Crime & Safety

Two Charged in Alleged Stamford Faux Robbery Scheme Tops OMG PD

Two men, one an employee and the other a former employee of the Stamford Town Center Cosi, were charged in an alleged scheme where they reported a robbery that never happened in order to take $2,000 from the establishment.

 

Two men were charged in a scheme they allegedly concocted to steal money from a Stamford Cosi restaurant at which one worked in a supervisory position and the other formerly worked and .

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Greenwich Police—with the help of Greenwich Hospital security—a car from the valet parking section outside the  hospital emergency room.

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A Trumbull man is accused of working with a Bridgeport man , Darien Police said.

Also, at a party at her home. Trumbull police were acting on a tip. And at the Westfield Trumbull Mall, a man allegedly groped three women and left the mall, but was arrested after he returned while police were looking for him.

Police said he had changed clothes when he returned.

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Westport police arrested a Stratford man for . 

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Fairfield police are investigating but appears to have been a civil matter that was spun out of control by people who were not directly involved.

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A Tennessee man was issued an infraction in New Canaan for possession of marijuana .

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Five out-of-town teens were arrested in Fairfield from the South Benson Marina.

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Norwalk police charged a man known as "Slice" after he allegedly stole a purse in a strong-arm robbery and could identify him.

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According to Darien police: 1. A woman driving a minivan downtown rear-ends a car. 2. The woman and her male passenger indicate to the other driver that they don't speak English; the man and woman switch places, and he begins driving away. 3. The woman 4. She wanders off. 5. The driver of the other car is able, somehow (police don't say how) to prevent the minivan from being driven away. 6. Police arrive and find the woman in a nearby back yard. 7. Police charge each of the minivan drivers with driving while under the influence.

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A homeless man in New Haven was assaulted and robbed while collecting cans, reports the New Haven Register

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from a truck belonging to a Fairfield resident this week. Also stolen was a cell phone.

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After allegedly being caught in , local police said a Stratford man told them, "I party a little on the weekend."

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Despite the fact that it was almost 100 degree outside, a New Haven woman while she went shopping in Hamden.


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