A woman is accused of stealing $1,084 in merchandise from Kohl's in Trumbull on May 6. Police said she put clothing in bags, entered a dressing room and walked out holding the bags. Her bond was set at $7,500. *** A man was charged for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license after he slowly fell off his moped while driving down the Post Road in Fairfield. Police also found a bag of pot in the man’s pocket. *** An adult female opossum nearly died after it was hit by a car in front of a supermarket in Monroe this week, officers with the town's Animal Control unit say. The four-week-…

A Milford man is accused of stealing about $1,600 in aluminum plates from his Trumbull employer in 2008. Police said man took the aluminum from Avery Abrasives in Trumbull and gave it to second person who sold it for money. He was detained in Milford recently, Trumbull police said. *** A man with a long blonde wig and a pellet gun resembling a handgun attempted to rob the Dunkin Donuts on Route 34 in Monroe Tuesday evening. *** A Rolex worth $8,200 was reported stolen from a YMCA locker room in New Canaan. *** Officials in Greenwich say a family of seven—five school-aged kids and their …

A school resource officer at Ridgefield High School reported a student was burning a paper towel dispenser in a boys bathroom earlier this month. The juvenile was arrested by Ridgefield police last Friday and returned to his father's custody. There was minor damage to the dispenser, according to police, with no damage to the bathroom and no need for evacuation. *** A Stamford man's failure to pay what could have been something so minor as a parking ticket reportedly led police to disover a hallucinogenic mushroom grow in his home. *** At a social club in Norwalk, a man who thought a woman had…

Norwalk police say a box Federal Express delivered to a woman’s apartment that was addressed to a stranger may explain why her door was kicked in Saturday, with only the box missing afterward. Police say that on Saturday night, a box addressed to "Jillian Willks,” which is not her name—sealed with tape labeled "Fragile”—was delivered to her home. Someone at home heard a noise but didn’t investigate, and found out later that the front door had been kicked in, the package missing. *** Trumbull Police said a smashed window at Knecht's garage led to a Monroe man's arrest after Trumbull police …

Counterfeit Names and Bills Several people were arrested on larceny charges, one for using fake $100 bills and another for using a fake name, Trumbull police said. Police said a woman passed bills in Macy's at the Westfield Trumbull Mall. Another Trumbull Patricia Eileen King, 54, of Old Town Road, Trumbull, is accused of using an alias when she was arrested at the mall. Police said she stole from J.C. Penney. *** Police in Norwalk cited a city man for littering when he tossed a chicken skin out of his parked car though a garbage can stood nearby, then refused to pick it up and throw it away…

A trio of young boys in Fairfield were caught spraying each other with WD-40 near a campfire meant for roasting marshmallows, police said. No one was injured, but one boy’s eyebrows had reportedly been singed. *** For the second time in one month, all the Mucinex and Allegra was reported stolen from a CVS in Norwalk. The sinus and congestion meds are valued at about $700. *** A Bronx, New York man allegedly caught with more than 20 prescription pills in Westport told police he was a dentist and that he gives the pills to his 'patient' when she needs them.

Fairfield police are investigating a claim of a suspicious man doing backflips in a resident’s backyard. 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. *** 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. ***  Norwalk police arrested a 47-year-old motorist who …

Two people face drunken driving charges in separate Trumbull incidents. One man allegedly ran a stop sign while the other was accused of evading responsibility. *** A maintenance man trying to shoo away a group of skateboarders using a parking lot and garage as their skate park, ended up being charged with disorderly conduct. He is accused of grabbing one youth from behind in a bear hug whom he thought was aggressive. The youths told police Roberto "choked" the youth who had "slight redness to his neck," according to the report. *** Two Wilton residents, one believed to be the co-captain of …

Trumbull Police said a Trumbull woman entered a dressing room in Macy's at the Westfield Trumbull Mall on Jan. 13 carrying clothing and exited carrying nothing. When she tried to leave without paying, police said she had $379 in merchandise. *** An SUV pulled out of a children’s day school and onto Rte. 33 in Wilton, smashing into a 2011 Subaru Outback, and then drove off. Police said that senior-citizen driving the Subaru was not hurt, and are on the look-out for a large, white SUV—one with front end damage. *** The New Canaan Library's director reported a larceny to police on Jan. 11. She …

Trumbull police arrested a Winsted man on charges he stole checks from his mother and cashed them for about $8,000. *** Westport police charged a Bridgeport man with possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle after initiating a traffic stop and spotting marijuana in his back seat. A search of the vehicle turned up a shotgun in the trunk. The man told the officers it was his father's gun and that he forgot it was in his car.  *** Wilton police found themselves stuck at Norwalk Hospital this past weekend after a non-violent offender under their care collapsed at the courthouse before being …

Three people were arrested for allegedly stealing from cars in Trumbull Nov. 30. They had jewelry and money in the car, Trumbull police said.***New Canaan Police were called to New Norwalk Road about 7am on Dec. 3 when a passing motorist noticed damage to the roadside guard rail. Police quickly spotted a car, which had apparently gone over the guard rail, struck a CL&P pole and a tree before landing upside down in a ditch below.They located the owner, a 31-year-old woman from Norwalk. She told police she had been driving south at about 2am the night before when she received a text message. …

Westport police arrested two New York men Tuesday after receving a shoplifting complaint from CVS. When police located the two men nearby, approximately $5,000 worth of merchandise was recovered. The merchandise consisted of teeth whitener, hair growth treatment, razor blades and allergy medicines. *** An 18-year-old Wilton man was arrested on a charge of driving intoxicated and for stealing two mailboxes—both of which were found in the back of his truck. Police believe there might be some internal sports feud going on at Wilton High School which led to the vandalism. *** Greenwich Police are…

Greenwich police arrested a 30-year-old town woman who they say suddenly accelerated toward two officers after suddenly waking up while at the wheel of her car at a traffic light. Police say they had approached the vehicle before dawn and found the woman asleep, and that she began to drive away after regaining consciousness, against officers’ orders. *** A Wilton man found that he had his credit card number stolen after recieving $500 worth of Rogaine delivered to his house, which had been charged to his own account. Police didn't say if he was bald or not.  *** A New Bedford, Mass., man was …

Westport police officers responded to Walgreens on a report of a man attempting to acquire prescription medication with a forged prescription. The suspect allegedly made blank copies of an original prescription from a doctor in Fairfield to write the forged prescriptions.  *** Thieves with a penchant for Crest whitening strips and power toothbrushes ripped off more than $2,000 worth of the oral hygiene products in simultaneous thefts at a pair of Riverside pharmacies. According to police, a pair of men pulled off the thefts shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday at the CVS pharmacy in the Riverside …

A Westport man was arrested after officers responded to the Westport Public Library on a report of a intoxicated man on a bench. When officers tried to talk to the male, he reported became belligerent and started yelling obscenities at them.  *** Police in Wilton arrested a 34-year-old New Milford woman after she, reportedly drunk, kicked in a gas station door long after it’d been closed. She apparently was looking for someone there. *** Ridgefield police in two separate incidents charged men for possession of marijuana in the parking lot of the Ridgefield Playhouse. *** Wilton police say …

Three female passersby used CPR to revive a man who had stopped breathing in Trumbull earlier this week. His companion, who was calling for help, was arrested on drug charges.***After a resident briefly left a public computer at the Wilton Library to use his cell phone, a 16-year-old youth scampered to the work station and began furiously copying down personal information left on the computer. When the man returned, he caught the kid in the act, and when the youth tried to flee, the resident wrestled him to the ground while the police were called. ***A New Canaan deli summoned police when …

A 24-year-old Norwalk man faces misdemeanor charges after admitting that he falsely reported a burglary at Darien train station. Police say they discovered quickly that the caller actually had phoned from the Greens Farms train station and, when approached there by Westport police, confessed that—for whatever reason—he had told Darien police dispatchers that he had been approached by a “random person,” robbed and needed a ride back home. *** A 32-year-old Fairfield man was arrested in Weston following a one-car accident on Old Redding Road on Sept. 27. The driver, police said, told officers …

A woman’s 2002 Jaguar XL disappeared Monday at Norwalk Hospital after she turned it over to a man posing as a valet parking attendant. The 81-year-old-woman, who told police that she drove her husband to the hospital for a medical emergency, said a man approached her and said her car was too nice to be parked in the regular lot. Instead, he said, he would take it to a special lot. He asked the woman to give him her blue valet parking ticket, and then, on a blank piece of paper, wrote “34 lot A/B” and handed it to her. She said she thought the situation was a bit curious, but the man briefly …

A few weeks ago, police in Wilton responded to vandalism complaints concerning cars having their side view mirrors shattered overnight while the cars were parked in their driveways. Police initially suspected someone was conducting drive-by BB gun shootings from the road, but then a new suspect reared its…beak. Turns out, the perpetrator was a real-life angry bird, a woodpecker that had been spotting its reflection and furiously pecking at the mirrored glass, shattering it with puncture wounds that resembled a BB gun. Maybe it was looking for a new high score? *** Fairfield emergency …

One man. Two arrests. Two towns. Two hours. On Saturday morning, a Ridgefield man was arrested for numerous driving charges after Weston Police said officers found him sleeping on the side of the road in his parked car. After the man's car was towed, he got arrested by Wilton Police when he fought his brother at the service station, police said. *** New Canaan Police said they used DNA results to arrest a man accused of breaking into a Carter Street home. The police collected blood, hair and tissue samples from a piece of jagged glass — broken when the suspect shattered the pane to gain entry…