Crime & Safety
Police Blotter for April 28
Backpack Stolen at FWHS, Textbooks Left Behind; DUI Arrest; Motor Vehicle Break-in
The Fairfield Police Department's press briefing today included the following cases:
A backpack valued at $90 and containing $20, a calculator valued at $100 and a cell phone valued at $150 was reported stolen from the boys' main locker room at Fairfield Warde High School sometime between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday. The backpack had been under a bench and textbooks had been removed from the backpack and left behind, police said.
A 19-year-old Stratford motorist who struck the back of a car by the intersection of Black Rock Turnpike and Jennings Road in Fairfield early today was charged with driving under the influence, police said.
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Stacey Ferrara, of Margherita Lane, failed field sobriety tests, police said. She was released on $100 bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court May 10, police said.
No one was injured in the 1:46 a.m. accident, police said.
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A GPS unit valued at $158 was reported stolen from an unlocked car parked in a driveway on Hillandale Road in Fairfield sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 7:15 a.m. today, police said.
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