Cops lose man's stuff, find assault rifle

The last things Dominic Armour might have thought to worry about when he was booked at the Milford Police Department recently were his money and personal items.

"This is just crazy," said the North Haven resident, who was arrested on May 25 for failing to respond to a traffic ticket, according to a police report. "I turned over my cellphone, my car keys and my wallet with all my money, and the police ended up handing it to some other guy who walked out of the police station with it."

Milford police, in court documents, acknowledge that Armour's possessions were taken by another man they had arrested, who did not return calls for comment.

Gowever, while police didn't find Armour's property, they said they did recover a stolen assault rifle from the Bridgeport man they said took Armour's items.

Meanwhile, Armour, 33, said he had to cancel his credit cards and is out $300.

"My life has been completed disrupted by this," he said.

When Armour was released, the report states, officers discovered his belongings were gone. The police report states that officers examined video that showed another arrested man, Joseph Vazquez, leaving with the bag containing Armour's belongings.

Police said when they called Armour's cellphone, the 24-year-old Vazquez answered, but claimed he knew nothing of the stolen items.

The police report says Milford officers, armed with a search warrant, went to Vazquez's home on Huntington Road in Bridgeport. While they didn't find the missing items, the report said they did find an AK-47 rifle reported stolen.

Vazquez was charged with criminal possession of a stolen firearm.