Crime & Safety
Alleged Check Forgerer Trips and Falls Fleeing Cops
Unusual police activity from around Fairfield County.
A Westport police officer assisted an emergency child birth on the Sherwood Island Connector early Friday morning.
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Two car accidents involving deer were back to back in Monroe one night when one deer ran into the side of a car, then another animal jumped in front of the bumper of the vehicle right behind it. Nobody was hurt, but one deer died from its injuries.
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A Trumbull woman, who has filed numerous lawsuits against the Trumbull police, is accused of filing a false report in an alleged threatening incident.
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Also, a man allegedly acted as a shoplifting lookout at Lord & Taylor in Trumbull.
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A woman's attempt to flee Greenwich Police who were trying to arrest her on charges she forged stolen checks was thwarted when she tripped on a curb and fell. The incident happened near the Chase Bank in Cos Cob where she is accused of trying to cash the fraudelent checks.
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A 50 year-old Westport woman was arrested after allegedly and artwork by fraudulently writing checks for the items on her checking account, which did not have the funds available, according to police.
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Two fire department chiefs and a state trooper were able to recover their stolen emergency lights from their work vehicles this week when two volunteer Stamford firefighters and two juveniles were charged in the thefts.
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In a scene out of a comedy movie, Stamford police discovered a man to whom they were trying to serve a warrant when an observant officer spotted the suspect's feet sticking out of the bottom of a closet. Police also allegedly discovered a quantity of marijuana in the home, where two children were sleeping.
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In New Canaan, when it rains, it pours. A resident noticed a pair of copper downspouts valued at approximately $850 were missing from her home. The gutters were roughly 8 to 10 feet in length. Downspout desperados recently hit Darien, too.
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According to Darien Police: A few weeks after a dating relationship ended between a Darien woman and a 28-year-old Norwalk man, he repeatedly called and texted her. That didn't restart the relationship. He went to her home and banged on the door before 5 a.m. That didn't get him anywhere either. Then he broke the bathroom window and crawled through it. That got him .
