A Danbury man accepted a life sentence this week to avoid the death penalty for killing his neighbor, a hair stylist. The man, Christopher Pouncie, accepted the plea deal, on Wednesday, in Superior Court. For more on this agreement, read the article on Danbury Patch.

Several bottles of liquor - $220 worth - were stolen from a Southbury liquor store on Monday. For more on this theft, and others reported recently in Southbury, check out our article on Southbury Patch.

Multiple thefts - $1,800 worth of items stolen from one home, a large sum of money and a laptop computer, and items taken from a toolshed - are being investigated in Oxford. Our post about these thefts can be found on the Oxford Patch.

Monroe police are searching for a man who left Rite Aide with baby formula and 18 24-packs of AA batteries without paying for them. They are also looking into a Craig's list con that caused a woman who was buying a Jetta to lose $2,300. Check out Monroe Patch, for the rest of the details.

A judge has dropped 10 felony charges, including sexual assault charges, against a Naugatuck man. For more on this, read a story on the Naugatuck Patch.