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Animal Cruelty Warrant: Dog Left Alone without Adequate Food, Water or Shelter ‘For Multiple Days’

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Authorities on Feb. 7 charged a New Canaan man with cruelty to animals because his dog was left outside for multiple days without proper food, water or shelter, according to a police officer’s affidavit in an arrest warrant application. 

Jack Hawkins, 47, of New Norwalk Road, already had been warned by authorities in November, following a similar barking dog complaint, that it’s against the law to leave a dog alone for multiple days without proper food and water and with no protection from the weather, according to the affidavit of New Canaan Police Officer Owen Ochs, obtained Tuesday by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request (viewable here in full as PDF). According to the affidavit, the officer at about 8:08 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 was dispatched to Hawkins’s home at 613 New Norwalk Road “on the report of a dog that has been barking for the past two days.”

Arriving, the officer “observed a black and white colored, female border collie dog lying on the front grass,” the affidavit said. “The house was dark and no vehicles were located in the driveway.

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Multiple ID Theft, Burglary Charges for 40-Year-Old Man

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Police on Feb. 8 arrested a 40-year-old Clifton, N.J. man by warrant and charged him with four counts of conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, four counts of conspiracy to commit fourth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny, second-degree identity theft, two counts of illegal use of a payment card and three counts of third-degree identity theft. The warrant stems from a larceny from a motor vehicle investigation reported to police in August 2023, officials say. The man turned himself into police at about 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 8.

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Interfering Charge for Man, 32

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Police on Sunday afternoon arrested a 32-year-old Stamford man and charged him with interfering with an officer. At about 4:31 p.m. on Feb. 11, an officer at South Avenue and Surrey Road clocked a vehicle speeding on South Avenue, according to a police report. The officer stopped the car, the report said. The driver gave an incorrect name, it said.

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New Canaan Man Charged with Animal Cruelty

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Police last week arrested a 47-year-old New Canaan man by warrant and charged him with cruelty to animals. Jack Hawkins, a former Parks & Recreation Commission member who resigned two years ago following a second domestic arrest, was stopped while driving on Route 123 at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 7 “due to the vehicle being associated with an active arrest warrant for New Canaan Police,” according to a police report. Hawkins was arrested and transported to police headquarters to be processed on the charge, the report said. The warrant resulted from “an Animal [Control] investigation that was reported to New Canaan Police in January,” it said.

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Local Man, 33, Faces Felony Forgery Charge

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Police last week arrested a 33-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with second-degree forgery and second-degree violation of conditions of release. At about 2:44 p.m. on Feb. 2, officers responded to an auto body shop on Main Street to verify owner information connected to a Jan. 30 incident, according to a police report. There, police identified the local man as the person trying to pick up the vehicle, the report said.