Crime & Safety
33-Year-Old Woman Charged With DUI
Just after midnight on Friday, Darien Police charged the woman with driving while under the influence of alcohol on Hoyt Street.
A police officer driving north on Hoyt Street saw a car cross the road's center line twice, so the officer stopped the vehicle, resulting in the arrest of a woman on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
gave this account of the incident:
Just after midnight on Friday, the officer saw the car, a 2011 Nissan Sentra, and observed that it crossed over the center line.
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On stopping the car on Hoyt Street near Camp Avenue, the officer spoke with the driver, Kristen Becker of Rock Ridge Road in Fairfield. The officer smelled alcohol.
Becker was given a field sobriety test and failed it. She was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving without a driver's license and failure to drive right.
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She was released on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear May 23 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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Editor's note: These other police reports have been published Monday on Darien Patch:
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