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Man Slammed Kitten Against Table, Threw It Off Deck Because It Annoyed Him: Police
A Connecticut man horrifically beat a family member's kitten and left it to die in the cold in Fairfield County, then lied to cover it up, authorities said.
Krzystof Bakota, age 47, of Shelton, is charged with first-degree animal abuse and was being held on a $25,000 bond, police said.
Bakota was watching a kitten for a family member, but when they came to pick it up, he told them it had gotten out and was missing, Shelton Police said. Later on, they found the kitten's corpse in his backyard.
Bakota told them that the cat was annoying him, so he slammed it against a table…
CT Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman As She Walked Her Dog Busted
Police arrested a 21-year-old Connecticut man after a woman said she had to fight him off last month when he groped her as she walked her dog in Fairfield County, authorities said.
Jgai Purcell, of Shelton, is charged with sexual assault and was being held on a $50,000 bond, police said Wednesday, Sept. 25.
A 47-year-old woman told officers she was walking her dog on Canal Street in Shelton on Aug. 8, when a man approached her because he "wanted to get to know her," police said.
She declined and tried to leave, but he restrained her and grabbed her breasts, Shelton p…
Shelton Resident Charged With Illegal Possession Of Fireworks After Fire
A Fairfield County man whose home was burned down by a court order due to the large number of fireworks inside has been charged with alleged possession of illegal fireworks and reckless endangerment.
Stephen Lupkas, age 54, of Shelton, was arrested after turning himself in to police on Monday, July 22, in connection with a fire at his home at 7 Bruce Drive on Saturday, June 22.
According to Det. Christopher Nugent of the Shelton Police, while extinguishing the fire, firefighters encountered a large number of fireworks, which were actively going off as they suppressed the fire, which wa…
