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Police In Fairfield County Seek 'Bow-Legged' Cell Phone Store Bandit Police In Fairfield County Seek 'Bow-Legged' Cell Phone Store Bandit
Police In Fairfield County Seek 'Bow-Legged' Cell Phone Store Bandit Police in Fairfield County are looking to identify a bow-legged man who robbed multiple cell phone stores at gunpoint in the same neighborhood in the past few weeks. The "bow-legged bandit" has committed the robberies with a silver handgun in Bridgeport in the immediate area of Park Ave. and Pequonnock St. He has an extremely crooked lower left leg, said Captain Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police. The suspect is described as a black male with a medium complexion in his mid to late 30s. He walks with a distinct gait/limp, but has been able to run from the robberies, Gilleran said. &nb…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Calling Himself 'Lucifer' Arrested For Murder In Fairfield County Store, Police Say Man Calling Himself 'Lucifer' Arrested For Murder In Fairfield County Store, Police Say
Man Calling Himself 'Lucifer' Arrested For Murder In Fairfield County Store, Police Say A Fairfield County man who called himself Lucifer has been arrested for allegedly killing a man and then robbing him after he was dead. Luis Morales, age 31, of Bridgeport was arrested late Thursday evening, Dec. 16, for the shooting death of 23-year-old Clinton Taylor, at a local store earlier in the night, said the Bridgeport Police. According to Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for Bridgeport, the shooting took place around 9:15 p.m. at Sammy's Grocery & Dollar Store, at 500 Park Ave. Taylor is the grandson of former Bridgeport city councilwoman Denese Taylor-Moye. T…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Smoke Shop Busted For Selling 'Extremely Large Amounts' Of Pot, Police Say Fairfield County Smoke Shop Busted For Selling 'Extremely Large Amounts' Of Pot, Police Say
Fairfield County Smoke Shop Busted For Selling 'Extremely Large Amounts' Of Pot, Police Say Three people have been arrested for allegedly selling "extremely large amounts," of marijuana, vape pens, and untaxed cigarettes at an area smoke shop. The bust took place on Monday, Aug. 16, in Fairfield County at the Smokers Box smoke shop at 1668 Park Ave., in Bridgeport. The bust comes on the heels of an investigation during which undercover police officers purchased marijuana from the business which does not possess a dispensary permit or license to sell recreational marijuana,  said Bridgeport PD Captain Kevin Gilleran said. According to the search warrant officers located extremely…

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by Kathy Reakes