Woman, 62, Assaulted During Home Invasion: Fairfield Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — A Bridgeport man is accused of assaulting a 62-year-old woman and stealing jewelry and cash during a home invasion Tuesday afternoon in Fairfield, according to police. Area schools were briefly placed in a “secure status” while police searched for the suspect. The situation began unfolding shortly after 2 p.m. when police received a 911 call from a concerned relative who reported that she received a call from her sister saying there was a suspicious person on her property on Coventry Lane. Moments later she heard her sister yell, “No, No” and the line was disconnected, police said.

Police immediately responded to Coventry Lane, however, the direct address wasn’t known at the time. About 4 minutes later, and while still on the 911 call with the original call, police received another 911 call from Coventry Lane with the victim reporting that someone had broken into the home and attacked her while displaying a knife. The victim reported that the suspect, described as a male, wearing a black baseball cap fled the scene in a black four door, “simple” type vehicle, according to police.

A responding Fairfield Police officer located a vehicle and driver matching the description given by the victim traveling on Congress Street near Black Rock Turnpike.

“The officer conducted a motor vehicle stop as the vehicle pulled into the driveway of a home on Black Rock Turnpike,” police wrote in a press release. “The officer exited his vehicle, requested identification from the driver and began to walk back to his patrol car. When doing so, the operator of the vehicle fled the scene traveling across two properties and engaged police in pursuit north on Black Rock Turnpike subsequently entering the Merritt Parkway Northbound. Police pursued the vehicle and it exited at Exit 46 and traveled south on Easton Turnpike. Later, the suspect vehicle came to rest on the front lawn of a property on Davis Road and the operator fled the vehicle with police in pursuit.”

Following an extensive search, police found the suspect minutes later hiding under a deck of a home on Bennett Street and taken into custody.

Police said the suspect was found to be in the possession of jewelry and cash that belonged to the victim. Area schools were briefly placed in a “secure status” while police searched for the suspect.

“The Fairfield Police Department advises the community that there is no threat to public safety and the suspect in this case was taken into custody due to the quick actions of the victim, witnesses, and the professional and keen observations of a Fairfield Police Officer,” police said in a statement.

Guilherme Lima-DaSilva, 40, of Houston Avenue in Bridgeport, was arrested on charges of home invasion, assault on an elderly person, second-degree threatening, second-degree larceny, second-degree robbery, unlawful restraint, reckless driving, engaging in pursuit, evading responsibility, unregistered motor vehicle, misuse of plates and no insurance. He was held on a $500,000 bond.