Police Blotter for Feb. 10: Burglaries

The Fairfield Police Department's press briefing on Thursday included the following cases:

About $80 was reported stolen from a cash register at Hands on Pottery on the Post Road in downtown Fairfield during a burglary Wednesday morning.

Police said entry was gained through a back door and that there was no sign of forced entry. The owner suspects a former employee or current employees who had keys to the business, police said. The burglar alarm went off at 7:15 a.m. but the owner, who lives nearby and who was on her way to the business, cancelled the police response, apparently believing it was a false alarm. She reported the theft of cash at 10:23 a.m. after arriving to find the back door open, police said.

A digital camera valued at $100, two jewelry boxes containing jewelry of unknown value and a Swiss Army pocket watch also of unknown value were reported stolen from a house on Suburban Avenue in Fairfield during a burglary on Wednesday.

Police said the camera was stolen from the first floor and the jewelry boxes and pocket watch were stolen from the second floor.

The burglary took place sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and was reported to police at 7:29 p.m., police said.

A truck parked outside Nutmeg Bowl on Villa Avenue in Fairfield was broken into Monday evening and a laptop computer valued at $2,500 was reported stolen.

Pry marks were found under the front passenger door and the break-in took place sometime between 6:15 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., police said.