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Borough crime rate dips for 2nd quarter of 2011
NAUGATUCK — The borough’s crime rate for the second quarter of 2011 dropped 45 percent compared 2010, according to statistics from the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The numbers are totals for certain felony crimes – murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson – during April,... »
Credit cards were a real gas
NAUGATUCK — Police arrested three Waterbury men this week after an investigation concluded they used a credit card issued by their employer to ring up more than $26,000 in gasoline for their personal cars. Court documents obtained Monday also reveal that the distribution warehouse employing the men was targeted during a heist last year... »
Oklahoma man breaks into Naugatuck home
NAUGATUCK – An out-of-state worker broke into a home early Wednesday morning for no apparent reason. Just after 3 a.m., Derrick Kelly, 30, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, shouldered down the door at 22 Hazel Avenue in Naugatuck, waking the homeowner and her 12-year-old daughter, according to police. Kelly left the home in a hurry after... »
Borough man arrested for 2nd time on charges tied to assaults
NAUGATUCK – Police arrested a borough man, accused last month of beating another man with a baseball bat at Sullivan’s Cafe, on charges that he assaulted a patron the week before at Bar and Grill on Rubber Avenue. William Gaynor, 28, of 16 Olive St., was drinking outside the bar formerly known as Construction... »
Naugatuck police arrest 4th suspect in theft of ATM from market
NAUGATUCK – Police arrested a fourth suspect Monday in the April theft of an ATM from Cindy’s Grocers on May Street. A landlady called police April 29 after she noticed two of her tenants dragging the ATM up to their second-floor apartment at 58 High St. They ran away and later tried to hide... »
Busted oxycodone ring may include 2 people from Naugatuck
STAMFORD — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 20 people have been arrested on charges of involvement in an oxycodone ring that ran the powerful prescription drug from Florida to Waterbury. Of those arrested, two were from Naugatuck and six were from Waterbury, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Most of the arrests were... »
Masked assailants make off with car, cash
NAUGATUCK – Masked robbers attacked two victims early Wednesday morning, making off with a car, cash, and cell phones. Police reported that the victims were parked a 2007 grey Acura in the driveway of 17 Tracyann Court around 2:30 a.m. when they were approached by three black males dressed in black with bandanas over... »
Naugatuck police blotter: shoplifting
The Naugatuck Police Department reported the following arrests: JESSICA CHANDLER, 24, of 79 Pleasant Avenue, Naugatuck, was charged, June 2, with criminal violation of a protective order. According to police, the accused turned herself in on an active arrest warrant. The warrant was for an incident that occurred on May 14. The accused contacted... »
Police: Beacon Falls man charged after firing shots off porch
BEACON FALLS — A local man has been arrested after state police said he fired off two shots from his porch on Skokorat Road. There were no reported injuries, state police said in the release. Marc Pantalone, 33, of 653 Skokorat Road, was charged April 13 with unlawful discharge of firearms, carrying a firearm... »
2 arrested in armed robbery of bank
Waterbury men nabbed; shot was fired PROSPECT — Two Waterbury men armed with handguns were arrested in a bank robbery off Waterbury Road on Saturday morning. State police arrested Kevin Shuff, 21, of 21 Cliff St., and Terrance Phillips, 31, of 21 Taylor St., in the robbery at Wells Fargo Bank at 66 Waterbury... »