Thursday, May 17, 2012
Although she is 16 years old, seriousness of charge requires she be prosecuted in state Superior Court.
A 16-year-old New Canaan girl accused of striking and killing a jogger while driving an SUV in March will be prosecuted as an adult. The charge against her of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle requires she be tried in state Superior Court, rather than Juvenile Court. The accident occurred the morning of March 24 on New Canaan Avenue in Norwalk. An affidavit Norwalk Police prepared to obtain an arrest warrant for her alleges she was using her iPhone to look at the New Canaan High School website when she struck the jogger, 44-year-old Norwalk resident Kenneth Dorsey. In the affidavit, Norwalk Sgt. David B. O’Connor says the girl’s iPhone was seized as evidence and given to a Wilton sergeant who is experienced in performing forensic …
An overnight chase that started in Norwalk, went through Darien on Interstate 95 left one Stamford officer in critical condition.
Update, 11:59 a.m.: Capt. William Mullen has confirmed the name of the officer injured to be Troy Strauser, 39, father of three children. More infor to come. Original article: A Norwalk man led police on a chase through Stamford, Darien and Norwalk after he allegedly beat a man with another suspect earlier in the evening. Police responded to a robbery and assault call at West Main Street and Diaz Street in Stamford at approximately 1:05 a.m. where a passerby saw two black males beat a Hispanic male, take his wallet and jump into a white MW to escape, according to Stamford authorities. One of those males would later be identified as Frank O. Douglas, 30, of Lincoln Ave. in Norwalk. The victim was unable to give officers details of the …
Police were called to "an unattended death" at 1:36 p.m. in an out-building on the property.
Update 11:50 a.m., Thursday: The New York Times is reporting that Kennedy's body was found hanging in a barn behind their home and that authorities who responded to the scene had attempted to cut her down and revive her. Kennedy apparently left a note. Authorities have not released a cause of death and an autopsy is scheduled for this morning. Original article: Mary Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead in her Bedford home today. The Kennedy family released a statement to the press Wednesday evening: "We deeply regret the death of our beloved sister Mary, whose radiant and creative spirit will be sorely missed by those who loved her. Our heart goes out to her children who she loved without …
Police charge exterminator in case of switching expensive diamond with 'a lesser quality" stone in client's home.
An exterminator has been arrested again on a larceny charge, accused of switching an expensive diamond from the ring of a Greenwich client with a stone of lesser quality. George Lawrence, 41, who gave an address of 156 Wake St., Bridgeport, surrendered May 15 to Greenwich Police who obtained an arrest warrant charging him with first-degree larceny in connection with the Dec. 29, 2010 incident. Police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray said, "He switches diamonds with a lesser quality diamond with the intent to mislead the owner it is the same ring." The bait and switch apparently didn't fool the resident of a Thunder Mountain Road home who noticed that the diamond from a ring had been changed. Lawrence was described by police as an employee of …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The law says you and your passengers must wear seatbelts in Connecticut, and the law will be out looking for violators in Darien during the two weeks from May 21 to June 3.
Buckle up, or maybe you'll be paying up—and it could be as much as $120. That's the message Darien police are sending with an announcement that a "Click It or Ticket" campaign of intensified enforcement of Connecticut's seatbelt laws. "The No. 1 cause of death for children and teens in the United States is traffic crashes!" the department said in a news release Monday. "Stateistics show an average of one fatality every 14 minutes, and one injury every 13 seconds due to car crashes in this country. "Statistics also show that vehicle passengers have a 77 percent chance of surviving a fatal car crash if they are properly seat-belted," the news release stated. "The current seatbelt usage rate in the state of Connecticut is 88 percent; the …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Norwalk man, who was jogging along New Canaan Ave., died after he was transported to the hospital.
Editor's note: For an update of this story, please see "New Canaan Teen Accused in SUV Fatality To Be Tried Adult Court" A 16-year-old New Canaan girl was arrested by warrant Saturday, accused of striking a jogger with her SUV in March that resulted in fatal injuries. The girl, who authorities can't identify because of her age, was charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, use of a handheld telephone by someone under 18 years old, and failure to drive in the proper lane. She came to police headquarters after being told officers had obtained a warrant for her arrest. She will be prosecuted in Juvenile Court in Bridgeport, which is not open to the public. Her first court appearance is scheduled for May 24. The man killed, 44-year…
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. Darien police 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. 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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You can steal someone's identity to buy things under the victim's name, but then you have to get the goods in a way that won't get you caught; in Darien, recently, a thief had some trouble with that.
Pay for merchandise for delivery using a victim's stolen identification (so the victim later gets the bill). Have the goods delivered to the victim, but intercept the delivery. That's how Darien police describe a scheme used in town by a man driving an Audi with New York license plates. One advantage of the scheme is that it may take longer for the victim to find out about the theft. One disadvantage is that it can be hard to intercept the delivery. Interception failed twice this month for a thief trying to persuade a UPS driver to hand over a delivery before the driver got to the house. Darien police give this account of the incidents: May 4: Bayberry Lane victim At about 10:40 a.m. on Friday, May 4, a man described as being in his late …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Accusations of unusual behavior around Connecticut.
Five Naugatuck teens were arrested on trespassing charges after police said they were caught on the roof of Naugatuck High School, attempting to do free running. (See the attached videos to find out what "free running" is. Apparently it's more established in countries with government-provided health care.) *** A Hamden man was arrested on an accusation he fired a gun to scare two children who were on his property looking for a stick to fix a broken bicycle. *** A Milford man was arrested in North Haven for allegedly drinking and driving. Two days later, the department arrested him again—this time for allegedly shoplifting. *** A Stratford man was arrested last weekend for allegedly filiming up an unknowing woman's dress at the Westfield …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Police believe 57-year-old Stamford woman shot her 85-year-old mother, then herself.
A 57-year-old Stamford woman shot her mother in the back with a double-barreled shotgun and then turned the gun on herself, police said Friday evening. Florence Beran, 85, was confirmed by Capt. Richard Conklin as being the owner of 1214 Long Ridge Rd. and victim of what police are calling a murder-suicide. Beran's daughter, Susan, is believed to have committed the act because the house was in the middle of a tax sale, the family more than $50,000 behind on their taxes. Conklin confirmed the family had recently had the electricity turned off. The scene was discovered around 1 p.m. Friday when a uniformed officer was responding to a call from a concerned neighbor who had lent the family money previously and knew they were in a difficult …
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