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New Canaan Police at 9:07 a.m. on June 19 received a report of a vehicle stolen from a South Avenue home. It was recovered in Waterbury. The theft is under investigation. ***
New Canaan’s 250 Celebration Parade will step off from the Lumberyard Lot on Elm Street at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and proceed along South Avenue to Saxe Middle School. Details here.
Police on May 20 arrested a 33-year-old Canoga Park, Calif. man by warrant in connection with the theft of $1,272,500 from a New Canaan-based real estate investment company in 2024. The man is accused of hacking email accounts at the company and using them to fool a bank into wiring the money into his own account, according to the affidavit of New Canaan Police Office Thomas Patten that forms the major part of an arrest warrant application signed in October 2025 by state Superior Court judge Bruce Hudock. The company reported the fraud to police in March 2024, Patten said in the affidavit, after making “an investment into a real estate project in the metro Boston area.”
“The construction lender, Santander Bank, required [the company] to deposit $2,172,500 with the bank as a completion guaranty for hitting certain construction milestones,” the arrest warrant application said.
The company had started hitting those milestones in February 2024 “and they were to have $1,272,500 released back to their investor account at their Bankwell bank account at 156 Cherry Street in New Canaan,” but those funds never arrived, the application said. Company officials soon discovered that their emails had been hacked for some unknown period of time and were “being monitored by the perpetrator(s),” whose methodology included funneling emails related to the wire transfer into unopened folders in Microsoft Outlook while also using email accounts “to provide alternative wire instructions,” Patten said in the affidavit.
Please welcome our 2026 Summer Internship Program participants, New Canaan High School rising senior Valentina Fuentes Jimenez, and University of Connecticut senior Jack Zussman, a town resident.
This summer’s internships are sponsored by Karp Associates and the New Canaan Racquet Club. We met with Valentina and Jack on Sunday afternoon for an introductory interview. Here are transcriptions of our conversations:
Valentina Fuentes Jimenez
New Canaanite: Give us some background on you. How long have you been in New Canaan? What schools did you come up through?
Valentina Fuentes Jimenez: I moved here in fourth grade, and I went into East School.
Police on June 6 arrested a 39-year-old South Avenue man and charged him with third-degree assault, disorderly conduct and violation of a protective order. At about 5:41 p.m. that Saturday, officers responded to a South Avenue residence on a report of a dispute between the man and victim, police said. Through an investigation, police established probable cause. They arrested the man and brought him to headquarters for processing.
It isn’t clear how the man caused physical injury or whether he is related to the victim. Police withheld details, saying it’s a domestic matter.
The New Canaan YMCA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday night to do the roof work needed to preserve and maintain the Valles Pool, officials say. In an email sent Thursday to members and shared with NewCanaanite.com, CEO Margaret Riley said that “after an extensive and comprehensive review of many factors including community feedback,” the Board decided to keep the 46-year-old pool. The decision follows “careful evaluation, discussion, and community input,” Riley said. “We recognize that the process created strong emotions and uncertainty for some, and we appreciate the passion demonstrated by these members of our community,” she said. “The central theme of these discussions—and what we should carry forward together—was how meaningful the YMCA community and experience are for our town.