Crime & Safety

Drive-By Water Ballooning in Greenwich

Unusual police incidents around Fairfield County.

A man pretending to be affiliated with  in East Haven scammed Edgerton Heating & Air Conditioning in Monroe out of $400 worth of scrap metal. He had solicited it as a donation by telling the business it was for a robotics contest the boys were competing in.

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A pot belly pig got loose in a Monroe neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. Click on  to see the photos and to see what other town animals were up to this past week.

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Three people are accused of . One is charged with taking $700 from his employer, a retail store; another allegedly stole $2,500 in vacuums and Xboxes. A third person had other items not belonging to him in addition to items he is accused of shoplifting.

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Westport police arrested a 63-year-old Milford man who is accused of .

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The Stamford Police Department  this week. Congratulations to Officers Rhett Connelly and Troy Judge.

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A man struck by a truck while riding his motorcycle was himself charged with a weapons violation after police discovered the man was allegedly carrying a loaded pistol – .

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Two Greenwich teens were ticketed by who received complaints that as .

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Norwalk Police announced the results of their Click It or Ticket efforts:  were ticketed over a two-week period.

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A Wilton man arrested, charged and fingerprinted in connection to a burglary at a Norwalk Elementary School was later charged with  after his fingerprints were processed.

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A Wilton teen disrupted SAT testing at New Canaan High School after he started smoking an electronic cigarette in the classroom. He became belligerent and threw a pencil at the proctor when asked to leave. 

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Darien police say they told a homeless man a number of times that he couldn't  in town. A town resident told police she saw a man setting up camp there, so they arrested him on trespassing charges.

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A 26-year-old Bronx NY man faces a slew of charges in Darien after police say he ordered laptop computers for delivery at town residences, then  to receive them.

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Darien Police say they arrested a Port Chester, NY man with a lengthy and violent rap sheet after finding  in his backpack during a traffic stop.

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