Crime & Safety

'Grease Thief' Nabbed, Faces Multiple Charges

Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.

Westport police charged a 73-year-old man after an officer initiated a traffic stop and the man proceeded to back up directly into the police car. The man was targeted by police for travelling at a slow rate of speed and weaving in and out of lanes.

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Norwalk police arrested a 47-year-old motorist who tried to . After pulling the woman over for a severely cracked windshield, police said they asked for the cigarette box and the woman started “breathing heavily” and replied that she “didn’t have one.”

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A man who bears the same name as the 19th century’s great captain of the steel industry faces multiple charges in Fairfield County for allegedly stealing used cooking grease from restaurants. The so-called “” is accused of siphoning the mucky stuff from restaurants in towns that include Westport, , and .

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Police in Norwalk arrested a 26-year-old city man on more than six months after he allegedly swerved “all over the road,” struck a pole, struck a small tee, then reversed his vehicle twice into the garage door of a private residence. As police approached the car, the man allegedly backed it into the garage door for a third time, knocking it off its track.

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Police responding to a call for shots fired in a Norwalk home came upon a man who said he while getting familiar with his new weapon. Police said nobody was hurt, and the bullet went into the drywall of the house. 

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Greenwich Police arrested one of their own this week. of stalking, harassment and disorderly conduct stemming from a series of incidents involving a Greenwich woman.

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A Darien man, returning home late one afternoon, found some of his family's serving dishes and a four-piece setting of stainless steel flatware . The homeowner put the bag of items to the side of the house to show his wife when she came home. When he went inside, the nanny abruptly left, and the man then found that the bag was gone, as well.

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Be careful who you date. One Weston man , as he informed police that an ex-girlfriend of his has been harassing him for a decade, having followed him across the country. The man says the ex has been sending harassing messages to him and his wife.

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Fairfield police are investigating a claim of a .

The man was dressed from head-to-toe in gray sweats and was doing backflips in the marsh behind the resident’s property and then in the side yard. He reportedly left in a red car.

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A Stamford woman was for allegedly scaring her husband with a 8'' serrated knife during an argument over their son.


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