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Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion
Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion A pair of Bridgeport men were captured after they broke into a Trumbull home early Saturday looking for money and threatened the resident with a handgun.  According to Trumbull police Lt. Keith Golding, police were altered to the situation around 5 a.m. by a 911 call from the home on White Plains Road in the Trumbull Business Center area. Responding officers spotted the suspect vehicle, a blue Jeep Liberty, traveling south on White Plains Road and signaled for it to stop, police said. Instead of stopping, the driver took off at a high rate of speed, pursued by Trumbull police into Bridgepo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Driver Leads Police On High-Speed Chase Through Greenwich In Stolen Car Driver Leads Police On High-Speed Chase Through Greenwich In Stolen Car
Driver Leads Police On High-Speed Chase Through Greenwich In Stolen Car A 44-year-old man driving a stolen car led Greenwich police on a chase early Tuesday through town before crashing into the yard of a home in Old Greenwich, according to the Greenwich police. Deria Mohamud, of Unionville, was arrested after police stopped him around 3 a.m. after seeing a "suspicious" vehicle driving down a dead-end street in Riverside at Chapel Lane, police said. When an officer approached, Mohamud took off at a high rate of speed and continued to elude police through parts of Old Greenwich until officers saw him crash into the front lawn of a private residence, po…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Norwalk Officer Injured When Stolen Truck Slams Into Cruiser During Chase Norwalk Officer Injured When Stolen Truck Slams Into Cruiser During Chase
Norwalk Officer Injured When Stolen Truck Slams Into Cruiser During Chase NORWALK, Conn. -- Someone who stole a pickup truck in Norwalk early Tuesday morning intentionally backed into one cruiser and drove directly at another before crashing and running away, according to police. At around 3 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a home on Assisi Way for a report of a stolen vehicle. A description of the stolen vehicle, a Chevy pickup, was broadcast to all units, and moments later an officer spotted it traveling southbound on the Route 7 Connector. The truck got onto I-95 south and pulled to a stop in front of the exit 14 off-ramp, police said. As the officer pulled…

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by Casey Donahue
Police & Fire
Norwalk Woman Charged In Milford Home Invasion, Robbery Norwalk Woman Charged In Milford Home Invasion, Robbery
Norwalk Woman Charged In Milford Home Invasion, Robbery MILFORD, Conn. -- Four people were charged with breaking into a Milford home in May and robbing the residents at gunpoint, according to police. On May 29, Milford Police received a report of a home invasion that had just taken place at a Melba Street home. The caller reported that the suspects had used a firearm to forcibly take items from the home, and then had left in a silver Infiniti sedan. Officers spoke to a man and woman at the Melba Street address, and learned that they had recently gone inside the home and were inside a bedroom when two black males forced themselves into the room, …

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by Casey Donahue
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Darien Police: Bridgeport Driver Fled Cops And Lied About It Darien Police: Bridgeport Driver Fled Cops And Lied About It
Darien Police: Bridgeport Driver Fled Cops And Lied About It DARIEN, Conn. — A Bridgeport man was arrested after police said he fled from officers who tried to stop him in Darien, and then later tried to convince officers that he hadn't even been driving the car. On Thursday, Jan. 11, an officer saw a car driving east on Heights Road in Darien with heavy front end damage and no headlights on, police said. The officer got behind the car, at which point it picked up speed. When the officer tried to pull the car over, it took off, passing cars in the oncoming lane of traffic, according to police. It eventually got onto I-95 north, at which point the off…

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by Casey Donahue