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Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say
Two Injured Including Student In Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say A Fairfield County student and a school bus driver were hospitalized after the driver struck a utility pole. The crash took place around 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 28 on Mill Plain Road in Fairfield. When officers arrived on the scene they found a small First Student school bus from Tomlinson Middle School, had struck a utility pole, said Sgt. Michael Stahl, of the Fairfield Police.  The driver of the bus sustained non-life-threatening injuries and a student complaining of stomach pain were both transported to an area hospital, Stahl said. A second student was turned over to…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Nabbed After Fairfield County Bank Robbery, Police Say Suspect Nabbed After Fairfield County Bank Robbery, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed After Fairfield County Bank Robbery, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested for allegedly robbing an area bank. The incident took place in Fairfield at the Key Bank on Post Road around noon on Wednesday, Aug. 25.  The suspect was described as a white male who reportedly pointed what looked like a handgun at tellers demanding money, said Capt. Antonio Granata of the Fairfield Police Department. After getting the cash, he fled the bank and was seen entering a gray taxi last seen heading north on Mill Plain Road. Officers and detectives coordinated with area taxi companies and tracked a taxi matching the description to East …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Who Failed To Pull Over For Police Nabbed After I-95 Chase, Crash In Fairfield County Man Who Failed To Pull Over For Police Nabbed After I-95 Chase, Crash In Fairfield County
Man Who Failed To Pull Over For Police Nabbed After I-95 Chase, Crash In Fairfield County A 24-year-old man who failed to stop for a routine traffic stop was nabbed by police following a chase and a crash in Fairfield County. Hasan T. Fleming of Bridgeport was arrested Tuesday after he failed to stop for a Fairfield Police officer conducting a routine traffic stop in the area of Commerce Drive and Coolidge Street, said Fairfield Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Fleming engaged officers in pursuit onto I-95 southbound and struck a citizen’s vehicle during the pursuit. Officers were able to take Fleming into custody at the I-95 southbound exit ramp for Mill Plain Road, Kalamaras said.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Investigate Vehicle With Suspicious Device Blocking Fairfield Road Police Investigate Vehicle With Suspicious Device Blocking Fairfield Road
Police Investigate Vehicle With Suspicious Device Blocking Fairfield Road A report of a suspicious car in Fairfield led to a road closure and a response from the bomb squad, according to Fairfield Police. The incident took place around 12:53 p.m. Tuesday when Fairfield police responded to a report of a suspicious car that was abandoned near Mill Plain Green, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras.  Officers arrived to find the vehicle parked, blocking a portion of the roadway, with a suspicious device in plain view on the floorboard, Kalamaras said. A perimeter was set up and several residences were evacuated for precautionary measures. Mill Plain Road was closed from I- 95 …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Teens In Custody After Chase, Crash Involving Stolen Car In Fairfield Two Teens In Custody After Chase, Crash Involving Stolen Car In Fairfield
Two Teens In Custody After Chase, Crash Involving Stolen Car In Fairfield Two teens are in custody after taking Fairfield police on a chase and then crashing the stolen vehicle they were driving. The incident took place around 3 a.m. Tuesday after a resident Mill Plain Road called the police to report several suspicious males in dark clothing walking up and down her neighbor’s driveways attempting to enter their cars, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras. The resident was able to provide real-time observations to the officers responding that her neighbor’s vehicle was now backing out of the driveway and she believed it was being stolen, he said. Officers quickly located th…

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by Kathy Reakes