GREENWICH, Conn. -- When the lockdown alarm went off at Greenwich High School at noontime Wednesday, 12th-grader Scott Rusk and his fellow students thought it was just a drill."I heard the siren for the lockdown drill and it was going off for a while — and the next thing we knew we were being searched by policemen," he said. Rusk spoke late Wednesday afternoon as he waited for ...

GREENWICH, Conn. — A threat written on a bathroom stall wall caused a nearly four-hour lockdown of Greenwich High School before students and staff were given the all clear at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday.The threat was discovered in the noon hour and school officials acted quickly, Greenwich Police Lt. Kraig Gray said."It was kind of specific to a time and location and that time was, when ...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Students are being dismissed from Greenwich High School just before 4 p.m. Wednesday after a three-hour lockdown due to a threat reported at the school.Police said there were no injuries and the investigation was continuing.The school's regular dismissal time is 2:15 p.m. and motorists had lined up in Hillside Drive for hours waiting for the students to be ...

UPDATE: GREENWICH, Conn. — The lockdown is over Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich High School, the police department announced via Twitter. Here is the full text of the Tweet [typos fixed], which was sent at about 4 p.m.:"GHS LockDown is over. No injuries. GPD investigation cont. Dismissal will be followed per BOE transportation plan. Thank You for your cooperation."The ...

UPDATE: GREENWICH, Conn. — The lockdown is over Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich High School, the police department announced via Twitter.Here is the full text of the Tweet [typos fixed], which was sent at about 4 p.m.:"GHS LockDown is over. No injuries. GPD investigation cont. Dismissal will be followed per BOE transportation plan. Thank You for your cooperation."The school ...

WESTPORT, Conn. -- How embarrassing.Three car burglars called the police to report a motor vehicle accident early Wednesday but wound up arrested when police discovered in their car GPS units that had been just stolen, Westport Police said.At around 1:15 a.m. police were called to two car accident on North Avenue between Easton Road and Coleytown Road.When police arrived three people in ...

MONROE, Conn. -- Maybe he's thinner now.A heavyset man stole about $350 in dietary supplements from a Walgreens last month, Monroe Police said as they released a surveillance photo of the man in the pharmacy.The man with a mustache and beard stubble stole Prevagen dietary supplements on Feb. 27, police said. The theft occurred between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The suspect is about 5 feet 6 ...

NORWALK, Conn. -- A registered sex offender who was charged last year with severely abusing a 2-year-old girl after luring her family from California is facing a new sex abuse charge, police said.Pedro Salinas, 32, of 2 Lincoln Ave., was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child Tuesday during a court appearance on other charges. He is currently jailed on ...

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- A 17-year-old New Canaan resident is facing a pair of drug charges and driving with a suspended license after being spotted smoking marijuana near a school playground Sunday afternoon.Police said they were called after a report of a pair of teens smoking marijuana near Saxe Middle School around 2:30 p.m. When they arrived the teens were no longer there but a witness ...

NORWALK, Conn. — A student at Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk was charged after a bomb threat was emailed to a school administrator Monday morning, police said.The student, who police didn't identify because of their age, was charged with two counts of second-degree uttering threats and breach of peace.Police were called to the school at 10:44 a.m. Monday after the email was ...