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Greenwich: Land of (Criminal) Opportunity.

Overnight on May 21 there was a crime spree in my neighborhood.  Valuables were stolen from several cars and a car itself was stolen (and later recovered in the Bronx).  Upon further inquiry I learned that each of the cars involved were unlocked — and the stolen car even had a key in it.  Not [...]

THIS JUST IN: Jail for one of two in blackmail scheme

There were guilty pleas in the Greenwich blackmail case.  Husband got jail time.  The wife didn’t.  For details click here.

BREAKING NEWS: Cos Cob Home Invasion

GPD News Release. On May 22, 2009 at approximately 1241 hours the Greenwich Police Department received a 911 telephone call reporting a home invasion type robbery had occurred and a large knife was used in the commission of the crime. The crime occurred in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich. The suspects are described as [...]

BREAKING NEWS: 2nd Arrest in Field Vandalism Case

As reported here yesterday, Greenwich Police made a second arrest in the ball-field vandalism case.  The GPD reports as follows: On Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 3:45 P.M. the below identified individual appeared at Police Headquarters and turned himself in on an active arrest warrant held by this department charging him with violating sections of [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Arrest Made in Ball-field Vandalism

Greenwich Police arrested a 17-year old Cos Cob man for the damage to the Town ball-fields at Loughlin Avenue and at Parkway School. The name of the youth is not being released because of his age. Police said “the investigation is still ongoing with additional arrest(s) pending.” The fields were damaged early the morning of March [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Arrest in Old Greenwich Auto Break-ins.

The Greenwich Police issued the following Press Release this morning: The Greenwich Police Department Neighborhood Resource Officer Section after conducting a five-month long investigation into the thefts of property from motor vehicles during the nighttime hours in the Old Greenwich area resulted in the arrested of the below identified subject on March 30, 2009 at [...]

BREAKING NEWS: More arrests made in Wilbur Peck case. Tussle at the Courthouse.

State Police confirm that arrests were made today as a result of a tussle at the courthouse in Stamford during the arraignment of those charged in the fracas at Wilbur Peck Court early Saturday morning.   According to one source, when bail was reduced for one defendant but not another, a scuffle broke out between marshals [...]

Who’s Watching Out for Our Kids?

Not much could shock me – or so I thought.  I certainly was shocked as a student at the FBI Citizens Academy when in one of the optional exercises some of us watched over the shoulder of FBI agents in a computer center working on an Internet sting.  I saw with my own eyes, a [...]