Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Police are investigating, according to a report on DoingItLocal.com.
[Editor's Note: Photos and report information supplied by Stephen Krauchick of DoingItLocal.com.] A pedestrian was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a van, according to a report on DoingItLocal.com. The accident occurred at the intersection of Tunxis Hill Road and Villa Avenue, according to the report. A fire truck happened to be stopped at a red light near the intersection when the accident occurred and the driver reported it to police. Fairfield police are investigating the incident.
She reportedly made a fraudulent withdrawal from her cousin's bank account, police said.
[Editor's Note: Arrest information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.] A Weston woman was charged with fifth-degree larceny after she allegedly used her cousin’s ATM card to withdraw $979 when she only had permission to withdraw $300, police said. According to the report, Rachel Johnson, 36, of Steep Hill Road in Weston, fraudulently withdrew from her cousin’s account to the point of a negative balance in August after her cousin offered to let her withdraw $300 from the account, police said. The cousin, a Fairfield resident, reported the theft to police. When police interview Johnson, they discovered she lives with her elderly mother who said Johnson may have taken money from her but did not …
Police arrested two university students for hosting 'unreasonably loud' parties on Fairfield Beach Road.
[Editor's Note: Arrest information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.] Two local university students were arrested recently for allegedly hosting large and unreasonably loud parties of Fairfield Beach Road. Patrick McCahill, 22, of New Jersey was charged with disorderly conduct after police were called to his Fairfield Beach Road student residence late Sunday for a party generating “unreasonable noise,” police said. When responding officers arrived, guests began to disperse yelling “The cops are here!” There were more than 60 guests inside the house, according to the report. Police were called to Fairfield Beach Road early on Wednesday for another “large and unreasonably loud” party, this time…
James Kosch, 26, of Linwood Ave also faces six counts of failure to appear in court, police said.
[Editor's Note: Arrest information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.] A Fairfield man was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from RiteAid in late March and also arrested for six warrants for failure to appear in court, police said. All warrants were served Monday evening by the Fairfield Police Department. James Kosch, 26, of Linwood Avenue was charged sixth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit the crime for allegedly swiping $127 worth of Gillette Fusion men’s razor cartridges from the Post Road drugstore, according to the police report. He was also charged with six counts of second-degree failure to appear in court for other crimes he had been charged with, including possession of drug …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
West Haven police assisted in arresting Andrew Hernandez, 31, on Monday.
[Editor's Note: Arrest information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.] A West Haven man was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting his 82-year-old grandmother, a Fairfield resident who lives on High Street, police said. Police were alerted to the situation by a program coordinator at People’s United Bank, who requested a welfare check on the grandmother after noticing $20,000 had been withdrawn from the woman’s account. The $20,000 had reportedly been cashed in checks by the woman’s grandson Andrew Hernandez, 31, of West Haven, who allegedly forged his grandmother’s signature to endorse the checks and overdrew the accounts. Police also determined he had hidden her bank statements from her. …
Police are investigating a series for reported larcenies.
[Editor's Note: Incident information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department.] Police are investigating a series of burglaries and purse thefts reported over the weekend. A Riverside Drive resident reported that her white Coach purse was stolen from her unlocked vehicle sometime between Thursday and Friday, police said. The purse itself is valued at $600. An iPod ($300), cash, the complainant’s passport, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and reading glasses estimated at $400 were in the purse when it was stolen, according to the report. *** A Castle Avenue resident reported his HP laptop, valued at $500, was taken from his home office sometime Friday, police said. The rear slider door of the home was opened and police determined the house had …
Monday, May 14, 2012
According to a police report, a pit bull bit a mail carrier in late April and since then mail delivery has slowed or stopped for the neighborhood.
[Editor's Note: Incident information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department.] Some Fairview Avenue residents have not been getting their mail due to a neighbor’s pit bull disrupting the postal carrier’s route. According to Fairfield Police, a pit bull owned by John Prom of 147 Fairview Avenue bit a mail carrier on April 25, tearing the man’s jacket and forcing the postal worker to use mail and his leather bag as a shield and utilized pepper spray to keep the dog at bay. The 147 Fairview Ave residence is reportedly surrounded by an invisible fence, but that did not stop the pit bull from escaping the yard, police said. Following the incident, the United States Postal Service reportedly advised Prom that mail would not be delivered …
Just after midnight on Friday, Darien Police charged the woman with driving while under the influence of alcohol on Hoyt Street.
[Editor's Note: This report was supplied by the Darien Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.] A police officer driving north on Hoyt Street saw a car cross the road's center line twice, so the officer stopped the vehicle, resulting in the arrest of a Fairfield woman on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Darien police gave this account of the incident: Just after midnight on Friday, the officer saw the car, a 2011 Nissan Sentra, and observed that it crossed over the center line. On stopping the car on Hoyt Street near Camp Avenue, the officer spoke with the driver, Kristen Becker of Rock Ridge Road in Fairfield. The officer smelled alcohol. Becker was given a field sobriety test and failed it. She was …
Kyle Potenziani, 19, was charged with third-degree assault after he allegedly slapped his ex-girlfriend's face, re-breaking her nose, police said.
[Editor's Note: Arrest information is supplied by the Fairfield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.] A Madison, Conn. man was charged with third-degree assault this weekend for allegedly striking his ex-girlfriend’s face, police said. Kyle Pontenziani, 19, who attends Fairfield University, reportedly slapped his ex-girlfriend’s face, re-breaking her nose, according to the report. The victim, another 19-year-old Fairfield University student, reported the incident to police on April 27, the day after the alleged assault occurred. According to her statement, Pontenziani was visiting in the victim’s dorm room while she was writing a paper. He reportedly drank more than half of a bottle of vodka, asked the complainant for hugs…
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Unusual arrests and investigations from beyond Fairfield County.
A recently retired East Haven Police Officer was charged with second-degree larceny in the alleged theft of cash from the department's evidence locker last March. *** Five Naugatuck teens were arrested on trespassing charges after police said they were caught on the roof of Naugatuck High School, attempting to do free running. *** A Hamden man was arrested for firing a gun to scare two children who were on his property looking for a stick to fix a broken bicycle. *** A man in Milford was arrested for stealing a $130 pair of boots from Sears at the Westfield Connecticut Post Mall. *** A Milford man was arrested in North Haven for allegedly drinking and driving. Two days later, the department arrested him again -- this time for allegedly …
Bunny
3:10 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
I sure hope this person (what he really is can't be said here) rots in jail for the rest of his life. With any luck the lord will strike him dead and then he can rot in hell where he belongs. more ›