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Police Break Up Underage Drinking Party on Gower; DUI Downtown

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Police cited a 17-year-old Gower Road girl for possession of alcohol by a minor after breaking up a party at her home Saturday night that was attended by several other teens. Police were alerted to the house on a noise complaint around 10:26 p.m., according to Sgt. Carol Ogrinc of the New Canaan Police Department. Arriving there with lights flashing, police saw several young people running from the house, according to a police report. Police could see beer and alcohol in full view, including Bud Light, Miller Lite, margarita mix and malt liquor, Ogrinc said.

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New Canaan Teen Arrested Saturday for Underage Drinking, Pot Party

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Police broke up an underage drinking and pot party at a Bridle Path Lane home Saturday night and arrested the 18-year-old who lives there on drug, alcohol and forgery charges. At about 10:15 p.m. on April 19, police responded to a report of the underage party and, arriving, saw several young people out behind the house, according to a police report. They found beer cans and found marijuana and drug paraphernalia, including: two metal grinders, large bong, four packs rolling papers, two smaller smoking pipes, electronic scale, 60 beer cans, bottle of rum and bottle of vodka, police said. Officers talked to seven 18-year-olds and the one who said he lived there and that his parents weren’t home said the alcohol and pot were his, according to Sgt. Carol Ogrinc.

He was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of alcohol by a minor, failure to halt possession of alcohol by a minor and second-degree forgery (for a fake ID).

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New Canaan Teens Cited in Underage Drinking Party

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Two teenage New Canaan sisters were cited by police for possession of alcohol by a minor during an underage drinking party at their Church Street home Friday night. The older sister, 18, additionally was charged with permitting minors to possess alcohol, a misdemeanor offense. Police responded to reports of the party at about 9:53 p.m. and, on arriving, found about 50 teens scattering from a basement at the residence and into the street, according to Sgt. Peter Condos. “They were all trying to get out of the basement doors at once,” Condos said, citing this past weekend’s tragic fatal death of a 15-year-old girl in Ridgefield by way of adding how dangerous it is for so many kids to be milling about when others are trying to drive away.

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Push for SRO at Saxe Gains Momentum among New Canaan Parents, Educators

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New Canaan residents and educators advocating for a police officer at Saxe Middle School say the move would enhance not just student safety but also education and personal growth. School resource officers or “SROs” have been found at the middle school level to anchor and guide students at a time when they’re “forming their identities,” Saxe Principal Greg Macedo said Wednesday. “That is when they rely on their parents, teachers, coaches,” Macedo said during a Town Council meeting, held at the New Canaan Nature Center. Prompted by Town Council member Steve Karl, Macedo’s comments come as the Board of Education—and every other New Canaan taxpayer-supported department and agency—approaches the final stages of the municipal budget process. The police department requested about $100,000 for next fiscal year for a pair of positions that it says would improve service and reduce overtime—one of them would be the Saxe SRO (see page 53 in this PDF).

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Four New Canaan Boys, 16, Cited for Underage Drinking

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Police on Saturday cited four 16-year-old New Canaan boys for possession of alcohol by a minor after catching them with a case of Keystone Light beer. Prompted by a complaint that the youths were breaking bottles in the area of Beech and Dabney Roads, police spotted and stopped a Jeep with the four teens in it, traveling north on Dabney Road near Carter Street, according to New Canaan Police Sgt. Carol Ogrinc.

Initially, the teens told police that another group of youths were at fault—however, the case of beer was in view, Ogrinc said. The driver additionally was charged with violating a teen restriction law, because he had passengers in his car though he hadn’t held a driver’s license for six months, Ogrinc said. Police withheld the teens’ names because of their ages.