FAIRFIELD — A Bridgeport man faces a slew of charges after he allegedly broke into a Fairfield home, assaulted a resident and fled with cash and jewelry — all before leading police on a pursuit in his vehicle and then on foot.
Guilherme Lima-DaSilva, 40, of Houston Avenue in Bridgeport, was charged with home invasion, assault on an elderly person, second-degree threatening, second-degree larceny, second-degree robbery, unlawful restraint, reckless driving, engaging police in a pursuit, evading responsibility, unregistered motor vehicle, misuse of plates and no insurance.
It all started when a woman called the Fairfield Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center around 2 p.m. Tuesday after she got a call from a concerned relative of a Fairfield resident.
The woman told police she got a call from her sister, who said there was a suspicious person on her property on Coventry Lane. Then, she told police, she heard her sister yell “no, no” and the line was disconnected.
Police immediately responded, but they didn’t have the exact address. About four minutes later, police got another 911 call from a home at the end of the dead end Coventry Lane road, reporting someone broke into her home and attacked her, wielding a knife. That man was later identified as Lima-DaSilva.
The 62-year-old victim told police the suspect took off in a black vehicle. A responding officer spotted the vehicle matching the description, and saw that the driver also matched the victim’s description. The officer tried to pull the suspect over as it turned into the driveway of a home on Black Rock Turnpike.
Police said the officer got out of his car, requested identified from the driver and started to walk back to his patrol car when...
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