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Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed After Fleeing In CT Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed After Fleeing In CT
Teens Crash Stolen Car: Trio Nabbed After Fleeing In CT Three teens have been charged after allegedly fleeing from police in a stolen car, crashing, and then running away in an attempt to escape. The three were nabbed in Trumbull on Friday, Jan. 17 On Friday, Jan. 13, after an officer noticed a Kia Optima in the parking lot of the Westfield Trumbull Mall that had been reported stolen out of New York City. As the officer proceeded to follow the Kia, the car exited the mall and drove through nearby residential streets in an attempt to lose the officer, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police. The car began accelerating at a high rate of …

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Nabbed In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide CT Man Nabbed In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide
CT Man Nabbed In Stolen Car Linked To Homicide A Connecticut man was nabbed in a stolen car linked to a homicide following a chase through Fairfield County. The incident began in Bridgeport around 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4 when members of the Fairfield County Regional Auto Theft Task Force, spotted the car and began to follow it without lights and sirens from a distance onto I-95 northbound.  Scott Appleby, Bridgeport's director of emergency management, said when the car reached the Milford area the driver turned off all exterior lights in an attempt to elude any following vehicles and began to accelerate in speed and reckless…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway
Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway Two Connecticut teens were nabbed in connection to a stolen car and shots fired incident. The Hartford County incident took place in Southington around 1:15 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23. According to Southington Police Lt. Keith Egan, the department received a call for a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lots of Garden Path Florist, located at 1239 Shuttle Meadow Road. The vehicle was identified, prior to police arrival, as being stolen from Bristol, Egan said. Surveillance footage, recorded in the area, showed three teens exiting the vehicle and provided a description of the ma…

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by Kathy Reakes