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Alleged Wandering Child Leads to Charges

Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.

Trumbull Police said a man wanted in Stratford for allegedly shoplifting was found at Best Buy in Trumbull with reportedly stolen items in his car.

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A Westport woman was arrested after her two-year-old daughter was found roaming around a snow-covered street at night while temperatures were in the 20's, police said.

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Stamford police got involved in a case where a Brick, NJ, man was allegedly harassing a New Canaan couple because he'd become obsessed with the woman, whom he had dated almost two decades prior. The man allegedly began harassing the woman's husband while he was at his finance-related job in Stamford—by doing things like ordering 20 pizzas at a time to be delivered.

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An alleged drunk driver in Norwalk who police said couldn't pass a sobriety test got himself busted when he got into an accident—by rear-ending a detective.

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A session of video games and beer got a reality check earlier this month when one of the gamers traded his controller for a set of car keys and drove his mother's Nissan into the base of a nearby house, police said.

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A Stratford doctor this week agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that he and his business engaged in fraudulent billing at several nursing homes in the state.

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Shelton's police chief said the city's ex-assistant finance director, who is accused of , is "innocent until proven guilty." Sharon Scanlon's next court date is Tuesday, Feb. 5.

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Fairfield police are attempting to track down a suspect who stole a woman's car while it was at the gas pump at Cumberland Farms. According to the report, the woman had placed the pump in her gas tank and walked into the convenience store while the gas was pumping -- and when she returned, the car was gone. 

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JonIrenicus April 13, 2013 at 02:28 pm
It would be nice if crossing the Bridgeport into Trumbull border was noticeable- a sudden shift fromRead More fast food and dilapidated buildings to greenery and well maintained buildings. Unfortunately that strip of Main St has had its character erode as commercial zoning inched north. The imposing structures of the mall and Merritt make it very difficult to see this no man's land as remaining residential for much longer.
Tom Pieragostini April 6, 2013 at 11:16 am
I'm ashamed that in the recent past, Trumbull town planners have chosen to use the beautifulRead More historic Merritt Parkway as some sort of cheap zoning boundary that, depending on which side you live on, determines if your neighborhood will remain residential or become commercial. It was even suggested in the foreword of a book about the history of Trumbull, that the Merritt Parkway somehow "bisected" the town and the founders were wise to locate all new commercial development south of it. It doesn't bisect the town. We all have to live with the bad decisions other people make, but nothing did more to devastate our town "center" than to locate new development on our southern border. Now we're left with a confusing gateway from Bridgeport into Trumbull along Main Street. When people ask now - are we in Trumbull yet? The answer is - yes, we have been for the last half mile...