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Arresting News: Pot Saltine; Bomb Threat for Game Release

Interesting and unusual arrests from around our area.

A 17-year-old male allegedly created a Facebook account pretending to be a female to gain access to other females' photographs. The Newtown resident then reportedly altered the photos with inappropriate drawings and posted them on a website.

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Trumbull Police said two people entered the Westfield Trumbull Mall despite being banned.

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A Trumbull man is charged with stealing from FYE in the mall. Police said the man took seven DVDs worth a total of $194.

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A trio of birthday celebrating men face a variety of assault charges after a fracas in a Greenwich restaurant that refused to serve them drinks because it was time to close. Greenwich Police said it was a 'vicious attack' that seriously injured three, including the bar owner and an off-duty Greenwich cop who happened to be in the bar and tried to intervene.

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A Norwalk man was arrested for allegedly breaking the windows out of the drawbridge control room for the Stanley H. Stroffolino Bridge by throwing beer bottles through them. Police stopped a man running down the street and had a witness identify him as the alleged bottle thrower.

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A man in a car allegedly had a gun pulled on him outside of the Stamford Town Center when he got into a dispute with a pair on foot crossing in front of his vehicle over who had the right of way.

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Two men driving through Woodbridge allegedly tried to stash a bag of hallucinogens in a baby's diaper when police pulled them over and started searching their car for drugs.

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A student at Amity High School in Woodbridge allegedly passed out in the cafeteria during lunch after eating a marijuana-laced saltine cracker bought from another student.

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A Monroe woman was when an identity thief made four withdrawals from her savings account.

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A surveillance camera at a Monroe Subway caught a thief stealing $5 to $10 from the tip jar, a Subway "sandwich artist" reported.

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Two men were arrested in Fairfield the day after they allegedly stole $357 worth of tools from Home Depot. The men happened to return to the store at the same time police were documenting the larceny report with store employees, who recognized the men as suspects.

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A bomb threat was found in the Ridgefield High School bathroom. The threat was deemed not credible and officials believe it ties into a tradition of making bomb threats at the high school when a major videogame is released. This year the game credited is Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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Shelton Police arrested a 42-year-old Derby man in connection to an October 15 robbery, where two white males entered a Buck Stop Citgo Gas Station and took cartons of cigarettes — only to be caught cleary on surveillance video.

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A 49-year-old Stratford woman was arrested last week for allegedly trying to steal a 12-pack of Budweiser and "two packs of meat" from the ShopRite in Stratford.

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