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STAMFORD-On this third installment of holiday safety tips, police Chief Jon Fontneau discusses car safety.

1. When parking your car to go shopping, remember where you parked it. Always park in a well lit and well traveled area. Do not park in a remote dark area.

2. When you return to your vehicle, scan the interior of your car to be sure no one is hiding inside. Check to see if you are being followed.

3. Have your keys in hand when approaching your vehicle. You will be ready to unlock the door and will not be delayed fumbling around while looking for your keys.

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STAMFORD — Mayor David Martin is one of 60 city leaders from across the country who signed a letter last week to the Federal Communications Commission demanding the agency protect net neutrality.

“A free and open Internet forms the backbone of the 21st century economy, and as leaders of local communities we are acutely aware of the threat to education, innovation and economic growth posed by the proposal,” the mayors wrote.

The FCC is set to vote Thursday to dismantle 2015’s net neutrality agreement, which was put in place under the Obama administration to ensure equal access to the

STAMFORD — A Humane Society official will answer questions at a public meeting Tuesday about a controversial deer cull at a North Stamford nature preserve.

Annie Hornish, Connecticut director of the Humane Society of the United States, will talk about whether culling is a safe and humane tool for deer management.

Hornish wrote a letter to the Stamford Land Conservation Trust asking to delay the bow hunt that began last Monday at the 145-acre Altschul Preserve.

STAMFORD — Police arrested two city men Friday after a caller reported seeing two men breaking into a residence on King Street. Stamford Police Sgt. Steven Perrotta said officers were dispatched to the residence at about at about 3:30 p.m. As they arrived, Perrotta said, officers received another phone call reporting the two men had left the house and gotten into a blue BMW, and gave police the vehicle’s license plate number.

STAMFORD — A New Jersey man was extradited to Stamford for refusing to pay a local car dealer a service bill on the man’s Maserati.

Andre Brown, 40, of Plainfield, was charged with third-degree larceny and issuing a bad check.

Sgt. Steven Perrotta said Brown had his 2015 Maserati serviced at Miller Motorcars on Magee Avenue on Sept. 26 of this year. The bill came to $2,491 and Brown paid with a check.

But Perrotta said the check bounced and a credit card that Brown had left to back up the check turned out to be in collections.

STAMFORD — A juvenile charged with breaking into two waterfront Greenwich homes has been charged as an adult for trying to break into an occupied Waterside home last summer.

Tiyon Taylor, 17, of Durant Street, Stamford, waived confidentiality at the Stamford courthouse last week and was arraigned on a charge of attempted first-degree burglary for allegedly trying to break into a Top Gallant Road home in July.

Taylor has already pleaded not guilty to breaking into a 5,400-square-foot Greenwich home on Shore Road over the summer.

STAMFORD-Convicted and sentenced in absentia of attempted murder 16 years ago, Frantz Barthelemy made his second trip to the Stamford courthouse Friday morning since fleeing to a foreign country on the last day of his trial in 2001.

Standing with his attorney Matthew Maddox, Barthelemy, 39, made not guilty pleas to two counts of failure to appear in court he was arraigned on a month ago after he was extradited from Haiti, where he was raising four children and according to his family living a law abiding life.

STAMFORD-In his second installment, Stamford police Chief Jon Fontneau offers these tips for online shopping in hopes of keeping the holidays happy and safe for city residents. Online shopping Beware of the “a good deal” scams Thins are not always what they appear to be and when some offer seems too good to be true, it probably is. Before surfing the internet, secure your personal computers by updating security software. Keep your personal information private and your passwords secure. When ordering on-line, use a credit card instead of a debit card.

STAMFORD-Fifty Stamford police sergeants this week received training on hate crimes from two Jewish groups.

Anti-Defamation League National Civil Rights Counsel Melissa Garlick spoke to the fact the damage done by hate crimes cannot be measured solely in terms of physical injury or dollars and cents. Hate crimes may effectively intimidate other members of the victim's community, leaving them feeling isolated, vulnerable, and unprotected by the law, a release on the training session said.

STAMFORD — A Florida man wanted on a racketeering warrant from his home state was captured leaving an apartment on the city’s West Side on Thursday, police said.

Deandre Jackson, 32, was charged with being a fugitive from justice and held in lieu of a $200,000 cash court appearance bond.

Capt. Richard Conklin said the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad working with a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force found Jackson coming out of an apartment at 40 Stillwater Avenue just after 6 a.m.