Crime & Safety
Forget the Pot Brownies, Pass the Marijuana Saltine
Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.
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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Trumbull Police said two people entered the Westfield Trumbull Mall despite being banned.
Also, 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 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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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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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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