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NORWALK, Conn. – A couple unloading a car briefly at Norwalk's bus station late Thursday got a surprise, according to Norwalk Police. A man got in the car and tried to drive away. Stopping him wasn't too difficult, because the male victim reached into the car and took the key out of the ignition.
The victim called at 8:10 p.m. to say that someone was trying to steal his girlfriend's car, according to Sgt. Lisa Cotto. She had taken him to Pulse Point on Burnell Boulevard to drop him off for the bus. As they were taking things out of the trunk, the man got into the 2007 red Ford Fusion. The victim shut off the ignition, and a minor struggle ensued. No one was hurt.
The victim pointed out Earl Whitfield, 46, of 133 Main St., as the attempted carjacker. Whitfield was arrested and evaluated by paramedics on the scene as he appeared to be under the influence of drugs. As he was being processed at police headquarters, he said not feeling well because he used PCP earlier in the evening, according to Cotto.
Whitfield was charged with carjacking and breach of peace. Bond was set at $40,000.
Also on the police blotter:
• Christian Heise, 27, of 21 Bond St., caused a disturbance in a Norwalk neighborhood Thursday morning when he tried to enter several houses and a car, Sgt. Lisa Cotto said.
A resident of the area of 74 Beacon St. said she pulled into the driveway of her home and Heise opened her driver's side door, according to Cotto. He said he needed to speak with her. Then he walked away, allowing her the opportunity to get into the house and lock the door. Heise followed, kicking and banging on the door.
Another pair of residents said they heard their door open and turned to look. Cotto said Heise was walking away from the house.
Another man said Heise had a can of spray paint in his hand when he knocked on the door and engaged him in conversation.
Finally, Heise banged on the door of a fourth house with his fists and kicked it, Cotto said. He told the occupants he would spray them in the eyes with spray paint.
Heise was arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace and second-degree threatening. Bond was set at $5,000.
Comments (10)
Tim T aka Mr Nelson
Thanks for proving my point.
Tim
I do agree with you in regards to lwitherspoon however I do find his posts comical, kind of like the joke of the day calender..
It seems that lwitherspoon is being paid by the Moccia administration to post as no one would post his idiotic posts for free. He will deny this but he has proven time and again to be a liar.
Ken P
I agree with you, the name calling and all the games show that we are dealing with someone who is so insecure that he has no other way to prove his point. In other posts, Tim T has identified himself as a Democrat. I suspect his real issue with Moccia is that Moccia is a member of a party that Tim T doesn't like.
Andy Garfunkel's mayoral campaign against Moccia tried to score political points by talking about crime in Norwalk. The voters didn't buy it and Garfunkel lost. Tim T, however, never got the memo that the campaign was over, and posts slanderous and inaccurate comments here every day. Tim T believes police are responsible for magically solving crimes where victims, who know the perpetrator, refuse to cooperate. He claims cover-ups by the NPD but when asked for proof, is unable to provide any and simply gets angry and spouts insults. Ask him what he personally has done to help the police fight crime in Norwalk and he just gets angry and calls names. The cumulative effect of this is that nobody agrees with him or takes him seriously, so he invents other usernames to agree with his slanderous and untrue allegations because nobody else does.
Its tough to solve things when people refuse to co operate. Where we're the bulk of these shootings and how co operative were the victims and witnesses? Iv said it before, we need to rid the city of places where drug and gang related activities are permitted to go on if we want the violence to stop. At least one recent shooting victim ad been shot before and refused to help investigators. You simply cannot help people who don't want help.
It's not very encouraging to see the name calling, but it helps us understand the people we are conversing with.
Tim
Actually your numbers are incorrect it should be 11 killing as the NPD covered 2 of them up.The random body found in the river on CT Ave in Dec. and the random body found under the trap in March. Both were labeled suspicious but never had any resolution...Hummmmmmmmmmmmmm. The one on CT Ave was the incident where the rookie cop and the detective got in an argument about trampling the crime scene.
lwitherspoon
The police are not catching criminals. In the last 4 years we have had 9 killings and at least 50 shooting and the NPD has caught ONE.. You are a moron and prove it with each and everyone of your posts...And no I am not resorting to calling names I am just stating the facts. All we hear from Rilling and Moccia are one excuse after the next. It is because of morons like you that this is acceptable from morons like Moccia and Riling. Now does the moron understand?
Tim T
It is factually incorrect to say that the police are not catching criminals.
Its unfortunate but people dont do this stuff to the police or when theyre standing there Tim. What I think we could use are more citizens willing to do what they can when they can instead of closing the blinds & turning up the TV.
At least the residents in Norwalk can catch the criminals, such a shame the police can not do the same. Maybe this guy should be the new chief as we sure need a new one. Actually we need a whole new police department.