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The incidents took place in Norwalk on Thursday, Nov. 3 in the area of Kermit Street and Rome Street.
According to Lt. Joe Dinho, of the Norwalk Police, the department received a call around 7:15 a.m., Thursday, of a residential burglary on Kermit Street that took place in the overnight hours.
While police were on the scene, they received another complaint from a neighboring address that had its vehicle entered and items stolen, Dinho said.
Dinho said that around 8:15 a.m, Thursday, Norwalk Police received another complaint of a resident’s vehicle being entered on Rome St., during overnight hours, and items were stolen.
The complainant reported that the two suspects also attempted to enter the home via the back door but were not able to gain entry, as was evidenced by the recording on the “Ring” door camera, Dinho said.
The Norwalk Police Detective Bureau responded to the locations, and Detective Nikolaos Kougioumtzidis led the investigation.
The suspects were tracked to locations in Bridgeport and Trumbull, Dinho added.
Norwalk and Trumbull detectives were able to arrest two persons of interest in Trumbull, he said.
Police said detectives recovered stolen items from the Norwalk locations, a stolen motor vehicle from Stamford, and a stolen handgun from Florida.
Arrested were:
Dereck Ramirez, age 21, of Bridgeport. He was charged with:
- Two counts of larceny
- Stealing a firearm
- Illegal possession of a weapon in a vehicle
- Criminal possession of a pistol
- Interfering with a Police Officer
- Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine
- Seven counts of possession of a stolen credit card
- Seven counts of use of a stolen credit card
Gabriele Collazo, age 23, of Greenwich was charged with:
- Two counts of larceny
- Interfering with a police officer
- Seven counts of possession of stolen credit cards
- Seven counts of use of stolen credit cards
Both were arrested in Trumbull on Thursday, Nov e.
This is an ongoing investigation, and any information can be given to Det. Kougioumtzidis by calling 203-854-3185 or by email at nkougioumtzidis@norwalkct.org.
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