Police Blotter for Aug. 10: Dispute With Hammer and Shovel Leads to Arrests

Two Fairfield men were each arrested on a breach of peace charge after they allegedly got into a dispute Monday afternoon that included threats with a shovel and hammer.

Kristian Bogacki, 24, of Country Road, told officers he was driving home when a car swerved in his direction, almost causing him to crash. The motorist, who had Joseph Mikucionis, 24, of Melville Avenue, as a passenger, continued to follow Bogacki to his house, and Bogacki got out of his car and punched the hood and windshield of the car in which Mikucionis was a passenger. Mikucionis got out of the car with a shovel, and Bogacki grabbed a hammer from his car, police said.

The altercation, which the men said stemmed from a dispute over money, never became physical, but neighbors were disturbed by the sight of the shovel and hammer, police said.

Bogacki and Mikucionis were each charged with breach of peace and released on promises to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court Aug. 18, police said.

A 2008 Lexus GS350 of unknown value was reported stolen from Lexus of Westport on Kings Highway Cutoff in Fairfield sometime between Aug. 4 and Monday. Police said the car was stolen from the dealership's back parking lot and the vehicle's keys, which are normally kept in the dealership, were missing. The theft was reported to police on Monday, and the car was last seen by the dealership at 2 p.m. Aug. 4, police said.

Three Bridgeport women accused of stealing $302 worth of merchandise from TJ Maxx on Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield about 2:19 p.m. Monday were arrested.

Diane McKinney, 20, of William Street, Regina Edwards, 22, of Howard Avenue, and Dominique Turner, 22, of William Street, were each charged with sixth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny. They were each released on a promise to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court Aug. 21, police said.

The three women were detained by store security until officers arrived, police said.

An 18-year-old Norwalk man was given an infraction for possession of alcohol by a minor Monday night after police responded to a report of a loud party on Old Field Road in Fairfield.

Stephen Tomlin, of Richards Avenue, had brought a case of beer to the party from his house in Norwalk, police said.

A 16-year-old female, who was carried into a house on Narrow Street by party-goers, was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport because she didn't seem to know where she was, police said.