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Man, 66, Arrested in Connection with Year-Ago Incident

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Police last week arrested a 66-year-old homeless man who had been charged one year ago with threatening and breach of peace. At about 7:11 a.m. on April 21, officers were dispatched to the train station on Elm Street on a report of a homeless person, police said. Arriving officers identified the man and discovered that a paperless re-arrest warrant had been issued in connection with a New Canaan Police incident in April 2025 where he had been charged with second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace. 

He was charged with second-degree failure to appear. Under state law, a person is guilty of second-degree threatening if he or she “physical threat, such person intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury,” or “such person threatens to commit any crime of violence with the intent to terrorize another person,” among other reasons. The man remained in custody on $2,500 bond and was scheduled to appear the same day, April 21, in state Superior Court.

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Man, 74, Charged in Theft of Eyeglasses

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Police last week arrested a 74-year-old Stamford man in connection with the theft of eyeglasses. 

At about 3:50 p.m., officers responded to an Elm Street business on a report of a larceny of a pair of glasses, police said. Through an investigation, authorities identified the Stamford man as the suspect, according to a police report. Police charged the man with the misdemeanor offense. 

Under state law, a person is guilty of sixth-degree larceny if they steal something worth $500 or less. The man was released after promising to appear April 29 in state Superior Court.

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New Canaan Man, 36, Charged with Breach of Peace

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Police last week arrested a 36-year-old Elm Street man and charged him with second-degree breach of peace. At about 9:35 a.m. on April 18, officers responded to the area of South Avenue and Maple Street on a report of an assault, police said. There, officers determined that the man had struck the victim while walking on the sidewalk, according to a police report. Police established probable cause to bring the misdemeanor charge, the report said. Under state law, a person is guilty of second-degree breach of peace—a charge that New Canaan Police filed to bring against a former first selectman in a 2022 arrest warrant application—when he or she “with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, such person … [e]ngages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior in a public place,” or “in a public place, uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture,” among other reasons.

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Warrant: Danbury Man Cashed $2,300 Check Without Performing Promised Work on New Canaan Home

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Police on April 3 arrested a 29-year-old Danbury man by warrant after he cashed a $2,300 check for work on a New Canaan house but never did the job, court records show. Authorities became aware of the problem on Jan. 14, when a homeowner filed a complaint with police regarding Q.T. Landscape and Design, according to an arrest warrant application written by Officer Emily Clark and signed March 20 by state Superior Court judge John Blawie. The company was supposed to “install her well pressure tank,” Clark wrote in the application. The homeowner wrote a $2,300 check made out to the man and dated Dec.

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Teen Charged with DUI After Crash

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Police last week arrested a 19-year-old Norwalk woman and charged her with driving under the influence. At about 4 p.m. on April 9, officers responded to the area of Old Stamford Road and the Merritt Parkway on a report of a two-car crash, police said. There, one of the drivers—the teen—showed signs of impairment and officers could smell alcohol on her, according to a police report. After conducting field sobriety tests, police brought the misdemeanor DUI charge, and also charged her with operating with a license and following too closely. At police headquarters, she provided two breath samples to establish her blood-alcohol level, which came back at .1967 and .189, well over the legal limit for people younger than 21 (.02) and more than double the limit for those 21-plus (.08).