Crime & Safety

Arresting News

Below are the most interesting recent blotter items in our region. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.

A wild ride in Naugatuck ended fatefully on Wednesday, when a suspect engaged police in a high-speed chase after a simple traffic stop. The man ultimately slammed into a Naugatuck Police cruiser deliberately in an evasion attempt and was apprehended shortly after. http://patch.com/A-lxDS

 

Three people were forced to swim out of a flooded Southbury street on Sunday. The three residents were floating on an inner tube which capsized near aptly-named Flood Bridge Road according to police. http://patch.com/A-l4LB

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A strong call of Nature led to the arrest of a man in Monroe last Saturday. The man reportedly pulled into a parking lot to allow one of his passengers to go to the bathroom and was subsequently charged with a variety of motor vehicle violations. http://patch.com/A-lvNV

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