Crime & Safety

Bus Driver Allegedly Punches Student; Couple Caught in the 'Act'

Unusual police incidents from around the area.

Within 1,500 feet of a Branford school, a 22-year-old New Haven man was arrested for  and various drug possession charges. 

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A Milford man reportedly broke out a baseball bat during a dispute this week. He also spat on someone before officers came to arrest him, police said.

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A 37-year-old school bus driver in Stratford was arrested for allegedly . He was fired soon after the altercation.

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A Shelton man while under the influence. Police arrested him.

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A couple living in a Danbury homelsss shelter was in a city park. A small crowd had gathered to watch, police said. "The officer saw the couple in the act of having sex. He disengaged them and took them into custody," a Danbury police spokesman said.

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A after a customer found a note in the parking lot with a bomb threat written on it. A K-9 didn't track didn't turn up any explosives, police said.

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A man who walked into his backyard to do some yard work Thursday. "I didn't touch it -- I went back in the house and called the police," he said.


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