Charged: Hoyt Street at 60 mph & Under the Influence

After a police officer clocked the driver of a Nissan SUV at 60 mph on Hoyt Street on Jan. 8, the officer stopped the car and found the Stamford driver was intoxicated, Darien police said.

Detective Mark Cappelli, acting as a spokesman for Darien Police, gave these other details of the incident:

Police, who used the radar near Woodway Country Club on Hoyt Street, smelled alcohol on Shane M. Kovach, 21, of Campbell Drive in Stamford. Kovach appeared uncoordinated and also had red, bloodshot eyes and failed a sobriety test.

Kovach was charged with speeding and driving while under the influence. His bond was set at $250.

Tip leads to DUI arrest

After someone approached a police officer on Feb. 8 about a stopped red Montero on Noroton Avenue with a tip that the driver seemed to be drunk, the officer followed the vehicle, police said.

Detective Mark Cappelli, acting as a spokesman for Darien Police, gave the following account of what happened next:

The car slowed on Noroton Avenue, then took a very wide turn onto Hecker Avenue, with the Montero's left tires crossing the double-yellow line.

Traveling east on Hecker, the vehicle then went into the westbound lane as it passed a stopped vehicle and drove onto the entrance ramp of Interstate 95. At that point, the police officer turned on his emergency lights and stopped the vehicle on the ramp.

A strong odor of alcohol came from the driver, Jean Volcy, 50, of Placid Avenue in Stratford, whose eyes were glassy and bloodshot. He was unsteady on his feet when he got out of the vehicle, then failed a field sobriety test.

Volcy was later released on a promise to appear Feb. 21 in state Superior Court in Stamfod.