Crime & Safety
Police: While Family's Away, Teens Play on Property
While a Darien family was away, according to police teenagers used the property—playing with a basketball and a bong.
While a Darien family was away, a neighbor reported to police at 11:45 a.m. Thursday that teenagers were on the family's Inwood Road property.
gave this account of the incident:
Police arriving at the scene found two youths playing basketball—who ran off after seeing the cops. Four more ran out of a detached garage.
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Inside the garage, police immediately smelled a strong odor of marijuana and soon discovered the sources—a 10-inch glass bong in the center of a table with chairs placed around it. They also found 15 marijuana cigarettes.
An officer checking the property saw a teenager entering a Ford Explorer parked on Inwood Road. The SUV was stopped, and officers questioned the driver, John Connery, 18, of Bittersweet Lane.
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Connery admitted that he was in the garage but refused to identify any of his companions. Police issued him a misdemeanor summons for third-degree criminal trespass and possession of less than ½ ounce of marijuana. He was released to the custody of his father and is to appear on June 25 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
Correction: Darien police said the "family was away," not that they were away on vacation.
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