Neighborhood Cowboy Fires Gun in Air; Man Threatens Suicide Over Crushing Burden of Debt

A Trumbull man allegedly fired a 9mm handgun into the air four times in his Shawnee Road home earlier this week.

No one was injured.

Police were speaking to his neighbor when they heard the shots fired. He is charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm, interfering with an officer, second-degree breach of the peace and second-degree reckless endangerment.

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Some $64,500 in signed album covers  from a Darien resident. The owner told police that items were packed into one of 225 boxes of memorabilia that movers transported from the house on the weekend of Sept. 10 and 11. The signed covers — 21 in all — included well-known artists such as Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, and the Ramones.

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A 32-year-old Milford man is facing drug charges following an unusual incident in Fairfield. Reportedly, police stopped his car for having no front license plate and then, when he was asked whether there were drugs in the car, the man 

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A 20-year-old Westport man faces drug and DUI charges after security officers at a university campus in Fairfield stopped him for .

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Fairfield police arrested a 20-year-old town man this week after he allegedly . It was worth $45.

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Police in Fairfield found marijuana in a pack of cigarettes on a man they’d stopped for speeding in a car that emitted unusually loud noises from its muffler.

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Police say a Bridgeport man, 32, ran a red light in Fairfield. During a subsequent stop and search, police say they 

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A real estate firm in Fairfield says $350 in outdoor furniture—a black iron table and two chairs, plus an umbrella weight—have been .

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A 20-year-old Greenwich man was arrested by Weston Police after he led them on a wild goose chase through town then told them he was a . The man was charged with falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.

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Westport Police arrested a 29-year-old Shelton woman Sept. 25 after she submitted to a breath test with the following results: .313 and .287. There were reports that a red Honda CRV traveling southbound on the Merritt Parkway was weaving in and out of traffic and cut off several vehicles. The Honda got off exit 42 southbound in Westport and witnesses continued to follow it until it parked in a parking lot on Avery Place. The driver appeared confused and incoherent. Officers could smell alcohol emanating from the vehicle, so the driver was asked to perform the field sobriety tests.

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Unfortunately, it's not really news in New Canaan when a purse is stolen from an unlocked car. However, it is noteworthy when that . That's what happened last week.

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An unidentified Stamford male was charged with resisting an officer following an incident where he threatened to commit suicide, and then fought police when they attempted to stop him.

"Officers responded to a report of a male threatening to commit suicide," SPD's Sgt. Robert Shawinsky said. "On the way there, they received information that the man was having a conversation with a customer service representative at a major credit card company.

"He told the customer service rep that he'd slit his throat," Shawinsky said. "It was regarding a bill that the company claimed he hadn't paid. He claimed that the bill was paid, and to stop bothering him."

Police intervened, but the man fought police as they attempted to take him to Stamford Hospital for evaluation. When they finally subdued him and escorted him to the hospital, he was served with a Promise To Appear.

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On Tuesday, a 41-year-old Norwalk man was arrested on an accusation he committed  against the 22-year-old woman who had visited him after breaking up with him.

Police gave the following account: She visited his apartment after she got off work late at night at a bar in Stamford. When she wanted to leave at 4 a.m., he became angry and dragged her back into the apartment by her hair, then locked her inside and punched, slapped, bit and choked her. She escaped and tried to get her belongings out of his car, but he pushed her in and activated the child locking device. She was able to get out again and run off, but he followed her in his car, crashing it and tearing the front bumper off. She ran into a store, where he again beat her. Someone else at that point called police, and he was arrested.

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On Thursday, a Norwalk man was arrested on attempted murder charges after his girlfriend was seen  following what police said was his attack on her with a knife. He allegedly told police he was angry with her for physically abusing her children.

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On Sunday, Sept. 25, Norwalk Hospital emergency department staff called in police when a baby was brought in  and with a skull fracture, a bone fracture in her arm and seven fractured ribs, police said. The commander of the police Youth Bureau said the case was the worst he'd seen in 23 years on the force. The 5-month-old girl's mother was arrested on a warrant on Thursday.