WESTPORT, Conn. — A New York woman turned herself in to Westport police Monday and is facing larceny charges in connection with a clothing theft, police said.On Oct. 24, a woman stole more than $300 in clothing from a downtown merchant.A second woman, later identified as Kathy Deacon, 65, of Cardinal Road, Hyde Park, returned the stolen items to the store and received a gift card for ...

SHELTON, Conn. — Barnum Financial Group of Shelton has been named one of the “Best and Brightest” companies to work for in the United States.The company is one of 437 selected for the honor from about 2,000 nominees by the Best and Brightest organization, part of the National Association of Business Resources.“We are extremely pleased to be recognized nationally as an employer who ...

DANBURY, Conn. — A Danbury man turned himself in to police Monday in connection with a sexual assault, police said.On Aug. 13, a woman told officers she had been sexually assaulted by a man she met online, police said.The Danbury Police Department Special Victims Unit investigated the case and applied for an arrest warrant for Scott Garofalo, 31, police said.Garofalo was charged with ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield driver who told police she glanced down to reach a cup of coffee Friday ended up causing a three-car crash, police said.The woman was traveling north on Rowland Road around 9:15 a.m. when she swerved to the right, colliding with an unoccupied parked car, police said.The force of the crash pushed the second car 54 feet across a lawn and into another parked ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager will speak at Sacred Heart University Wednesday as part of the school’s Distinguished Leaders Series.The public is invited to the free event and signed copies of “Sisters First,” which Hager co-wrote with her twin sister Barbara Pierce Bush, will be available for sale.The talk begins at 6 p.m. in SHU’s Martire Center Atrium.The ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield Police are once again urging residents to lock their cars and bring valuables inside after two more reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in town.A Rowland Hills Drive woman who left her car unlocked overnight told police someone entered the car and stole her work laptop, which is the property of the U.S. Department of Justice, police said.She believes ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield University Art Museum will soon present a major exhibition featuring international masterpieces never before seen in the United States.“The Holy Name — Art of the Gesù: Bernini and His Age” will be on view in the museum’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries from Feb. 2 through May 19 with a series of related talks and programming across campus celebrating the works in ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield woman trying to avoid a car exiting a Westport Turnpike driveway ended up hitting a snowbank and flipping her car Friday morning, police said.The driver, a 39-year-old Westport Turnpike resident, was traveling east on Westport Turnpike around 9:30 a.m. when she tried to maneuver around a car coming out of a driveway, police said.Her car clipped a snowbank, ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Car thieves were caught on tape stealing a car from outside a Flintlock Road home Sunday, police said.The car’s owner was able to show officers the two men who approached her 2016 BMW X3 at 4:48 a.m. on surveillance video from her home, police said.The men walked to the car and then one got in, backed out of the driveway and headed north on Flintlock with the other ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The state Department of Labor has accused a Bridgeport woman of collecting more than $15,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits, according to the Connecticut Post.Monica Smalls, 38, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree larceny for collecting the funds between July 2012 and September 2014, the Connecticut Post said.She was released on $10,000 bond and is ...