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Arresting News: Gas Hoarding; Biting Thieves

Interesting and unusual arrests from around our area.

Trumbull Police said a Trumbull man allegedly had a machete strapped to his waist and was seen dumping brush on public property. He had been warned about the machete before, police said, since it's illegal to carry a knife with a blade of more than four inches long.

When confronted, he was reportedly uncooperative and his mother allegedly interfered as officers tried to arrest him. She is charged with interfering with police and breach of the peace.

Another Trumbull man claimed a car sped by him as he used his leafblower. He then allegedly approached the car with the leafblower, and was charged with reckless endangerment.

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A New York man allegedly drove to Orange to stock up on gas with money his neighbors gave him. Police issued the man a misdemeanor summons for gas hoarding — and added one for the gas station owner, who they felt should have noticed the suspicious customer.

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An unknown male allegedly exposed himself to two female customers at WalMart in Milford and began masturbating.

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A Westport police K9 officer arrested a Westport teen after he handed over a bag of LSD powder and a bag containing several small paper stamps that were laced with acid. 

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A Weston man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after Wilton Police observed him parked in front of a liquor store, repeatedly revving his engine.

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An unidentified individual was reportedly driving around shooting orange and yellow paintballs in Newtown.

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You never know what you're going to find when cleaning the house. These folks were cleaning a house in Middlebury and chanced upon ammunition and a hand grenade. Oddly enough, that wasn't the first time a grenade was turned over to the Middlebury Police Department.

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Since mid-September, Stamford Police have been dealing with a wave of incidents in which teens on bikes are stealing cellphones from women who are talking on them while they walk down the street in the area of Downtown Stamford. The suspects are taking the phones and wiping them of all internal information before police are able to track down electronically where the phones are being taken.

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A Shelton woman was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence last week. She when the cops nabbed her.

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A Stamford man was bitten on his nose by one of three suspects who tried to rob him in front of his home, according to police. He had to be treated at Stamford Hospital.

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Steven DeVaux May 19, 2013 at 08:16 am
I would recommend supporting an increase similar to Ridgefield's which was under 2% (1.97%). If aRead More community like Ridgefield can perform at high levels with an increase under 2%, the Board of Education, in asking for almost twice that is openly admitting that they have installed inefficient management in school administration. Further, the sewer system on the referendum will require municipal funding since it is backed by the full faith and credit of the town of Brookfield and reduces the town's borrowing ability - the advertisement for which indicated it would not impact municipal funding.
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So Mandarin Chinese won't be a requirement? Perhaps Manchurin Chinese? Cantonese Chinese? MongolianRead More Chinese? Which Chinese are the British speaking these days? Their empire stretched in the Hindu speaking parts of Asia but they aren't teaching Hindu. A quandry indeed.