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Assault Charge for New Canaan Woman, 39

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Police last Thursday arrested a 39-year-old New Canaan woman and charged her with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault.

At about 4:47 p.m. on May 28, officers responded to a South Avenue home on a report of a dispute, police said. Through an investigation, officers established probable cause for the two misdemeanor charges. It isn’t clear how the woman caused physical injury or whether she is related to the victim. Police withheld details, saying it’s a domestic matter. Under state law, a person is guilty of third-degree assault if he or she “[w]ith intent to cause physical injury to another person… causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or … recklessly causes serious physical injury to another person; or … with criminal negligence… causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon, a dangerous instrument or an electronic defense weapon.”

Police released the woman after she promised to appear the following day in state Superior Court.

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DUI Charge for Man, 69

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Police late Monday arrested a 69-year-old Darien man and charged him with driving under the influence. At about 9:05 p.m. on May 25, officers responded to the area of Park Street and Park Lane on a report of an erratic driver, police said. Arriving officers found a car parked diagonally on Park Lane with the engine running and a man sitting in the driver’s seat, according to a police report. In speaking to the driver, officers found that he was incoherent and showed signs of impairment, the report said. After administering field sobriety tests, police brought the misdemeanor DUI charge.

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New Canaan Man, 50, Charged with Unlawful Restraint

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Police last week arrested a 50-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with second-degree unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct. At about 5:10 p.m. on May 18 (a Monday), officers met a victim who came to police headquarters to report a dispute that had occurred earlier in the day involving the 50-year-old. Through an investigation, police established probable cause to charge the man with the two misdemeanor level offenses. It wasn’t clear whether the victim is related to the man or how he restrained the victim (under state law, a person is guilty of second-degree unlawful restraint if he or she “restrains another person”). Police withheld details, saying it’s a domestic matter.

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Man, 46, Arrested After Using Fake ID To Try Withdrawing Bank Funds

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Police last week arrested a 46-year-old Bronx, N.Y. man after he tried to use a fake ID to withdraw money from a local bank. At about 1:51 p.m. last Friday, officers were dispatched to Bankwell on a report of a person inside with a fraudulent ID card, according to police. Arriving officers found him and “in plain view noticed a fraudulent CT driver’s license,” according to a police report. After identifying the man, police investigated and found that he had tried to withdraw funds, the report said, establishing probable cause for criminal attempt at third-degree larceny (where the value of property is greater than $2,000, under state law), first-degree forgery, second-degree forgery and second-degree identity theft. He also was charged with use of drug paraphernalia, though police did not say why.

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New Canaan Teen Charged in Domestic Incident

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Police on Sunday evening arrested an 18-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with disorderly conduct. At about 6:30 p.m. on May 17, officers were dispatched to an Apple Tree Lane home for a dispute between the teen and victim, according to a police report. There, police established probable cause for the misdemeanor charge, the report said. Under state law, people are guilty of disorderly conduct if they “with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk … [e]ngages in … threatening behavior; or … annoys or interferes with another person,” among other reasons. It wasn’t clear what the man did or whether he was related to the victim.