Bryan Connolly

NCPD Officer Rex Sprosta Named ‘2020 Lt. Stephen W. Wood Officer of the Year Award’ Winner

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A 16-year New Canaan Police veteran has earned one of the department’s highest honors, Chief Leon Krolikowski said Thursday. Officer Rex Sprosta, a U.S. Marines veteran hired by NCPD in October 2004 is winner of the 2020 Lt. Stephen W. Wood Officer of the Year Award. Created in 2014 and first earned by Wood’s own son-in-law, the award is designed to “honor and memorialize a beloved member of our department,” Krolikowski said in a a press release. A U.S. Marine veteran himself, Wood served the town from 1977 to 2009 and “was taken from us far too young,” Krolikowski said. “Nomination and selection for this award is the result of exceptional work, integrity, and overall service to our Town and Department,” the chief said in the press release.

Board of Selectmen

Moynihan: Best Option for Future Police Station Is To Build Anew Elsewhere in New Canaan

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The town’s highest elected official said this week that he would prefer to find a different site for New Canaan Police Department headquarters and build a new station there, rather than renovate the existing South Avenue structure or rebuild on the parcel. The cost of renovating the 1927-built police station, which comes with the expense of creating “swing space” elsewhere during construction, likely is far higher than many realize, according to First Selectman Kevin Moynihan. In addition, if the town builds anew on a different site in New Canaan, it can sell off the South Avenue building to a residential developer, Moynihan said during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen. 

And if the town were to renovate or redo the existing police station in some form, “we are essentially going to get the same building with new guts or a new facade and that will be controversial, I think, like a lot of other building projects can become in town,” he said. Architects seeking to win a town contract for the work have said that about 2.5 acres of buildable land is needed. Moynihan said during the meeting, held via videoconference, that the town owns 500 acres, though it also may consider purchasing private property.

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Podcast: Stacey Walker of New Canaan CARES and NCPD Officer Jeff Deak on Vaping

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Officer Jeff Deak of the New Canaan Police Department and Stacey Walker of New Canaan CARES about vaping, a substance abuse issue that remains a major local health concern, especially as it relates to New Canaan youth. 

Walker since the fall has been leading the New Canaan Coalition, a volunteer group that seeks to educate the community about the dangers of vaping. This Super Bowl weekend, a number of local pizzerias—Dante’s, Joe’s Pizza, Pinocchio Pizza, and Vicolo Pizza & Trattoria—will be using pizza boxes with vaping education messages designed by New Canaan High School students. Other local businesses that will feature NCHS students’ anti-vaping stickers on their cups and takeout bags include Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee, Club Sandwich, New Canaan Chicken, Tony’s Deli and Connecticut Sandwich Co. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

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DUI Arrest: New Canaan Woman, 39, Tests at More Than Three Times Legal Limit

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Police on Saturday night arrested a 39-year-old New Canaan woman and charged her with driving under the influence. 

At about 8:20 p.m. on Jan. 30, officers were dispatched to the area of Old Norwalk Road and Route 123 on a report of a vehicle swerving in the travel lane and crossing over the double-yellow line, police said. Authorities later found the vehicle in the woman’s driveway on Brushy Ridge Road, according to a police report. On speaking to the woman, officers detected signs of impairment, the report said. After administering field sobriety tests, police arrested her on the misdemeanor charge, the report said.

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Pre-Dawn Chase: Man, 30, Arrested After Nearly Striking New Canaan Police with Stolen Car

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Police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old Newark, N.J. man following a pre-dawn foot pursuit and multiple crashes, including one involving a stolen vehicle, that ranged across a wide swath of New Canaan for more than one hour. Louis J. Cruz, of 302 6th Ave., Apt. 306, was charged with possession of burglar tools, third-degree criminal trespass, second-degree larceny, third-degree larceny, two counts of sixth-degree larceny, two counts of interfering with an officer and three counts of evading responsibility. At about 4:46 a.m. on Jan. 27, officers were dispatched to Urban Street on a report of two men entering and searching vehicles on the street, according to police.