MONROE, CT — A Woodend Road woman told police she saw three people wearing hoodies and masks enter her garage early Monday morning. She believes the burglars were trying to steal her family’s dirt bikes, according to the report.
When officers responding to the call arrived at approximately 4 a.m., the suspects had already fled on foot. A K-9 was brought in to track them, but the dog eventually lost the scent, police said.
Police said detectives processed the scene for evidence, adding forced entry had been made to a pedestrian door on the garage. Detectives continue to investigate the burglary.
Swatted with fines
Police received several complaints from residents over the weekend about Terminix Pest Control employees going door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout the town.
“Nobody from Terminix currently has a permit to solicit in Monroe,” Police Lt. Kevin McKellick said Tuesday. “Therefore, they are not permitted to do any business going door-to-door in town. Officers cited several employees with violating our town ordinance and, on at least one occasion, they made it clear that they were not concerned with paying fines and that they had no intentions of getting permits.”
According to the town ordinance, a peddler’s permit needed to solicit at people’s homes.
“The reason why the town requires peddlers permits is so we can do a background check on those who go door-to-door in town, so we know who is coming to residents’ homes,” McKellick said.
This is so police know if a person has a criminal record or if they have a valid driver’s license, while driving through town neighborhoods.
Thousands in fraudulent charges
After learning of a security breach from Experian late last year, a 55-year-old Monroe man told police that Wells Fargo informed him of five credit card accounts opened in his name in February.
On May 23, the resident filed a police report on the matter. He told officers three of the credit cards had unpaid balances of $6,240, $15,075 and $295, and the other two cards had not been used.
In addition to monitoring his financial accounts, police said the victim is working with the company, IDShield, to straighten out the matter. Monroe detectives are investigating the case.
DUI arrest
A 26-year-old Shelton woman was charged with DUI following a traffic stop on Route 110, near Wheeler Road, Saturday.
At approximately 10:28 p.m., an officer pulled the woman’s 2022 Hyundai Tucson over after observing the right side of the vehicle going completely over the fog line, as she drove through the intersection of Moose Hill Road, according to police.
While speaking to the driver, the officer noticed her eyes were glossy and could smell the odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath, police said, adding she admitted to having had two margaritas.
Officers noticed a wine glass in the cupholder, which was empty but smelled like an alcoholic beverage, police said.
Field sobriety tests determined she was under the influence and the driver was charged with DUI and failure to drive in the proper lane, police said, adding the woman was uncooperative during the booking process and refused a breath test.
She was released after posting 7 percent of her $500 bond.
Evading
A resident living in the 480-block of Wheeler Road, near Old Coach Road, reported hearing a loud noise early Sunday morning and noticing property damage in the front yard.
The ensuing police investigation determined a driver went off the right side of the road around 1:10 a.m., struck a mailbox and uprooted two small trees in the front yard. Police said tire tracks show the vehicle was heading south on Wheeler Road.
Officers searched the area for damaged or disabled vehicles, but did not find any.
Anyone with information or video to help determine the identity of the driver who fled the scene of the accident is encouraged to call the Monroe Police Department at 203-261-3622.
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