New Canaan Police Department

Police last week arrested a 53-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with disorderly conduct. 

At about 2:13 p.m. on Sept. 12, officers responded to a medical call on Elm Street, according to a police report. Based on information received on the call, police learned of a possible domestic dispute and traveled to the man’s Richmond Hill Road home to investigate, the report said. Following the investigation, police brought the misdemeanor charge against him. 

It isn’t clear who placed the medical call, why that call brought responders to Elm Street, what the dispute involved, whether it turned physical or anything about the would-be victim. 

Police withheld further information, saying it’s a domestic incident. Under state law, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or by offensive or disorderly conduct, annoys or interferes with another person, among other reasons. Continue Reading →

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Police on Friday night arrested a 43-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with driving under the influence. At about 11:10 p.m. on Sept. 14, officers were dispatched to Thayer Pond Road and Fawn Lane on a report of two suspicious vehicles, police said. There, authorities saw a vehicle leaving the area and stopped it, according to a police report. On speaking with the driver, officers smelled alcohol, and he then failed field sobriety tests, the report said. Continue Reading →

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Police on Sunday night arrested a 20-year-old Norwalk man by warrant and charged him with second-degree forgery, a felony offense, as well as third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny and conspiracy. He’s the second person charged in connection with a fake check scheme. Police arrested a 23-year-old Norwalk man by warrant last Wednesday on the same charges. 

Following a complaint, investigators determined that they were involved in creating counterfeit checks and then cashing them in other people’s bank accounts, according to a a police report. On Feb. 26 the two men, along with a third individual, deposited a counterfeit check in the amount of about $5,000 into a bank account, then made a withdrawal in approximately the same amount the following day, the report said. Continue Reading →

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Police on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old Darien woman who accosted a motorist she claimed had nearly struck her with a car. At about 5:46 p.m. on Sept. 12, officers were dispatched to the parking lot of Fjord Fish Market on East Avenue on a complaint that a bicyclist had almost been hit by a vehicle, according to a police report. There, police learned that the cyclist, Adaobi Kurylov, was riding a bicycle northbound on Main Street and approaching the intersection at East Avenue, the report said. A vehicle driven by the victim also was traveling north on Main Street and used a turn signal to indicate a right turn onto East Avenue, it said. Continue Reading →

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New Canaan Police are investigating the destruction of the two pay-to-park machines at Talmadge Hill Road Train Station, officials say. Serving the upper tier at the mostly permitted commuter parking lot, the twin machines were found destroyed on Sept. 7, New Canaan Police Lt. Jason Ferraro confirmed. The New Canaan Police Department Investigative Section is working on the case, in consultation with the MTA Investigative Section, Ferraro said. One of the machines appears to have been completely gutted. Continue Reading →

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