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Coverage involving Westfarms Mall (500 South Road, Farmington) — the regional shopping mall that recurs as an arrest location, business venue, and civic reference point.
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
Six arrests in a four-day window. Three §14-227a Operation Under Influence charges, including the Meadow Road fatal-crash DUI.
Jack Beckett·May 19, 2026
Eight arrest records, five unique individuals, ninety-six hours, none of them Farmington residents — a six-charge Saturday-night pursuit cluster, a Friday-morning triple-warrant detention at Hein…
Jack Beckett·May 11, 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
The latest Farmington PD log records one arrest: Joshua Anthony Soler of New Britain, charged with Larceny in the 6th Degree at 1600 Southeast Road. The notable part is the arresting officer — Jose R.
Jack Beckett·May 1, 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 28, 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
Farmington’s wetlands commission spent November 5th juggling a mid-century addition, a Wood Pond dock, Horton Electric’s paved yard, a larger tow lot on an aquifer, and a future Big Y at Westfarms.
Jack Beckett·Nov 13, 2025
Own 44 Mountain Rd, Farmington, CT—a 1765 historic home with a fireplace big enough for town meetings. Farmington Storage says thanks for reading about old houses! 😊 #WeAreFarmington
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2024
