For police reports

Evading Responsibility

Police are investigating an incident in which an unknown motorist collided with some fencing near a house on Poorhouse Road near the Bethel town line and then drove away from the scene without reporting the damaged fence.

Police said the incident occurred sometime between 5 am on July 20 and 7 pm on July 23. Police ask anyone with knowledge of the property damage to contact Officer William Chapman at the police station.

Buick Vs Tree

Police report that motorist Philip Hickey, 17, of 41 Brushy Hill Road was driving a 2000 Buick LeSabre sedan northward on Deep Brook Road about 7:23 pm on July 23, when Hickey lost control of the auto and then struck a tree along the right road shoulder.

Neither Hickey nor two passengers were injured. Police said they issued Hickey an infraction for traveling too fast for conditions.