Public Safety
Police: Online Comment ‘Thanks for the Reminder, I Need to Get Ammo’ Gets Man Arrested
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After a 67-year-old Stratford man made a comment in a Facebook comment about school shootings , Darien police arrested him Feb. 24 on a warrant charging him with disorderly conduct. The statement, that police said got him in trouble: “Thanks for the reminder, I need to buy ammo.”
The comment was posted in the comments section about a Darien newspaper story that discussed high school students planning a school walkout in support of gun control, police said. Darien police described what happened this way, including accusations not proven in court:
Starting on Saturday, Feb. 24, police began receiving anonymous complaints about the comment, posted by a “Ray Moerler.”