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21-Year-Old From Danbury Tries To Enter Newtown Home After Crash In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say 21-Year-Old From Danbury Tries To Enter Newtown Home After Crash In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say
21-Year-Old From Danbury Tries To Enter Newtown Home After Crash In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say A 21-year-old Fairfield County man is behind bars after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle and trying to break into a home to get away. Danbury resident Joao Gabriel Almeida-Bastos was nabbed around 11:30 a.m., Sunday, July 7, on Toddy Hill Road in Newtown. According to Lt. Scott Smith of the Newtown Police, during a routine traffic stop, Almeida-Bastos made a U-turn and accelerated northbound as the officer exited his cruiser. Smith said that the vehicle, which had been stolen in Danbury days earlier, had left the southbound shoulder of the roadway an…

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by Kathy Reakes