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CT Police Lieutenant Charged With DUI/Drugs Following Crash, Cops Say
A police lieutenant in Connecticut has been charged with alleged following a crash. The incident took place in New Haven County on Sunday, Oct. 30 around 1:15 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 30 on Highland Avenue in Waterbury. Waterbury Police responded to the area of 840 Highland Avenue on a report of a motor vehicle accident. Officers located a pickup truck that had been traveling northbound on Highland Avenue when the driver veered off the roadway and sideswiped a parked unoccupied vehicle and fence, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. The driver of the truck was identified as …
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Accused Of Driving Under Influence In Wrong-Way Crash On CT Highway
A 21-year-old man was charged after authorities said he drove the wrong way on a highway in Connecticut and struck another vehicle. Troopers responded to a report of a wrong-way driver in the area of I-395 northbound in Lisbon at about 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, Connecticut State Police reported. Troopers found a Dodge Ram parked the wrong way near Exit 19 and determined that the Dodge had been involved in a crash on the highway in Griswold with a Toyota Tundra CrewMax before leaving the scene of the crash, authorities reported. No injuries were reported in the crash, police said…
Police & Fire
Driver Extricated After Fairfield County Crash Charged With DUI
A driver who had to be extricated from his vehicle after rolling over was allegedly drunk when he crashed in Fairfield County, police said. Officers from the Darien Police Department responded to Park Place shortly before midnight on Friday, Dec. 17, where there was a report of a one-car crash involving a rolled-over vehicle. Upon arrival, officers said that they found one person - later identified as Stamford resident Joseph Lasko III, age 44 - trapped inside the vehicle, requiring the Noroton Fire Department to extricate him. According to police, once rescued, Lasko told officers that …
Police & Fire
Man Found Slumped Over Wheel On Fairfield County Roadway Charged With DUI, Police Say
A Fairfield County man found slumped over the steering wheel in his car with the transmission in drive is facing charges for alleged drinking and driving, police said. Police officers on patrol were tipped off by a passer-by shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday, June 21, of a man who was asleep at the wheel in Darien on Noroton Avenue near the intersection of Post Road. Officers were able to locate the driver, who was found asleep in the driver’s seat with the vehicle in drive, police said. The officers placed the transmission in park and were able to stir the driver, Norwalk resident Christian…
Police & Fire
Stamford Man Charged With DUI After Two-Vehicle Crash In Darien, Police Say
Police charged an intoxicated Stamford man with driving under the influence after he allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and forgot his home address. Richard Chapman, 55, was driving southbound on Hoyt Street in Darien at approximately 8:04 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28 when he struck another vehicle from behind. Police could reportedly smell alcohol on his breath, and his eyes were glassy. When questioned about the accident, according to police, Chapman said that he didn't know what happened and that he was headed home. Police said he was unable to remember his home a…