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Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT

2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Fairfield County 2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Fairfield County
2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Fairfield County Two cars and part of a fence were destroyed by fire in Fairfield County while their owners were exercising inside a gym. The fire took place in the town of Fairfield around 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the parking lot of the Equinox Gym located at 226 Old Post Road. When members of the Fairfield Fire Department arrived on the scene they found the two cars heavily involved in a fire, Assistant Fire Chief Schuyler Sherwood said.  The owners of the vehicles were in the Equinox at the time the fire started, but came outside as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze, Sherwood sai…
Woman Seriously Injured In Fairfield County Crash Woman Seriously Injured In Fairfield County Crash
Woman Seriously Injured In Fairfield County Crash A woman was seriously injured in Fairfield County after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a roadway.. The incident took place around 5:34 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, in the crosswalk in front of 636 Old Post Road, said Lt. Antonio Granata. According to Granata, investigators determined a 56-year-old Fairfield resident was driving his vehicle westbound on Old Post Road when he struck a 65-year-old woman walking in the crosswalk.  The woman was struck with the front end of the operator's BMW SUV. The driver immediately pulled over and is cooperating with the investigation. The woman,…
Woman Driving Three Times Legal Limit Crashes Into Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say Woman Driving Three Times Legal Limit Crashes Into Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say
Woman Driving Three Times Legal Limit Crashes Into Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say For the second time in two weeks, a suspected drunk driver struck a police vehicle in the Town of Fairfield. The latest incident happened around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 when a Fairfield Police Traffic Enforcement Sergeant was struck by an allegedly drunk driver while working a State DUI Grant on Old Post Road near South Benson Road. "This Grant is entirely dedicated towards the identification and removal of reckless and drunk drivers from the roadways," Fairfield Police said. Fairfield Police Emergency Communications Center received a radio transmission from the ser…
Man Nabbed After Awakening Homeowners During Burglary At Fairfield Home, Police Say Man Nabbed After Awakening Homeowners During Burglary At Fairfield Home, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Awakening Homeowners During Burglary At Fairfield Home, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into an occupied home and then taking police on a chase. Alberto Rosado, 30, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 18, by Fairfield Police following the alleged burglary on South Benson Road, said Fairfield Police Capt. Robert Kalamaras. The incident began around 2:56 a.m. Saturday when Rosado allegedly entered an unlocked vehicle parked on South Benson Road Fairfield, CT, stole a pair of sunglasses from the vehicle, and then used the remote garage door opener to open the garage and enter the home, said Kalama…
Husband, Wife Make Life-Threatening Climb Down Vine To Escape Raging House Fire In Fairfield Husband, Wife Make Life-Threatening Climb Down Vine To Escape Raging House Fire In Fairfield
Husband, Wife Make Life-Threatening Climb Down Vine To Escape Raging House Fire In Fairfield A husband and wife had to make a daring escape in Fairfield early on Christmas Eve when a fire broke out in their home, trapping them on the second floor. A teenager woke up to neighbors screaming for help at approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 24 while attempting to escape from a second-floor window on Puritan Road after a fire broke out. Fairfield Fire Platoon Commander Erik Kalapir said that the husband and wife “had to make a life-threatening exit due to toxic smoke and fire on the first floor.” The two were able to scurry down a fine next to the home and were ultimately unharmed. The…
Staples HS Girls Soccer Coach Resigns After Exposing Himself To Teen, Police Say Staples HS Girls Soccer Coach Resigns After Exposing Himself To Teen, Police Say
Staples HS Girls Soccer Coach Resigns After Exposing Himself To Teen, Police Say A high school girls soccer coach has resigned after being arrested for exposing himself to a teenage girl. David Sharpe, 29, of Fairfield, who coached the team at Staples High School in Westport, was arrested Saturday on a court warrant charging him with public indecency and breach of peace, said Fairfield Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras. The incident was first reported to police on Oct. 23, by a resident who filed a complaint of a male exposing himself in his to a female pedestrian in the area of Old Post Road and South Benson Road, Kalamaras said. “The victim, a juvenile, gave respondin…