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Trio On Run After Robbing CT Shop At Gunpoint: Police Trio On Run After Robbing CT Shop At Gunpoint: Police
Trio On Run After Robbing CT Shop At Gunpoint: Police Police in Connecticut are on the hunt for three men who allegedly robbed a smoke shop at gunpoint, making off with cash and goods. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 7 p.m.,  Saturday, June 29, at Moe's Smoke Shop at 213 Pershing Drive in Ansonia. According to Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police, an investigation revealed that a store clerk reported that a man approached the shop's door.  As the clerk opened the door, two other men entered the shop armed with handguns and proceeded to rob the store. The suspects stole several hundred dollars in cash and about $…

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Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended
Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended A Fairfield County man who allegedly hid in the backseat of an Ansonia woman's car at a drug store to steal her purse was arrested by police after running away from the scene. The incident took place in New Haven County in Ansonia around 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17. Ansonia Police officers patrolling Pershing Drive were flagged down by a woman who reported a man hid in the backseat of her car and then tried to steal her pocketbook, said Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police. The woman was able to fight off the suspect and he ran from the scene. The woman reported she had stopped at CVS …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say
Purse Thief Snatches Two From Vehicles Over Two Days In CT, Police Say Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole two purses from vehicles within two days while the victims were present.  The Ansonia Police Department said the two events took place on Saturday, Jan. 30 and Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Cumberland Farms on Pershing Drive and the other from the Stop & Shop on Division Street. The first incident took place around 11:55 a.m., Jan. 30, when a woman was in the Stop & Shop parking lot putting groceries in her car when someone entered the unlocked front passenger door and took her purse, said Ansonia PD Lieutenant Patrick Lynch. …

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by Kathy Reakes