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Both arrests in the 24 hours ending Friday morning belong to one man: a Wethersfield man, 47, arrested on two warrants at the West Farm Shopping Center an hour and 45 minutes apart, and held on bond…
Jack Beckett·Sep 25, 2026
One arrest in the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning: a Hartford woman, 58, on a warrant for sixth-degree larceny, the lowest of the state's six larceny degrees. Bond was $2,000, and she posted it.
Jack Beckett·Sep 23, 2026
Four people were arrested between Friday evening and early Sunday, two of them held on $100,000 surety bonds. One arrest at Westfarms Mall, logged as a shoplifting matter, carries a felony charge of…
Jack Beckett·Sep 22, 2026
A Windsor man was arrested twice at 10 a.m. Thursday at the courthouse, each time on a failure-to-appear charge carrying the case number of one of his two earlier Farmington larceny arrests.
Jack Beckett·Sep 18, 2026
The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for the 24 hours ending Thursday morning is empty. No names, no charges, no bonds. The day before, it carried two arrests.
Jack Beckett·Sep 18, 2026
Farmington police made two arrests Tuesday: a Farmington man charged with assault and risk of injury to a child, and a Southington man arrested on a warrant at the police station.
Jack Beckett·Sep 16, 2026
The log covering 7 a.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Tuesday is blank. It prints the column headings, then stops. No arrests, no charges, no bonds, no court dates, one day after a page that carried five…
Jack Beckett·Sep 15, 2026
The arrest log covering 7 a.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Monday records five arrests, including two at Westfarms Mall twenty-two minutes apart on the same incident number.
Jack Beckett·Sep 14, 2026
Farmington police are stopping juveniles on e-bikes in Unionville, and the town told the council new state rules arrive October 1.
Jack Beckett·Sep 11, 2026
The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning is empty. No names, no charges, no bonds. A day earlier the page carried seven records.
Jack Beckett·Sep 9, 2026
Farmington police arrested a 34-year-old Unionville man on a DUI charge at 3:58 a.m. Wednesday on Tunxis Mead Road. He posted a $5,000 nonsurety bond, according to the log.
Jack Beckett·Aug 26, 2026
Farmington police listed one arrest Monday on a violation-of-probation charge. The two-sentence remarks field repeats the charge and posted bond but does not explain the alleged probation violation.
Jack Beckett·Aug 25, 2026
Farmington police reported three arrests from August 21 through 23. Two were recorded 38 minutes apart at 15 Stonegate under the same incident number and by the same officer.
Jack Beckett·Aug 24, 2026
Farmington police recorded one warrant arrest at department headquarters on August 20. The log lists first-degree criminal trespass, attempted sixth-degree larceny and a posted nonsurety bond.
Jack Beckett·Aug 24, 2026
Farmington police logged four arrests over the weekend, including two disorderly-conduct arrests at one Perry Street address three minutes apart.
Jack Beckett·Aug 17, 2026
Three arrests reached the Farmington police log in the twenty-four hours ending Friday morning. Two ended with a $5,000 bond posted.
Jack Beckett·Aug 14, 2026
Farmington police logged a single arrest in the 24 hours ending Friday morning: a sixth-degree larceny warrant for a Hartford woman, served at headquarters by Officer Daniel R. Aparo.
Jack Beckett·May 29, 2026
A Stratford woman, 31, was arrested at Westfarms Mall on Wednesday afternoon and charged with seven offenses across five separately filed incident numbers — an on-scene shoplifting and first-degree…
Jack Beckett·May 28, 2026
The Farmington Police Department's May 25–26 arrest log carries one name — a 1:19 a.m. on-scene disorderly-conduct stop on Colt Highway, brought in by Officer John A. Salute.
Jack Beckett·May 26, 2026
A single name on the Farmington Police Department's latest log carried two incident numbers — a 2025 re-arrest warrant for failure to appear and a fresh set of 2026 motor-vehicle charges.
Jack Beckett·May 21, 2026
A motorcyclist died Monday afternoon after a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck struck a motorcycle and a school bus from behind on Meadow Road in Farmington.
Jack Beckett·May 18, 2026
The Farmington Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee renewed a years-long push for a separated bike trail along the Route 4 jug handle at its May 13 meeting, three days after a 13-year-old riding a…
Henry Whitfield·May 18, 2026
Farmington police logged a single arrest in the 24 hours ending Thursday morning — but it came with two charges, two incident numbers, and a $10,500 bond the man did not post.
Jack Beckett·May 14, 2026
A month-end reading of every police-beat article The Farmington Mercury published in April 2026 — twelve arrest logs, one wire-broken shooting at Forest Park Drive, and one statewide…
Jack Beckett·May 7, 2026
A single arrest in the May 4–6 Farmington PD log — Robert Derron Hinton, 46, of Wethersfield — becomes the third arrest at 1600 Southeast Road in seven days, crossing the threshold this column set…
Jack Beckett·May 6, 2026
A single weekend arrest at GA 18 — Officer Glaude's third habeas warrant in the FM series, and the first §53a-127f Possession of a Shoplifting Device charge to land on the page.
Jack Beckett·May 4, 2026
One arrest, two motor-vehicle charges, and the first FM log entry to put §14-140 on the page. Officer Sotelo's third appearance in the series.
Jack Beckett·Apr 30, 2026
Four arrests on the Farmington PD log for April 28, 2026, the densest single 24-hour log of the year by charge count. The official record on the Forest Park Drive shooting confirms the suspect's name…
Jack Beckett·Apr 29, 2026
A 10-year-old child was wounded Tuesday afternoon after accidentally firing an unattended gun in a parked car at the Forest Park Office Green office park in Farmington.
Henry Whitfield·Apr 28, 2026
Three arrests on the Farmington PD log for April 27–28, 2026: a shared-incident dual arrest at 47 New Britain Avenue (Caron + Faulkner, Officer Karangekis) and a five-charge on-scene arrest at 1600…
Jack Beckett·Apr 28, 2026
The Farmington Police Department's 72-hour weekend log for April 24–27 records one arrest: Edward Charette of Wolcott, charged with shoplifting at 500 South Road. With this arrest, Officer Daniel R.
Jack Beckett·Apr 27, 2026
Farmington Police are participating in Connecticut's statewide April distracted-driving crackdown — the "Put the Phone Away or Pay" campaign coordinated across 37 law enforcement agencies.
Jack Beckett·Apr 27, 2026
Two arrests and eight charges in a 24-hour log introduce four new statute categories to the FM series — including §53a-64bb Strangulation 2nd, the most serious new charge debuted in several logs.
Jack Beckett·Apr 24, 2026
Two arrests over a 72-hour weekend window — both on Friday night, both on motor-vehicle charges, both by Officer Daniel J. Taylor, two hours apart.
Jack Beckett·Apr 20, 2026
Six arrest records, two people — one of them Honesty Love Tirado, 23, of New Britain, with five incident numbers and $105,000 in bond stacked against her in a single Thursday morning.
Jack Beckett·Apr 17, 2026
Six arrests in 48 hours — three at Westfarms Mall, the first co-defendant pair in the Mercury's series, and four statutes new to the log.
Jack Beckett·Apr 16, 2026
Two arrests in Farmington over 24 hours: a New Britain woman faces child endangerment and assault charges at Farm Glen Boulevard, while a warrant arrest at 319 New Britain Avenue — the log's most…
Jack Beckett·Apr 10, 2026
Farmington Police arrested Tatiana Cepeda, 31, of the Bronx on seven charges at 319 New Britain Avenue on Wednesday night — including three charge categories that had never appeared in the FM log…
Jack Beckett·Apr 9, 2026
Seven entries, five suspects, one name that appears three times. Officer Malik Brown notches his fifth appearance in the series with two DUI arrests on Farmington Avenue in a single day.
Jack Beckett·Apr 7, 2026
Two arrests and ten combined charges in Farmington's April 1 police log. Alberto Gonzalez Jr of New Britain faces eight charges including two felony protective order violations and a $100,000 bond.
Jack Beckett·Apr 2, 2026
The Farmington Police Department press arrest log for March 30–31, 2026, contains zero arrests. The first empty log since the series began on March 18.
Jack Beckett·Mar 31, 2026
The Farmington PD arrest log for March 27–30, 2026 produced four arrests: two DUIs, a fourth shoplifting at 500 South Road, and a Farmington resident arrested at her own address.
Jack Beckett·Mar 30, 2026
One arrest, five charges, midnight on Forest Street. Charles Anthony Calandriello, 20, of Plainville was charged with DUI, operating under influence, evading responsibility with injury or property…
Jack Beckett·Mar 27, 2026
The Farmington Police Department recorded five arrests between March 25–26, 2026, including a $803,000 bond on conspiracy and larceny charges for a New Jersey man, a nine-charge traffic stop on Scott…
Jack Beckett·Mar 26, 2026
The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for March 24, 2026 recorded one arrest: Hannes Josue Guaman, 28, of Wethersfield, charged with larceny sixth degree in connection with shoplifting at 500…
Jack Beckett·Mar 25, 2026
The Farmington Police Department logged five arrests in 24 hours, headlined by a 12-charge vehicle pursuit that ended at a Fernwood Lane residence and Officer Roque's third consecutive shoplifting…
Jack Beckett·Mar 24, 2026
Eight arrests, six people, four officers, three days. Including a woman arrested while already in prison, an officer on a two-day shoplifting streak, and someone served three warrants at once on…
Jack Beckett·Mar 23, 2026
The Farmington Police Department arrested two people in a 24-hour period ending Friday morning. A New Haven man faces felony larceny charges.
Jack Beckett·Mar 22, 2026
The Farmington Police Department arrested one person in a 24-hour period ending Thursday morning. A Hartford man faces a single count of larceny in the sixth degree — the lowest degree available…
Jack Beckett·Mar 22, 2026
Farmington Police log eight arrests in four days — burglar tools, ATM scanners, a retail detour, a probation miscalculation, and one warrant. Combined bond: over $1 million.
Jack Beckett·Mar 19, 2026
