MONROE, Conn. — Police arrested a 35-year-old Fairfield man on a warrant Feb. 13, after he allegedly struck a three-year-old girl in the face in a Monroe residence on Feb. 6, causing bruising.
Officers met with representatives from the Department of Children and Families regarding a potential child abuse complaint and the victim’s mother took photos of the injuries, police said, adding town officers also saw bruising on the child.
The Fairfield man was charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and two counts of risk of injury to a child. He was released on $80,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
Two crashes in the same spot
Police responded to two crashes in an eight-hour-period, all into the same stonewall in front of a residence on Stanley Road, at the intersection with Hiram Hill Road.
At approximately 8:06 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the report of a 2011 Jeep Patriot completely off the roadway and suspended atop the rock wall with severe front end damage, after the driver failed to negotiate the sharp right hand turn onto Stanley Road from Hiram Hill, police said.
The driver and his two passengers were outside of the vehicle when officers arrived, one man was lying in the snow with serious facial wounds, according to police, who said he told them he was a passenger and was not wearing his seat-belt. Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service personnel took him to St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
An 18-year-old Bridgeport man at the scene told officers he was the driver. Police detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on him and he admitted to drinking tequila, police said. He reportedly said he was coming from Milford and trying to get to Bridgeport.
Field sobriety tests were conducted, but not completed due to possible injuries sustained by the driver. He was examined by EMS and taken to Bridgeport Hospital.
A juvenile passenger told officers he was not injured.
Police are still investigating the details of the crash.
Then at 4:14 a.m. on Monday, officers were called to the same address for the report of a sedan that struck the stonewall and left, heading toward the YMCA.
Officers found a 2002 Dodge Stratus with heavy front-end damage at the intersection of Stanley and Easton roads (Route 59).
The driver, a 46-year-old Bridgeport man, told police he hit a snowbank, but officers found the bumper of his vehicle on the stonewall on Stanley Road and the damage was consistent with hitting the wall, according to the report.
The driver, who did not report being injured, was charged with DUI, misuse of plates, failure to have insurance and evading the scene of an accident. He was released after posting seven percent of his $500 bond and his Dodge was towed.
Con artist cleans out bank account
An 86-year-old Monroe man, who tried to sell a piece of construction equipment on Craigslist, ended up having his bank account wiped out, according to a fraud complaint made Monday.
At approximately 6 p.m., he came into police headquarters and told an officer he advertised the equipment for $6,500 on Jan. 30 and a person who did not identify himself called, expressing interest in buying it. The buyer even offered to pay for the shipping, which was another $3,000 and change.
The buyer sent him a check from a company out of Spokane, Wash., for just over $9,500. The Monroe man tried to deposit it into his Bank of America account, but the bank refused deposit or cash it, so he deposited it into his Chase Bank account, police said.
Then the buyer accused the seller of being a scammer, because he was upset over being charged for the shipping. He demanded the Monroe man send him back $3,000 via Western Union.
The victim could not figure out how to send the money that way, so he mailed out a check, police said.
Not only did the $9,500 check bounce, on Feb. 15, the victim learned his bank account balance was zero. A total of $20,975 and change was taken from his account after 10 fraudulent charges had been made, police said.
The investigation is ongoing and the case was referred to the Monroe Police Detective Division.
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