OMG PD: Nose Biting, Grenades & A Machete-Wielding Man

You never know what you're going to find when cleaning the house. These folks were cleaning a house in Middlebury and chanced upon ammunition and a hand grenade. Oddly enough, that wasn't the first time a grenade was turned over to the Middlebury Police Department.

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A Stamford man was bitten on his nose by one of three suspects who tried to rob him in front of his home, according to police. He had to be treated at Stamford Hospital.

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Trumbull Police said a Trumbull man allegedly had a machete strapped to his waist and was seen dumping brush on public property. He had been warned about the machete before, police said, since it's illegal to carry a knife with a blade of more than four inches long.

When confronted, he was reportedly uncooperative and his mother allegedly interfered as officers tried to arrest him. She is charged with interfering with police and breach of the peace.

Another Trumbull man claimed a car sped by him as he used his leafblower. He then allegedly approached the car with the leafblower, and was charged with reckless endangerment.

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A Westport police K9 officer arrested a Westport teen after he handed over a bag of LSD powder and a bag containing several small paper stamps that were laced with acid. 

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A Weston man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after Wilton Police observed him parked in front of a liquor store, repeatedly revving his engine.

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An unidentified individual was reportedly driving around shooting orange and yellow paintballs in Newtown.

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Since mid-September, Stamford Police have been dealing with a wave of incidents in which teens on bikes are stealing cellphones from women who are talking on them while they walk down the street in the area of Downtown Stamford. The suspects are taking the phones and wiping them of all internal information before police are able to track down electronically where the phones are being taken.

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An unknown male allegedly exposed himself to two female customers at WalMart in Milford and began masturbating.

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A Shelton woman was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence last week. She when the cops nabbed her.

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About this column: The week's most unusual arrests. The information above was provided by area police departments. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of what police allege.