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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.

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Warrant: New Canaan Man, 36, Punched Passerby on South Avenue

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Police on Aug. 9 arrested a 36-year-old New Canaan man by warrant for punching a man walking on the South Avenue sidewalk in the stomach on a Wednesday night in April, court records show. At about 8:05 p.m. on April 16, police were dispatched to South Avenue and Maple Street on a report of an assault that occurred the night before, according to the affidavit of Officer Idelissa Lluveres that forms the major part of an arrest warrant application signed May 5 by a state Superior Court judge. 

Arriving, Lluveres and Sgt. George Caponera were flagged down by the girlfriend of the complainant, the affidavit said. “[The girlfriend] stated that while she and the complainant … were walking down the street, they saw an individual who had punched [the complainant] in the stomach the night earlier,” it said.

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Man, 60, Charged with DUI After Crash

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Police on Aug. 7 arrested a 60-year-old Westport man and charged him with driving under the influence after a two-car crash. At about 11:42 p.m. on Aug. 6, a Thursday, officers responded to a crash at East Avenue and Route 123, according to a police report. There, police discovered that the man ran a red light at Silvermine Road and ended up striking a car that was traveling on Route 123, the report said.