Crime & Safety
Gunfire Startles Quiet Norwalk Neighborhood
The following information was provided by the Norwalk Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Police received several calls Tuesday night of gunshots on Saddle Road, where officers found two apparent bullet holes.
The first call was received at 9:30 p.m. A complainant at 62 Saddle Rd. told officers he was lying down and heard three loud gunshots, and when looked out he saw a car speed away from in front of his house in the direction of Friendly Road.
Officers found a black wool hat in the middle of the road and what seemed to be a bullet hole in a plastic fence in the complainant’s yard.
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The officers also found what appeared to be a bullet hole in a rear door of a car parked in a driveway at 71 Saddle Rd.
There were no shell casings located. Detectives came to the area to assume the investigation.
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Norwalk Man Accused of Burglarizing House
Police arrested a city man Tuesday on a warrant obtained in 2007.
Tyler Klein, 22, of 15 Leann Dr., was arrested for allegedly burglarizing a home at 8 Muffin Ln.
A report of the burglary was received on June 22, 2007, from a house sitter who discovered a ladder placed near the rear window of a second-floor bathroom.
The complainant told police every room had been entered with drawers and closet doors opened and items disturbed.
Missing was a laptop computer and an iPod.
Police said Klein was a friend of the homeowner’s son. Klein was charged with third-degree larceny and third-degree burglary.
Two Charged with Shoplifting
Police arrested two women at Walmart at 680 Connecticut Ave. Tuesday on shoplifting charges.
Iesha Grossett, 19, of 19 Ferris Ave., and Samantha Yanez, 18, of 14 Vernon St., Stratford, were each charged with two counts of sixth-degree larceny.
Store personnel said the pair attempted to leave the store with 27 items including a backpack, toys and cosmetics worth about $100. They were stopped as they tried to exit from the garden shop.
One of them had a one-year-old child with her, so police contacted the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.
Store Break-in Yields Cash
The owner of Dennis Uniform Manufacturing Co. at 330 Westport Ave. called police Tuesday morning to report a burglary.
Sometime between Saturday afternoon and when the owner arrived Tuesday the front door was pried open and about $500 cash taken.
The store’s burglar alarm accidently wasn’t turned on.
