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Uber Eats Driver Injured During Fairfield County Carjacking, Police Say Uber Eats Driver Injured During Fairfield County Carjacking, Police Say
Uber Eats Driver Injured During Fairfield County Carjacking, Police Say An adult and two juveniles were arrested following a carjacking in Fairfield County that left an Uber Eats driver with a severe head injury. The incident took place around 7 p.m., Saturday, March 5 when Westport Police officers responded to the parking lot of 1759 Post Road East on a report of the possible theft of a motor vehicle.  When officers arrived on the scene, they learned a white Hyundai was stolen and that during the theft the owner of the car, a sixty-four-year-old woman, suffered a head injury, said Lt. David Wolf, of the Westport Police.  The victim, w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Nabbed For Assaulting Cop, Fleeing Traffic Stop, Police Say Man, Woman Nabbed For Assaulting Cop, Fleeing Traffic Stop, Police Say
Man, Woman Nabbed For Assaulting Cop, Fleeing Traffic Stop, Police Say A man and a woman wanted for allegedly assaulting an officer were nabbed following a pursuit. Lehman Blackmon, age 43, of New Haven, and Taneesha Barnes, age 37, of Waterbury, were arrested on Saturday, Feb. 13 by Milford Police when an officer spotted a vehicle that was wanted for assaulting a New Haven Police officer earlier in the evening. According to Milford Police, when their officers attempted to pull over the vehicle, the driver engaged officers in a pursuit that ended on I-95 at Exit 39A.  Blackmon and Baranes fled the vehicle on foot and were later found and i…

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by Kathy Reakes