Crime & Safety

Cops: Horseplay Ends in Minor Stab Wound

Two friends were wrestling when one pulled out a pocketknife and things went 'too far,' police said.

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Horseplay between two friends went too far Monday when one man was punctured by a pocketknife, police said.

Daniel Albro, 20, was charged with third-degree assault after he allegedly cut his friend's leg with the pocketknife, resulting in a 1/2-in. puncture wound, police said. The victim would require either a butterfly bandage or a few stitches, according to the report.

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The victim told police he did not feel fearful of Albro at anytime while they were wrestling with each other and the roughhousing just went too far, according to the report. However, the man requested Albro's arrest.

Neither man could give a reason as to why the pocketknife was pulled out. Albro was released on a promise to appear in court on Sept. 10.

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A Bridgeport man faces burglary and larceny charges after a Fairfield resident saw the man in the resident's car Sunday, police said.

The complainant told police he saw Joshua Richards, 19, inside the complainant's vehicle and promptly called police. Responding officers located Richards close by. He was in possession of a two stolen GPS units and some assorted cash and change, police said. One GPS was taken from a car on Lewis Drive in Fairfield; the other from a vehicle on Hughes Avenue in Bridgeport.

Richards was charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of sixth-degree larceny, and criminal attempt to commit sixth-degree larceny. He was held in lieu of a $500 bond and his court date is Sept. 13.

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A Bridgeport man was arrested at court Friday for his suspected involvement in burglaries reported at the Fairfield Motor Inn (reported May 30, 2012) and Winnepogue Drive (reported May 29, 2012), police said.

Jeremy Mitchell, 23, was charged with third-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary, and sixth-degree larceny. He was held in lieu of a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to next appear in court on Oct. 9.

Mitchell was arrested in June for .


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