Man, 49, Charged with Violation of a Protective Order

New Canaan Police on April 23 arrested a 49-year-old Norwalk man by warrant and charged him with violation of a protective order. He’s accused of contacting a woman in New Canaan, as well as their child, in violation of a court-issued order, according to an arrest warrant application obtained by NewCanaanite.com. Officer Clinton Jarvis noted in his arrest warrant application that the man has been arrested four times prior by NCPD, the last three of which were for violating protective orders with the victim. She notified police at about 10:04 p.m. on Feb. 25, saying he was calling and texting her, according to the arrest warrant application, signed by state Superior Court judge Bruce Hudock.

Warrant: Woman, 37, Stole a Sweater and Two Dresses from Togs 

New Canaan Police on April 21 arrested a 37-year-old Darien woman by warrant following a larceny investigation. On March 16 (a Sunday), officers were dispatched to Togs on South Avenue on a report of a theft from the store, according to an arrest warrant application obtained by NewCanaanite.com. There, an employee told police that at about 5:30 p.m. the prior day “the suspect came into the store and tried on eight different articles of clothing,” according to the police affidavit, written by Officer Austin Malizia. The suspect then “came up to her [the Togs employee] and explained that one of the dresses was ripped,” which it was, the affidavit said. The suspect left the store about 20 minutes later and when the employee started closing up soon after, “she noticed that a dress was missing,” the arrest warrant application said.

Evading Charge After Crash on Main Street

Police at about 11 p.m. on April 18 (a Friday) arrested 31-year-old Bridgeport man and charged him with evading responsibility. At about 10:34 p.m. that night, officers responded to the area of Main Street at Harrison Avenue on a report of a car crash, police said. There, officers found that a vehicle had struck a mailbox and two cars parked in a driveway, according to a police report. They found the evading vehicle with heavy front-end damage about a half-mile away, at Woodland Road and Orchard Lane, the report said. The driver was found nearby on Elm Place, it said.

Arrest Warrant: Noise Dispute Leads to Breach of Peace Charge for Local Woman, 71

Police last week arrested a 71-year-old New Canaan woman by warrant following a long-running noise dispute with a neighbor at their Locust Avenue apartment building. 

Both women came to New Canaan Police headquarters on March 10 (a Monday) after the dispute boiled over, according to an arrest warrant application obtained by NewCanaanite.com. The woman who would be arrested lives on the first floor of their building, the other woman on the second floor. 

At about 3:30 p.m. that day, the downstairs woman spotted her neighbor on the street “and confronted her” about noise in the building, according to the arrest warrant application, completed by Officer Michael Schnell and signed by a state prosecutor and Superior Court judge. She told police that she’d made five complaints in the past about her upstairs neighbor, the police affidavit said. Regarding the run-in on the street, the downstairs woman told police that “no verbal or physical threats were made during the encounter,” the affidavit said. The upstairs woman told police that she’d been walking her dog near the intersection of Locust Avenue at Forest Street when the other “confronted her unprompted and told her to ‘stop banging the pipes,’ ” the application said.

DUI Charge After Vehicle Strikes New Canaan Fire Truck

Police on April 11 arrested a 40-year-old Stamford woman and charged her with driving under the influence. At about 9:49 p.m. that Friday, officers responded to the intersection of Jelliff Mill and Old Stamford Roads on a report of a vehicle that struck a New Canaan Fire Department truck and fled the scene, police said. Through an investigation, police found the vehicle parked with heavy front-end damage at Jelliff Mill and Shady Knoll Lane, according to a police report. The woman was the only occupant of the vehicle and, in speaking with her, the investigating officer smelled alcohol on her breath and found other signs of impairment, the report said. After administering field sobriety tests, police charged her with the misdemeanor offense, it said.