A 27-year-old man forbidden from contacting an ex-girlfriend recently violated a protective order in New Canaan when he tried to get her attention as they each drove along Route 123, court documents show.
The protective order is in place until May 15, according to an application for an arrest warrant obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request.
At about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 (a Thursday), the victim was driving on New Norwalk Road when “she observed a car trying to pass her on the right side of her vehicle, so she slowed down and allowed the car to get beside her,” according to the application, filed Nov. 12 by New Canaan Police Officer John Barlosky and signed by a Superior Court judge.
She recognized the driver as her ex, a Pleasantville, N.Y. resident, and also identified his vehicle (a dark-colored Mazda sedan), the application said.
Under the order, the man is not to have any contact with the victim “directly, indirectly or through a third party,” it said.
The man “was signaling, with his hands, for her to roll her window down and also trying to talk to her,” the application said. The victim, who reported the incident to police Nov. 11, couldn’t hear him because her windows were up and she didn’t lower them. When she picked up her phone, the man pulled in front of her and she took a photo of his car, the application said.
Police phoned the man the following day, Nov. 12, and asked whether he was in New Canaan on Nov. 7.
“[H]e stated that he was, driving home from work,” the application said. “I asked him if he drives a black Mazda, he stated he does. I asked [the man] if he had any contact with victim 1 that night, he stated he recognized her Jeep and license plate and pulled up beside her to wave. [The man] stated he didn’t realize she was going to react the way she did, and so he drove away. He stated her windows were up and his were down. [He] stated he did not think waving constituted as contact.”
The man turned himself in Nov. 16 on the arrest warrant. He was charged with criminal violation of a protective order, a felony. He has been released on $30,000 bond. The man has not yet pleaded. He is scheduled for arraignment March 18. He is represented by the Stamford-based Law Offices of John J. Colarusso.