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CT Teen Was Going 102 MPH Before I-84 Wreck That Killed Grandmother, Police Say CT Teen Was Going 102 MPH Before I-84 Wreck That Killed Grandmother, Police Say
CT Teen Was Going 102 MPH Before I-84 Wreck That Killed Grandmother, Police Say A 19-year-old Connecticut man was charged this week with killing a 58-year-old woman in a February crash on I-84, authorities said. Maxwell Nemec, of Cheshire, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, reckless driving, and misconduct with a motor vehicle, Connecticut State Police said on Friday, Dec. 6. Nemec was driving a 2014 Nissan Juke eastbound on I-84 on Feb. 15 in Southington shortly after 6:45 p.m. Witnesses told troopers that Nemec was speeding in the left lane when he came up behind Lesley Petrafassi's BMW near Exit 31, a police report said.  Nemec merged into the center…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash, CT State Police Say Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash, CT State Police Say
Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash, CT State Police Say A fatal head-on crash at a busy Connecticut intersection left two dead and a third hospitalized, State Police said. Tolland County resident James Bobbitt, age 91, of Mansfield Center, was driving east on Route 6 in the Town of Windham in Windham County as Thurl Hiltz, age 89 was driving in the opposite direction with Carlene Drysdale, age 90, of Livermore Falls, Maine in the front seat of his Chevrolet Impala shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22.  Bobbitt and Thurl were both transported to Windham Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash, while Drysdale was pro…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With DUI Following Crash On Route 7 Woman Charged With DUI Following Crash On Route 7
Woman Charged With DUI Following Crash On Route 7 A 61-year-old area woman was arrested for DUI after allegedly causing a traffic crash. Sheree Loud, of Wilton, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 3, after Wilton Police responded to the scene of the crash on Route 7 (Danbury Road), said the Wilton Police. According to police, Loud was driving a 2018 BMW X1 southbound on Danbury Road when she attempted to make a left turn onto Honey Hill Road and was struck. During an investigation by police, officers could smell alcohol and administered a field sobriety test which she failed, police said. During the arrest process, Loud refused to take a breat…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Stabbed After Fight Breaks Out Following Crash At Danbury Gas Station Woman Stabbed After Fight Breaks Out Following Crash At Danbury Gas Station
Woman Stabbed After Fight Breaks Out Following Crash At Danbury Gas Station A woman was stabbed in the eye during a fight following a traffic crash at an area gas station. Police were called Thursday to the Food Bag, 90 West St., Danbury for a motor vehicle accident with injuries, said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. When the officers arrived they found a woman inside the Food Bag with a stab/slash wound to her right eye, face, and hand. It was learned that the woman had been injured with a knife when attempting to fight off a physical assault by another adult female, identified as Rosa Iris Tolentino-Reyes.  Further investigation indicates that t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Crash Damaging Pole Causes Road Closure In Stamford Crash Damaging Pole Causes Road Closure In Stamford
Crash Damaging Pole Causes Road Closure In Stamford Motorists should take note that a roadway in Stamford remains closed Monday morning following a traffic crash that damaged a power pole, according to Stamford Police. Power company employees are replacing the pole on Pepper Ridge at Vine Road that was smashed during the crash around 8 p.m. Sunday, police said. Police said Pepper Ridge Road will remain closed until the repairs are complete, and did not have an exact time estimate.  Officers did not have information on the crash, or if anyone was injured. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Greenwich Police Arrest Man For Leaving Scene Of Crash Greenwich Police Arrest Man For Leaving Scene Of Crash
Greenwich Police Arrest Man For Leaving Scene Of Crash Police nabbed a Westchester man for leaving the scene of a traffic crash on East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich. Daniel Serpa-Goncalves de Silveira, 41, of Port Chester, turned himself into police on Sunday for leaving the scene of an accident on Feb. 4, police said. He was charged with evading responsibility and ticketed for following too closely. Daniel Serpa-Goncalves de Silveira was released on a $1,000 bond.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bridgeport Man Arrested In Violent Brawl Bridgeport Man Arrested In Violent Brawl
Bridgeport Man Arrested In Violent Brawl A man who told police he was an innocent bystander during a violent street fight following a traffic crash in Westport, has been charged with taking part in the violence. Jose Alvarado, 41, of Bridgeport, who told officers he was an innocent bystander, was later determined by detectives to have taken part in the assault of a Derby man, has been charged with assault after being arrested by Connecticut State Police and handed over to Westport Police. The brawl took place around 9 a.m. Oct. 24, when officers were dispatched to the area of 550 Post Road East on a report of a fight in the roadwa…

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by Kathy Reakes