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Warrant: Police Use DNA To ID Suspect in Stolen Vehicle Case

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New Canaan Police used DNA to identify and arrest a 19-year-old Branford man in the theft of a Range Rover last fall. Police found out about the theft on the morning of Oct. 2, when a Juniper Road man said that he had parked his wife’s SUV in the driveway at about 11 p.m. the prior night “and discovered it gone the next morning,” according to an affidavit from Sgt. Peter Condos that forms the major part of an arrest warrant application signed April 29 by state Superior Court Judge Bruce Hudock. A credit card that had been left inside the SUV was used at 3:15 a.m. at an Exxon gas station in New Haven, according to the arrest warrant application, obtained by NewCanaanite.com.

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New Canaan Man, 35, Charged with Disorderly Conduct

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Police last week arrested a 35-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with disorderly conduct. At about 8:14 p.m., officers responded to an Old Norwalk Road home to investigate an abandoned 911 call, according to a police report. There, they investigated a dispute that had occurred between the man and victim, the report said. The police established probable cause for the misdemeanor charge, it 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.

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Woman, 51, Charged with DUI After Car Crash

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Police on April 25 arrested a 51-year-old Greenwich woman following a car crash in New Canaan and charged her with driving under the influence. At about 5:24 p.m. that Saturday, officers were dispatched to Old Stamford and Jelliff Mill Roads on a report of the crash, police said. One driver fled the scene on foot, and was found hiding in a nearby shed, according to a police report. Police identified the Greenwich woman and, while speaking to her, smelled alcohol on her breath, the report said. After administering field sobriety tests, police arrested her on the misdemeanor charge, it said.

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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.