MONROE, Conn. — A 31-year-old Bridgeport woman allegedly stole credit and bank card information from eight co-workers at a preschool and daycare in Monroe and ran up close to $12,000 worth of charges.
She turned herself in on a warrant Thursday charging her with three counts of criminal attempt at fourth-degree larceny and six counts of illegal taking of a payment card, as well as a variety of credit card fraud charges. She was released on a promise to appear in court on May 8.
Police investigated a complaint at the school on March 23 and found the eight employees all kept their purses in their classrooms and worked on the same side of the building. Following interviews with employees, officers developed the Bridgeport woman as a suspect and applied for the arrest warrant.
The cards were used for purchases at Target, Walmart, Novillus.com, Wayfair, Amazon, Temu and Petco, according to the report.
Police said all of the victims were fully reimbursed by their banks and credit card companies.
A commercial burglary
Fourteen storage units were burglarized at Storage Sense, 551 Pepper St., sometime overnight, according to a complaint filed Tuesday.
Police said the manager arrived just before 10 Tuesday morning, looked around and noticed the locks on 14 storage units had been cut. Detectives processed the scene for evidence and a review of surveillance footage showed a male using bolt cutters to break the locks,
The 14 unit owners were contacted and asked to do an inventory of their belongings, so detectives can determine what, if anything, was stolen.
The incident is being investigated by the Monroe Police Detective Division.
Cocaine found during traffic stop
A 31-year-old Bridgeport man faces a narcotics charge following a traffic stop on Main Street Wednesday night.
At approximately 8:08 p.m., an officer responding to an erratic driver complaint pulled over a black Honda Civic in the 140-block of Route 25 and learned the license plate belonged to a Ford Fusion.
The driver told the officer he recently bought the vehicle in Bridgeport, police said, adding he was cited for having no proof of valid insurance, no proof of valid registration and no driver’s license.
While waiting for a tow truck, officers searched the vehicle and found a small zip-lock bag of white powder that tested positive for cocaine, the report said.
The driver was charged with possession of a controlled substance and released after posting seven percent of his $1,500 bond for a May 8 court date.
Popcorn flies during road rage incident
A 65-year-old U.S. Postal Service employee allegedly threw a bag of popcorn at another driver’s vehicle during a road rage incident reported on Route 111 Tuesday evening. He was charged with breach of peace and littering and released on a promise to appear in court on May 8.
At approximately 5:12 p.m., a Monroe man, 23, called police to report a road rage incident in the 400-block of Route 111. After the altercation, he waited in a parking lot in his Jeep Wrangler, while the other driver had gone into a store.
When officers spoke to the Postal employee, who is also a Monroe resident, police said he argued with them before telling his side of the story.
He said he was driving in his Subaru and the other driver was tailgating him, so when he stopped in the left turn lane at a traffic light near Stop & Shop, he opened his passenger window and yelled at the other man about his driving, then threw a bag of popcorn at him, which hit the Jeep.
The Monroe man driving the Jeep told police he had honked his horn at the Postal worker to alert him to move up amid heavy traffic, because he was leaving large gaps in front of him. He also denied following too closely, police said.
The rest of his story lined up with the Postal worker’s, according to police.
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