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New Canaan Police Impound 10 Cats from Seminary Street Home

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New Canaan Police last week impounded 10 neglected cats from a Seminary Street home where the animals’ owner told authorities that kittens had died, records show. At midday on Oct. 27, a Monday, the owner of the two-family home and one tenant came to police to report “a large number of cats” living in poor conditions at the rental property, according to an incident report obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. There were “cat feces all over the property inside and outside” and “the cats have fleas,” the property owner told police, according to the incident report, filed by Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. There’s “a very strong cat urine smell inside the apartment,” the owner told police, and the neighbor said “he can smell the cat urine from inside his apartment next door,” Godejohn wrote in the report.

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New Canaan Man, 20, Charged in Mother’s Murder

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Police late Saturday charged a 20-year-old New Canaan man with the murder of his own mother, officials say. At about 10:36 p.m., officers were dispatched to the area of South Avenue and Gerdes Road on a report of a man yelling from the woods, police said. While they were responding, New Canaan Police dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from a man at a Gerdes Road home stating that he had killed his mother, according to a police report. Arriving, officers identified the suspect as Sebastian Van Stockum, the report said. Police and New Canaan EMS performed life-saving measures for the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, it said.

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Man, 46, Charged with DUI After Crash on Oenoke Ridge

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Police on Sunday night arrested a 46-year-old Trumbull man and charged him with driving under the influence following a car crash. At about 10:25 p.m. on Oct. 12, officers responded to the area of 13 Oenoke Ridge (the bend) on a report of a single-car crash, police said. There, officers found the vehicle off of the southbound shoulder of Oenoke, crashed into a stone wall, according to a police report. Police smelled alcohol on the breath of the driver, the sole occupant of the vehicle, the report said.

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New Canaan Man, 54, Charged in ‘Ding-Dong-Ditch’ Incident

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Police on Tuesday night arrested a 54-year-old Ledge Avenue man and charged him with risk of injury to a child, third-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief. At about 7:03 p.m. on Oct. 14, officers responded to the man’s house on a report of juveniles ringing doorbells, police said. There, officers spoke with the man, who told them that the juveniles had been ringing his doorbell and running away for the past several nights, according to a police report. But when police interviewed the juveniles, they were told that the man had grabbed and thrown one of them to the ground, the report said.

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Disorderly Charge for New Canaan Man, 50

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Police on Oct. 4 arrested a 50-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with disorderly conduct. 

At about 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 4 (a Saturday), officers responded to a Marvin Ridge Road house on a report of a dispute, police said. There, officers established probable cause for the misdemeanor charge, according to a police report. The man was arrested and taken to headquarters for processing.