Woman Allegedly Steals $3,000 Worth of Meds at Pet Store

A Monroe man pulling up the plastic tarp on his race car found extensive damage to the interior and the raccoon who made the mess hiding against the passenger door. See the photo here.

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Surveillance camera footage reportedly caught two women stealing close to  from a pet supply store in Monroe.

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Monroe Police got a break in the investigation of a stolen floor polisher when they not only found it at a pawn shop in Bridgeport, but the suspect who had rented it from a Monroe business pawned it using his real name. He was arrested on a warrant this week.

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A Trumbull woman admitted to  by forging payroll checks and cashing them, federal prosecutors said. She faces up to 30 years in prison when she is sentenced.

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Westport Police say a man driving a car registered in Trumbull jumped out of his car and pointed a 9mm handgun at another driver in a road rage incident in Westport about 5 p.m. Thursday.

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A Bridgeport woman was arrested on a warrant out of Norwalk after police identified her as the suspect who allegedly rolled a 53-inch TV out of Walmart without paying for it.

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A box lunch truck driver from Milford was arrested by Stamford authorities after he allegedly struck a parked car then drove into a pile of gravel at a construction site — all before 10 a.m. Police responding to the scene say they found prescription meds, a loaded handgun and beer cans in the truck.

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A man was kicked off a bus in Fairfield Wednesday for creating a public disturbance, police said. The suspect was reportedly drunk and then made another scene at McDonald's, where he was allegedly standing in line with an open beer can.

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A Westport man,  was picked up by Westport police after officers learned he had a warrant for grand larceny in California.

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A Weston man is out $400 after he paid a woman for an iPhone 5 and she took his money and ran (or drove away). 

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The Naugatuck Police Department arrested seven people for suspected drunken driving incidents in two nights.

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Police and state animal control officials seized 41 animals that showed "obvious signs of neglect" from a home in Oxford. 

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Milford Police arrested a man who allegedly punched an emergency medical service employee in the chest while being transported in an ambulance to Milford Hospital.