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Man Nabbed For Driving Drunk, Wrong Way In Darien, Police Say
A man from Massachusetts was arrested for driving his truck the wrong way down a Connecticut road in an apparent drunk driving incident, police reported.
It happened on Sunday, July 23 on Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Darien, according to Darien police.
At approximately 2:15 a.m., police arrived at Post Road on reports that an intoxicated man was driving a white pickup truck in the wrong lane.
When they arrived at the scene, they located Byron Lopez-Najera, age 37, driving slowly around the parking lot of the Mini Cooper dealership on Post Road.
Lopez-Najera, who is from the neighbor…
Landscaping Equipment Worth Over $4K Stolen From Truck In Darien: Police
Police are investigating an incident in which they say thousands of dollars of equipment was stolen from a landscaper while he was on the job.
The incident occurred on Saturday, July 8 in Darien between 2 and 3 p.m., according to Darien Police.
The victim, a landscaper, was working on a job on Dellwood Road during that time period, he told police.
However, when he returned to his work truck, he saw that some of his equipment had been stolen.
The items stolen, which totaled nearly $4,400, were:
A backpack leaf blower;
Two chainsaws;
A pole hedge trimmer; and,
A line trimmer.
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Man Nabbed For Heroin, Crack Sales In Darien, Police Say
A man was charged with the alleged sale of crack and heroin following an investigation into drug sales in Fairfield County.
Bridgeport residence Marc Busanet, age 23, was arrested in Darien on Friday, May 12 following the investigation, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros, of the Darien Police.
During the month of April, Darien Police became aware of illicit drug sales in the Noroton Heights section of town, and an investigation was initiated.
Darien officers developed information that led to the suspect vehicle that belonged to Busanet, Skoumbros said.
Some of the drugs seized during the bust.…
