed

Naugatuck police "tased" an allegedly drunken man three times after he fought while being handcuffed, police said.

***

A Stratford man is accused of stealing his grandmother's LCD television, DVDs from Stop & Shop in Trumbull and baby formula from the Westfield Trumbull Mall Target.

And a caregiver for a Trumbull resident allegedly stole and forged three checks for a total of $2,400.

***

An unidentified Brookfield youth was charged with assault and illegal use of a laser pointer this week stemming from a Feb. 27 incident at Brookfield High School.

***

There wasn't much luck of the Irish for a pair of patrons at a Greenwich watering hole on St. Patrick's Day night. The fisticuffs between the men ended with their arrests by Greenwich Police.

***

Woodbury police are investigating a report of two youths allegedly beaten with bats. According to Woodbury police, two juveniles were assaulted with fists and baseball bats by unknown parties on Mackey Farm Road in Woodbury on March 17.

***

A teenage driver from Norwalk was busted on drug charges in New Canaan after allegedly speeding past a police officer running radar near a middle school. Police alleged the teen copped to having a bag of marijuana under the driver's seat, and police report they found a joint in the console ashtray.

***

Naugatuck police arrested a man who they claim at a junkyard and then pocketed the loot. 

***

A Fairfield resident discovered an artillery shell in her attic this week, prompting a call to a State Police bomb squad technician. Investigators determined that the 37mm shell — left behind by a family member — dated back to WWII or the Vietnam War.