Crime & Safety
Beer Barter Leads to Assault, UFO Sighting In Fairfield
Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.
police after an officer who was checking railroad-parking permits noticed that the color of the permit on one car did not appear to be the right color. There were two other permits on the vehicle from previous years that also did not appear to be the right color and the right size lettering. Further investigation revealed that the suspect's name is on the waiting list for permits and not in the permit file.
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A man reported that his wife was struck by a vehicle for him in front of on the Post Road in Fairfield, police said. She reportedly stood in the space while another vehicle attempted to back in.
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Someone apparently decided they didn’t like the in a Fairfield resident’s backyard – police said the resident reported 50 feet of his deer fence had been torn down and burned.
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A Norwalk man was arrested on a charge of breach of peace in the second degree after at the Fairfield Center Metro North station after the victim refused to trade the man a cigarette for a beer.
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A Fairfield resident reported that someone placed a in her backyard. No clue as to who did it, police said.
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A Fairfield resident reported a to police. Upon closer inspection, police realized the rotating circle of light above the resident’s home was coming from a spotlight for an event taking place on a main road. The resident disagreed, adding that he was not a drunk.
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Darien police after a string of bizarre burglaries in which thieves bored a hole in the side of each house. The most recent incident, reported last week,.
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A Stamford man was at a Target pharmacy, allegedly for his attempts to buy Oxycodone with a completely handwritten, forged prescription.
About this column: The week's most unusual arrests from around Fairfield County.
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