Danbury Deteriorating?

At one point in time Danbury, CT, was one of the safest cities in the United States. The city had low crime rates and few complaints. Have things changed? Off of memory alone, recollections of events regarding drive-by shootings outside downtown bars and gas stations have plagued the cities title of safe.

In mid October, a man grabbed a woman outside her apartment, dragged her inside, and raped her. Afterwards, he left with her tied up with duct-tape and carrying her credit cards and cash. By far, this is the most dramatic, intentional crime I have yet heard of in our area.

Locally, there have been repeated "brawls" set up between schools, fortunately none escalated to the point where action was taken. During my highschool years there was an ordeal between Danbury High and New Milford, where a love triangle sparked a feud that had various participants.

Bordering Danbury, Bethel, recently had an event that lead to the drawing of weapons and the death of one man. The call made was to a despondent armed person, the man eventually took off into the woods where police officers pursued. While attempting to convince the man to drop his weapon, he leveled his weapon at the police officer causing him to take action and release his firearm.

On top of this, in Brewster not too long ago, a 17-year-old leaving a party was enraged by a 19-year-old resident leading the 17-year-old to slash the resident with the knife. The knife managed to cause a wound on the face and hand of the resident who recieved 17 stitches.

When the new census comes out, it would be an interesting idea to compare the criime rates.


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