Helpful Woman's Wallet Stolen By Scam At Supermarket

A woman being helpful in a supermarket Sunday morning had her wallet stolen and more $1,000 in charges made on her credit cards at a toy store.

The woman told police she was in Stop & Shop at 147 Connecticut Ave. when another woman asked her where an item was located. The victim told the woman she would get the item herself and did so, leaving her purse in her cart.

When the victim finished shopping and went to a cash register, she found her wallet was gone from her purse.

The woman called to cancel her credit cards and found out $715 had been charged on her MasterCard and $1,007.15 on her American Express card at Toys R Us at 59 Connecticut Ave. She told police all but $100 of the charges were for gift cards.

Man Criticized By Girlfriend Allegedly Chokes Her

A Bridgeport woman told police her boyfriend choked her after she criticized him for making out with another woman at a nightclub.

Police said the woman and her boyfriend, along with her sister, went to Club 84 in Stamford. While there, she said, her intoxicated boyfriend became attracted to another woman and made out with her.

Her mother came to the club to drive them home to Bridgeport. The mother stopped at the McDonald's restaurant at 726 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk and entered it with her daughter not dating the man in the car.

The victim told police she told her boyfriend, later identified as Bobby Rivera, she objected to his behavior with the woman in the club, and he began choking her. She said she blacked out, and when she recovered, Rivera still had his hands on her throat.

Her mother exited the restaurant and grabbed onto to Rivera, trying to drag him off her daughter. She eventually got him out of the car and she drove off with her daughters.

She took her daughter to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport for treatment. A nurse there called Bridgeport Police, who called Norwalk Police.

Officers from both departments went to Rivera's apartment at 147 Ridge Ave. where they found him asleep. He was taken into custody and transported to Norwalk Police headquarters.

Rivera, 23, was charged with second-degree strangulation, third-degree assault, and disorderly conduct. He was held on $5,000 bond and given a court date of April 17.

Police said his girlfriend had bruises on her right arm and scratches on her face.