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Police & Fire 10/06/12

Woman Accused Of Illegal Trash Dumping In Wilton

by Melvin Mason   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A Massachusetts woman is facing a larceny charge after being accused of dumping garbage bags into a commercial trash bin.

Elizabeth Mellor, 61, of Wellfleet, Mass., was charged with sixth-degree larceny. Police said Mellor dumped two bags of trash into a trash collection bin at a shopping center off Danbury Road.

Police said Mellor, who was moving ...

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Police & Fire 10/06/12

Norwalk Man Facing DUI, Other Charges In Wilton

by Melvin Mason   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A Norwalk man is facing several charges, including driving under the influence, after being stopped Saturday morning by Wilton police.

Joshua Jimenez, 23, of Bayview Street, Norwalk, was charged with DUI, a misdemeanor; and operating under suspension, failure to display a license plate, possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana and possession of ...

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Police & Fire 06/05/12

Wilton Police Seek Two Men After Bank Is Damaged

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – The Wilton Police Department is looking for two men who damaged the doors to the Fairfield County Bank branch in Georgetown.

According to reports, a passenger in a large pickup truck got ...

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News 05/29/12

Driver Charged in Three-Car Wilton Accident

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A three-car accident on Danbury Road Friday afternoon sent one person to the hospital, the Wilton Police Department reported.

Edwin Marroquin, 25, of Stamford was charged with driving ...

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News 05/22/12

Man Charged With Identity Theft in Wilton

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A 32-year-old Bridgeport man has been charged with four counts of identity theft by the Wilton Police.

Marque Harris was taken into custody by Wilton police on Friday, May 18, at his ...

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News 05/15/12

Police: Wilton Woman Charged with DUI

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – After a resident called the Wilton Police Department, 44-year-old Lisa MacDougall was charged with drinking and driving and endangering children.

The report said the witness said ...

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News 05/08/12

Police: Motorist Drove on Lawn at Wilton Diner

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A 36-year-old Shelton woman accused of driving across the lawn at Wilton’s Orems Diner late Saturday night was charged with driving under the influence, the Wilton Police Department ...

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News 04/24/12

Wilton Police Stop Two Men With Fake IDs

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A Wilton man stopped for speeding Wednesday admitted he had a fake driver's license, Wilton police said.

Melvin Barrientos, 31, failed to pull over immediately, police reported. When ...

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News 04/17/12

Teen Drinking Party Shut Down by Wilton Police

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – An underage drinking party at a home on Moriarty Drive on Saturday night was broken up by the Wilton police, responding to an anonymous call. 

Nine youths were in the home, and when ...

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News 04/10/12

Wilton Woman Charged With DUI in Rollover

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A Wilton motorist has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with a rollover last Thursday on Danbury Road that resulted in two other cars being damaged and two persons ...

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News 04/03/12

Wilton Driver Held on Immigration Charge

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A routine traffic stop Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of a 28-year-old Brazilian national on a warrant from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Aline Rodrigues-Monteiro ...

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News 03/27/12

Suspect Sought in Theft of $4K of Wire in Wilton

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – About $4,000 in 250 pounds of electrical copper wire was stolen from Wilton business Chestnut Electric, police report.

The Wilton Police Department is checking with local scrap yards to ...

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News 03/20/12

Police: Wilton Suspect Blames 'Fake' Man for DUI

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A 22-year-old Wilton man was charged with driving under the influence early Sunday morning after the Wilton police arrived at a residence on Westport Road, police said.

The police report ...

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News 03/14/12

Wilton Police Charge Man With Using Brother's Name

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A Naugatuck man was stopped by Wilton Police on Route 53 for failure to obey a stop sign, but he was also charged with falsely identifying himself, police reported.

Justin Merithew, 31, gave the officer his brother’s name and said he had forgotten his license, the report said.

“There was a passenger in the car, and he confirmed the real ...

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News 03/06/12

Wilton Police Charge New York Man in Chimney Scam

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – After working with Suffolk County Police in New York, the Wilton Police Department executed an arrest warrant for Christopher Tullon, in connection with a 2011 chimney sweep scam.

Tullon, ...

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News 02/28/12

New York Man Charged With Felony DUI in Wilton

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – Sean Moriarty, 48, of South Salem, N.Y., was charged Friday with felony driving under the influence while on Route 7 in Wilton.

The Wilton Police stopped Moriarty after observing him ...

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News 01/24/12

Employee Charged in Theft at Wilton Yogurt Shop

by Alissa Smith   Comment

WILTON, Conn. – A 20-year-old Bridgeport woman turned herself in to the Wilton Police Department on Monday in connection with thefts from the cash register at Swizzles Frozen Yogurt, where she was ...

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News 04/28/11

Tree Levels Power Lines in Wilton

by Katie Drucker   Comment

A tree fell across power lines at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday on Longmeadow Drive. Connecticut Light & Power reported that 400 Wilton residence did not have power at some point between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., according to Wilton Police.  It was not known if the two incidents were related.

As of 1:30 p.m. 14 Wilton homes remained without power, but Longmeadow ...

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Politics 04/27/11

Coyote Chases, Growls at Wilton Dog

by Katie Drucker   Comment

What looked like a German shepherd entered a Buckingham Ridge Road backyard and growled, showed its teeth and chased a dog. The animal turned out to be a coyote and the dog's owner called Wilton ...

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News 04/20/11

Wilton Restaurant Worker Charged in Theft

by Katie Drucker   Comment

A Wilton restaurant worker has been arrested and charged with using a credit card left behind by a diner. Police said a senior citizen dined at The Mediterranean Grill and forgot his credit card, which had $2,500 of fraudulent charges applied to it, Wilton Police said.

The suspect was arrested last week after a police officer obtained information about an AT&T ...

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