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Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say
Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say Police in Fairfield County are investigating after two middle-school-aged girls reported a man in a white BMW-like car approached them wearing a ski mask. The incident took place in the town of Fairfield around 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 on Collingwood Avenue. According to Fairfield Police Lt. Michael Paris, the department received a 911 call from a resident reporting that the two girls had run to his home "very upset." They described an encounter with a man driving a vehicle while they were walking home from the school bus, Paris said. Patrol officers responded immediately to the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield Police Charge Man With Hate Crime, Making Threats Fairfield Police Charge Man With Hate Crime, Making Threats
Fairfield Police Charge Man With Hate Crime, Making Threats A Fairfield County man has been charged with a hate crime after he allegedly accosted a masonry worker and yelled racist language at the man. Joseph Soracco, age 61, of Fairfield, was arrested on around 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 16. Fairfield Police Chief Robert Kalamaras said the department received a complaint of a man threatening and using racial slurs, over a masonry worker's truck being parked in such a way that it blocked a section of sidewalk adjacent to a lot where construction work is being done. According to Kalamaras, an investigation found Soracco angrily confronted the mason…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pistol-Wielding Bridgeport Man Sparks Standoff At Fairfield Bank Pistol-Wielding Bridgeport Man Sparks Standoff At Fairfield Bank
Pistol-Wielding Bridgeport Man Sparks Standoff At Fairfield Bank An area man and woman are behind bars following an intense police standoff with the man inside a bank where he pulled a pistol on a Fairfield detective while being questioned about a bank fraud incident. The standoff went down around 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, when officers with the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau were conducting an investigation into bank fraud related to the theft of approximately $120,000 from an elderly person from Texas, said Fairfield Lt. John Bucherati. The suspects, identified as Carl Myers, 46, and Tanika Haase, 26, both of Bridgeport, we…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Have You Seen Him? Fairfield Police Seek Public's Help In Home Depot Theft Have You Seen Him? Fairfield Police Seek Public's Help In Home Depot Theft
Have You Seen Him? Fairfield Police Seek Public's Help In Home Depot Theft FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a person suspected of stealing more than $1,100 in thermostats and video doorbells from Home Depot. On Dec. 12, police received a report of shoplifting at the Kings Highway Cutoff store. The suspect captured on surveillance is believed to have stolen three Nest thermostats and two Ring wireless video doorbells with a total value of $1,173.48. He handed the cashier a pre-paid phone-card, grabbed the bagged items and ran out of the store into a white vehicle also caught on surveillance video, police said. Anyone with informat…

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by Meredith Guinness