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But maybe she wouldn’t have stopped in the first place if she was sober.
[June 26, 2009] A South Windsor woman who had stopped to help a stranded motorist was arrested for DUI when police detected alcohol on her breath …
Source: NBC 30
This should be posted under “Offensive” or “Ignorant” news, but since we only have “Weird” …
[June 25, 2009] A Bridgeport church group has posted to YouTube videos of a ceremony where they attempted to “cure” a young man by exorcising his “homosexual demons” …
Source: Fairfield County Weekly
So close to being a Darwin Award winner. Seatbelts, kids!
[June 23, 2009] A Jeep careened out of control and through a fence in Fairfield after the seltbeltless driver fell out of the vehicle, leaving a passenger to fend for herself …
Source: Connecticut Post
A long way from dipping a pony tail in an ink well…
[June 23, 2009] Two New Haven youths were charged with setting a classmate’s hair on fire during class last week …
Source: New Haven Register
Ain’t no crime like drag crime.
[June 20, 2009] The recent arrest of a Brooklyn man who committed grand larceny while dressed as his mother is an opportunity to look at the history of criminals in drag …
Source: Hartford Courant
Maybe not the lake in which to skinny dip.
[June 19, 2009] Police in Trumbull found a 12-inch “alligator/crocodile/caiman”-like creature in Canoe Brook Lake …
Source: Connecticut Post
Well, how convenient.
[June 17, 2009] An East Windsor man accused of multiple crimes inadvertently surrendured when a ceiling gave way, dropping him right into the waiting arms of police …
Source: Hartford Courant
That’s gonna leave a mark. Again.
[June 17, 2009] A house in Canterbury was struck by lightning on Monday night, the second time the house has been hit in the last four years …
Source: NBC 30
The best part of this story is the last sentence: “When officers arrived, [the guest] became belligerent and demanded to know what they had for lunch, police said.”
[June 15, 2009] A man attending a Stratford wedding became overly inebriated and began to assault the groom …
Source: Connecticut Post
When in doubt, bring in the heavy machinery!
[June 15, 2009] Two criminals in Coventry stole a payloader, which they then tried to use in stealing an ATM . . .
Source: NBC 30
