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NEW CANAAN, Conn. An unusual order for food and cash from a New Canaan sandwich shop did not go far, according to New Canaan police.
Police said someone called Club Sandwich on Cherry Street at about 2:15 p.m. and asked for an order of 150 chicken sandwiches. The person who called the shop asked to place the order on a credit card plus $1,000. The person picking up the order could get $1,000 back, similar to a debit card cash back transaction. Police said the stores owner did not process the order. Police said the MasterCard credit card number the owner received came back invalid and the phone number provided was disconnected.
In other police news:
Roger Hargrove, 54, of White Oak Shade Road, was charged last Friday with driving while intoxicated and speeding. Police stopped Hargrove on Nursery Road after he was spotted driving 50 mph in a 25 mph zone on White Oak Shade Road. Police said Hargrove admitted to driving too fast. The officer detected alcohol on Hargroves breath, and he admitted to drinking a vodka tonic. After a field sobriety test, Hargrove was arrested. Hargrove was released on $260 bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Oct. 20.
Police were investigating a vehicle break-in that occurred last Saturday in Waveny Park. Police said a woman from out of state parked her Honda Pilot in the park at about 3 p.m. to take her dog for a walk. When she returned at about 4:40 p.m., the front passengers side window was shattered and her purse was gone. The purse contained about $120 in cash, her drivers license, credit cards, and paints and brushes for artwork. The total value of the items missing is about $500, police said.
Gregory MacIntyre, 21, of Heather Drive, and Clifton Conway, 23, of Norwalk, were each issued infractions Monday for possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana. Police said they were called to a Heather Drive home at about 11:45 p.m. on a report of loud music. Police knocked on the door and smelled marijuana. In the home, police found a small clear bag of marijuana and more marijuana in a plastic container.
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