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Meredith Guinness

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mguinness@dailyvoice.com

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Meredith Guinness was formerly a Daily Voice reporter covering breaking news and community features in Fairfield County.

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Fairfield Police: Woman Swipes Condoms In Late-Night Larceny FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Police are on the lookout for a woman who stuffed two boxes of condoms in her purse at a local convenience store early Monday and left in a grey SUV, police said. Officers were called to the Walgreens on Kings Highway East around 1:30 a.m., after the woman took the two boxes of Magnum condoms, valued at $42.48.

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police: Woman Swiped Wallet, Used Stolen Credit Card In Stratford FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport woman was arrested Friday after police say she stole a Trumbull woman’s wallet and began using her credit card, police said. Christine Pelletier, 34, of Stratford Avenue, was charged with sixth-degree larceny, credit card theft, illegal use of a credit card and second-degree identity theft, police said. She was held on $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on July 18. The investigation started in November 2016, when the victim reported her wallet stolen after she made a purchase at Dunkin Donuts on Black Rock Turnpike, police said. Bank of Americ…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Teens Arrested In String of Overnight Thefts From Cars, Fairfield Cops Say BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Three Bridgeport teens were arrested early July 6 after they led officers on a brief chase and were found with items stolen from five cars, police said. Around 2:45 a.m., a passing motorist alerted police to the three boys, who were dressed all in black and acting suspiciously near the intersection of Buena Vista Road and Wilson Street, police said. All three had backpacks. When officers arrived on the scene, the teens — two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old — ran. Fairfield and Milford K-9 units tracked two of the boys to a detached garage on Valley Road and the third emer…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Cops: Bridgeport Women Spirit Away Several Bottles Of Liquor FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two Bridgeport women face shoplifting charges after they stole several bottles of spirits from two Fairfield liquor stores Saturday, police said. Officers were called to BJ’s Wholesale Club on Black Rock Turnpike around 11 a.m. for a theft in progress, police said. Witnesses said Zaikiya Felder, 39, of Clover Hill Avenue, and Shanisa Hudson, 38, of Beechmont Avenue, hid about $171 worth of liquor in their purses and on their person and walked out of the BJ’s liquor store, police said. Hudson was found with two bottles of Hennessy cognac, one bottle of Skyy vodka and a ma…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Cops: Bridgeport Man Fled Scene Of Early Morning Crash FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A 22-year-old Bridgeport man ran from the scene after he smacked his family BMW into a utility pole, snapping it at the base early Saturday, police said. Kubilay Bayram, of Queen Street, was charged with evading responsibility and failure to drive right in the 5 a.m. crash, police said. Bayram was driving the BMW 135i north on Mill Plain Road near Ludlowe Road when he hit the pole, police said. Witnesses said Bayram ran from the scene, heading towards the train station, police said. His mother arrived at the scene and gave officers Bayram’s cell phone number to call, po…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

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Passenger Faces Drug Charge After Routine Traffic Stop In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A passenger in a routine traffic stop faces a drug charge in Fairfield after he was found with narcotics Sunday, police said. Giovanni Negron, 31, of Winnepoge Drive, Fairfield, was charged with failure to keep drugs in the original container when police found him in possession of suboxone, an opioid, police said. An officer had stopped the car driven by Jennifer Tur-Rojas, 34, of Fairfield, on Stratfield Road because he did a routine check on the car’s registration and it came back that Tur-Rojas, the owner, didn’t have a valid license, police said. She was charged wit…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Cops: Man Charged After Throwing Ice Cubes, Smacking Woman's Rear FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport man threw ice cubes at a bouncer, slapped a woman’s buttocks and got in a standoff with her boyfriend after he attempted to leave a Sanford Street eatery with a drink, police said. Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, officers investigating a domestic dispute down the street noticed men yelling and a large crowd gathering outside Archie Moore’s Bar & Restaurant, police said. More officers responded and learned that Benjamin Quinones, 23, of had been stopped when he tried to leave Crave, another bar and restaurant down the street, with a drink in his hand, police sa…

by Meredith Guinness

07/11/2017

Police & Fire

Suspected Shoplifter Arrested On Drug Charges In Fairfield, Police Say FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Bridgeport woman who is a suspect in two shoplifting incidents here was arrested July 6 after she was found with heroin, syringes and a crack pipe, police said. Rachel Landow, 30, of Elmwood Avenue, was charged with possession of narcotics and use and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. Around 1:30 p.m., a police sergeant stopped Landow, who was driving a black Nissan Sentra believed to match the one used in larcenies at the CVS on Grasmere Avenue and the Walgreens on Kings Highway East in June, police said. She was making an improper turn near Kings Highway…

by Meredith Guinness

07/10/2017

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Woman Heads To Hospital After Flipping Car In Fairfield, Police Say FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A woman was sent to Bridgeport Hospital Friday afternoon after she hit a parked car and flipped her Nissan Sentra onto its roof, police said. The woman was driving north on Pemburn Drive near Jennings Road when she drifted into the southbound lane and struck the left front of an unoccupied parked Honda Accord, police said. The car flipped over and came to rest on its roof. The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries, police said. The crash is under investigation.

by Meredith Guinness

07/10/2017

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Fairfield Cops: Daughter's Boyfriend Stole From Fairfield Mom FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Fairfield man with a long history with police here was arrested July 5 for stealing more than $2,000 in jewelry and a collectible lighter from his girlfriend’s mother, police said. Jarrett Tucker, 23, of Quarter Horse Lane, was charged with fourth-degree larceny in the case, police said. A friend of the victim told officers he saw her daughter’s boyfriend enter the Old Field Road home by himself around noon, after being dropped off at the house, police said. When questioned by police, Tucker initially denied he had taken anything, but admitted he took the Zippo lighter…

by Meredith Guinness

07/10/2017

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