Crime & Safety

Man Tased Outside Strip Club After "Play Fighting"

The most unusual arrests from Fairfield County this week.

Police used a Taser to break up a fight among four men in front of Norwalk’s Office Cafe, a strip club. Two of the men involved immediately began backing away when police arrived and told them to stop. But a 29-year-old city man, instead, grabbed one of the others and put him in a headlock, choking him. Eventually, police shot him with a Taser gun, putting hooks just beneath his skin for the electricity to go through. He fell and was handcuffed and taken to Norwalk Hospital, where a doctor removed the hooks from his skin. OMG PD twist: After he was charged, the man told police that he was only "play fighting.” Full .

A 21-year-old Bridgeport man was arrested April 3 after he was seen peeking under stalls in the women’s dressing room at Kohl’s Deptartment Store in Fairfield. Around noon, a woman said, she saw a man crouching down and looking under the stall while she was inside changing. The woman’s mother, who was waiting outside, also observed this and reported the incident to store security. OMG PD twist: Police found the man afterward, riding a bike down the street near T.J. Maxx. More .

A New York City man already imprisoned was arrested for illegally using a credit card to buy more than $15,000 in merchandise from Richard's of Greenwich. The 41-year-old was picked up by Greenwich police at the Franklin Correctional Facility in Malone, NY, Monday and brought to a Stamford courthouse to face charges in connection with the June 12, 2009 use of a credit card in Greenwich. OMG PD twist: Greenwich Police said Pollack faces similar charges lodged by Westport Police who accuse him using the same card to make purchases at Richard's sister store, Mitchell's of Westport. .

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Police in New Canaan fined an 18-year-old New Canaan resident $460 for passing a stopped school bus on Old Stamford Road, part of which is known as Route 106. OMG PD twist: It’s the fifth time a driver has been ticketed for passing a school bus on that same road since January. .

Shelton police arrested a 51-year-old city man for threatening to shoot City Hall employees in their office the day before. The man reportedly went to the Assessor’s Office on Thursday, spoke to some workers, became upset and mentioned getting a gun and shooting everyone. OMG PD twist: The man later admitted that he got upset and used the word ‘gun,’ but said that it was taken out of context, police said. .

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