Police: House Sitter Took Car & Cash to a Casino

A 42-year-old Norwalk woman returning from vacation on May 11 came back to her apartment to find that her car, her house sitter and $500 in cash was missing. Twelve days later, the car was back and the house sitter in jail.

Police said the house sitter, Linda Gee, 45, of West Haven, later told them she had driven the car to the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, where she gambled away the $500.

After the owner reported the matter to police on May 11, police and the owner arranged to have the OnStar system of her vehicle, a 2008 Pontiac Solstice, reveal its location: at the casino.

On May 13, state police stopped the car in East Lyme. A computer check found that the car had been reported stolen, but Gee told authorities that she was in the process of returning it to its owner. The car was seized and later returned to the owner, but Gee wasn't arrested on the spot.

Norwalk police applied for an arrest warrant and arrested Gee Monday morning, charging her with sixth-degree larceny in connection with the missing money and second-degree larceny in connection with the missing car. Her bond was set at $25,000.

Arrests after guns and narcotics found in a suspicious vehicle

Police arrested two men after receiving a report Saturday afternoon of a suspicious vehicle on Bouton Street.

Police gave this account of the incident:

After receiving the report at 4:53 p.m., the Special Services Unit, which was on patrol, approached the car and found narcotics, alcohol and a .25-caliber handgun inside. The handgun was fully loaded, with a round in the chamber.

Police charged Denzel Weldon, 20, of 43 Orchard St. with carrying a gun without a permit, illegally carrying a gun in a motor vehicle, possession of a small amount of a controlled substance and possession of alcohol by someone under 21 years old.

Ignacio Sandoval, 43, of 6 Robins Sq. East, was arrested in the same incident on charges of risk of injury to a minor and public indecency.

Arrest on gun charges

Police on Friday charged Ulysses Banks, 26, of Bridgeport, with carrying a gun without a permit, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver and carrying a gun in a motor vehicle. Bond was initially set at $300,000.

Banks was arrested at 2:40 a.m.

Norwalk police Sgt. Lisa Cotto, a spokeswoman for the department, said Monday morning that no further information was available on the case.

Accusation of inappropriate touching of a child leads to arrest

A 52-year-old Norwalk man was charged with sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after an incident at a party in a public park in which he was accused of inappropriately touching the rear end of a five-year-old child.

Police said Freddy Navarro, whose address was not recorded in the police arrest log, was intoxicated when he touched the hands and put his hands on the buttocks of the child at about 10 p.m. in Ryan Park. The girl's uncle saw Navarro and the child and made the complaint to police. The child's mother was also at the party but didn't see the incident.

Navarro was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor and breach of peace.