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Bridgeport man accused of assaulting ex-girlfriend while out on bond
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Fairfield County Courthouse on Golden Hill StreetNed Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT A local man out on bond for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend cut off his GPS anklet, allegedly broke into her home with a hammer and punched her in the face in front of her children, according to police.
Giovani Rios, 28, was charged Friday with third-degree assault, breach of peace, risk of injury to children and violating a protective order.
“I have mental health issues and I cut the bracelet (GPS) off,” Rios said from his cell in the lockup of the Golden Hill Street courthouse during his arraignment Friday afternoon despite repeated warnings to remain silent by Superior Court Judge Peter McShane.
Milford man accused of swiping wipes, biting store employee
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A Milford man is charged with stealing sanitizing wipes from a Stratford supermarket.Ethan Fry / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT A Milford man was in custody after police said he allegedly stole numerous bottles of sanitizing wipes from a Stratford supermarket and bit a store employee during a struggle in the parking lot.
Nicholas Goerig, 41, of Summit Avenue, Milford, was charged Monday with third-degree robbery, third-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, breach of peace and sixth-degree larceny.
“This was more than your usual shoplifting case, he bit a store employee,” Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Nicholas Bove said during Goerig’s arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon as Goerig watched on video from his cell in the courthouse lockup.
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Police: New York man posing as kindly grandfather attempted a $200,000 flim flam from Monroe bank
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The courthouse on Golden Hill Street, in Bridgeport, Conn.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT A 70-year-old New York man allegedly posing as a benevolent grandfather wanting to aid his college-student grandson is accused of trying to flim flam a Monroe bank out of $200,000.
“I have a lot of medical issues. I don’t know what is going on. I ask that you release me,” said Leroy Brown, leaning on a cane in his cell in the lockup of the Golden Hill Street courthouse during his video arraignment hearing Wednesday afternoon.