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CT Man Busted For DWI/Drugs, Police Say CT Man Busted For DWI/Drugs, Police Say
CT Man Busted For DWI/Drugs, Police Say A Fairfield County man was charged with alleged DWI/drugs after ignoring an officer's signal to stop and driving into a construction zone. The incident occurred in New Canaan at around 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at a construction site on Silvermine Road. According to Lt. Marc DeFelice of the New Canaan Police, an officer conducting traffic control at a construction site signaled John Anderson, age 46, of Wilton, to stop his SUV as he approached the zone. Instead of stopping, DeFelice said Anderson kept traveling west on Silvermine Road, approaching the construction site before stopping,…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Woman Nabbed For Manslaughter Year To Day After Double-Fatal Crash CT Woman Nabbed For Manslaughter Year To Day After Double-Fatal Crash
CT Woman Nabbed For Manslaughter Year To Day After Double-Fatal Crash A 23-year-old Connecticut woman has been charged with manslaughter and other charges in connection with a fatal crash that left two dead. The collision occurred in New London County on Tuesday, July 31, 2023, in Norwich. According to Connecticut State Police, Kristi Vincent of Lisbon turned herself in to police exactly a year after the crash on Wednesday, July 31. An arrest affidavit says Vincent was driving a 2017 Nissan Rogue on I-395 South with two children when the crash occurred. Vincent told police she did not see the construction zone as she was handing her child a bottle when she …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Drunk Driver Hits Truck, Car In Construction Zone In Fairfield County Drunk Driver Hits Truck, Car In Construction Zone In Fairfield County
Drunk Driver Hits Truck, Car In Construction Zone In Fairfield County A drunk driver faces numerous charges after striking a truck and another vehicle in a construction zone on a highway in Fairfield County, police said.  The incident happened on Tuesday, April 4, around 11:40 p.m., when state police learned that a black Honda had allegedly hit a truck and another car in a construction zone on Interstate 95 northbound in Westport near Exit 17 and had then evaded the scene.  According to state police, the person who reported the incident and had been driving the second vehicle that was hit was following the Honda when he called.  Upon arriving …

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by Ben Crnic