Alleged Drunk Driver Reportedly Flees Police

A Naugatuck man who was pulled over by police for suspicion of drunken driving decided it was best to just drive away while police were interviewing him rather than facing the consequences.

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Stratford detectives portraying themselves as a drug user recently used a series of text messages to nab a suspected heroin dealer. Read those messages here.

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A Monroe woman received harassing phone calls from a man with a thick Indian accent claiming to be from the state police and to have several warrants for her arrest. Then he claimed to be a lawyer representing a loan company and said if she did not send partial payment on her loans immediately, she would be arrested and fired from her job.

Police said a website shows several complaints about the same scam.

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Trumbull police nabbed a burglary suspect who allegedly broke into a Trumbull gas station in July. 

Police also charged a man with possession of more than 200 steroid doses and 110 needles.

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A Bridgeport woman allegedly cashed four checks she stole from an elderly Westport woman that she was a home companion for.

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A 23-year-old Brookfield resident was arrested at his home Wednesday morning after allegedly driving off the road, some 90 yards down the grassy hill of a local church, before ditching his vehicle down the road.

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A Fairfield man driving on the Merritt Parkway got quite the surprise when a hawk flew into his windshield, bounced off the driver's side window, and landed in the man's lap. The injured hawk remained in the man's lap until the man arrived home and called Animal Control.

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In Bethel, police were alerted that a woman had gone into Target and committed larceny. Luckily for police, she returned later that day with a friend, and did it again.

Also in Bethel, a woman borrowed a car from an acquaintance, and decided to keep it.

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An elderly man who told police he would have been inconvenienced taking another route drove through a road closed due to a block party and may have struck one of the party-goer's knee.

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The Stamford restaurant/bar, the Crab Shell, had it's ATM broken into early one morning last week. The suspect used some pretty advanced heavy machinery to make off with a large sum of money.

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In Norwalk, a man asking a pair of siblings cleaning up spilled ice cubes if "Someone going ice skating?" allegedly led to a fight. The man who asked the question said he felt threatened when the male helping clean the mess stood up and approached him, so he punched him.

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A Shelton man charged with DUI told police a deer caused him to lose control of his vehicle and crash into a utility pole in Stratford, police said.

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A 27-year-old Ansonia man was arrested for planning to rob a Shelton pizzeria Sunday night at closing time. When he did not comply with officers at the scene, police dog Jager was needed to subdue the man.

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An 82-year-old Shelton woman was pulling out of a parking space on Tuesday when her foot slipped off the break pedal and onto the accelerator, causing her Cadillac to careen through a storefront window. No one was injured during the incident.

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Milford Police make arrest in Victoria's Secret investigation.

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A Cos Cob man was issued a misdemeanor summons for second degree breach of peace after he allegedly urinated in the front lobby of the J House restaurant and inn on East Putnam Avenue. The man was still on the premises when police arrived and he was apparently "very intoxicated."

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A $600 backpack leaf-blower was stolen from a landscaping company while a crew was working at a Long Neck Point Road home, according to Darien police. A member of the crew said he saw the man was clutching a red Shindaiwa leaf blower as he ran, enter a Nissan Altima parked on the street and speed away.