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Police: Bridgeport Man Stole $11,000 from Patients at Residential Treatment Facility

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A Bridgeport man stole money from two patients at a residential treatment facility this spring and was arrested Tuesday, police said. New Canaan police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Police received complaints about identity theft from patients at the facility on March 28 and April 18. The 29-year-old man, an employee at the facility where both patients were being treated, stole over $11,000. The money was used to buy items on Amazon Marketplace. He used some of the funds opened an account with Southern Connecticut Gas for a home in Bridgeport.

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New Canaan Teen, 16, Drives into BMW on Elm Street and Flees Scene

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A New Canaan teen was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after admitting to police that she’d driven her car into a parked 2013 BMW on Elm Street, and then left the scene. The 16-year-old girl at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 28 turned herself in after driving a 2005 Ford station wagon into the parked BMW in the area of 73 Elm St. (just before the mid-block crosswalk up by the movie theater), according to police. Her from bumper suffered some damage, as did the BMW’s left rear fender, police said.