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New Canaan Man, 23, Charged with Disorderly Conduct

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Police on Aug. 27 arrested a 23-year-old Old Stamford Road man and charged him with disorderly conduct. At about 11:46 a.m. that Thursday, officers were dispatched to the lobby at police headquarters to investigate a reported domestic dispute, officials said. Through an investigation, police established probable cause for the misdemeanor charge. Under state law, people are guilty of disorderly conduct if they “with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk … [e]ngages in … threatening behavior; or … annoys or interferes with another person,” among other reasons.

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Letters of Appreciation for New Canaan Police

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New Canaan Police Department Chief John DiFederico shared the following letters of appreciation for officers at a recent Police Commission meeting. ***

Officer Nolan Heintz

“Chief, I wanted to inform you of the work that Officer Heintz put forth in an investigation regarding an assault at the high school. This case began on March 12th when Officer Heintz responded to a basketball game to assist officers working an extra duty detail. The crowd had become hostile and there was a high amount of tension in the room. At the end of the game a fight broke out between several parents of the visiting team against the visiting teams coaching staff.

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Warrant: New Canaan Woman, 40, Charged with Assault of Public Safety Personnel

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[Note: The mention of transmitting contagious illnesses in this article does not mean that Noell actually has those illnesses.]

New Canaan Police on Aug. 21 arrested a local woman by warrant after she spit and hurled expletives at an officer during processing for a separate domestic incident in June, court records show. Brooke Noell, 40, of South Avenue, was charged with assault of public safety personnel, a felony offense. At about 5:38 p.m. on June 6 (a Saturday), officers transported Noell to NCPD headquarters after she was found to be the aggressor in a domestic dispute, according to a police affidavit that forms the major part of an arrest warrant application signed Aug. 7 by a state Superior Court judge.

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DUI Charge for Man, 46

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Police last week arrested a 46-year-old Fairfield man and charged him with driving under the influence. At about 4:04 p.m. on Aug. 24, a Monday, an officer on patrol spotted a vehicle pass another car in a no-passing zone, according to a police report. During a subsequent stop, the officer smelled marijuana on the driver’s breath, the report said. After administering field sobriety tests, police brought the misdemeanor charge, it said.

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Meet Fire Chief William Perritt [Q&A]

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The Board of Selectmen last week voted 3-0 in favor of promoting William Perritt to chief of the New Canaan Fire Department. Perritt has served as an assistant chief and in an interim chief capacity since last May. He succeeds Albe Bassett in the chief position. We sat down with Perritt on Wednesday afternoon at his office in the Main Street firehouse. Here’s a transcription of our conversation.