Driving Violations

Police report that they were using radar speed detection equipment on Hattertown Road, near its intersection with Route 302, about 7:05 am July 29, when they spotted motorist Maurice Barclay, 21, of Bridgeport driving 50 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone.

Police stopped Barclay to investigate, after which they charged him with traveling too fast for conditions and with driving with a suspended license.

Following processing, police released Barclay on $100 bail for an August 13 appearance in Danbury Superior Court.

MV Charges

Police report that at about 6:56 am July 29, they stopped motorist Ramon Souza Leite, 23, of Bridgewater on Hawleyville Road (Route 25), near that street’s intersection with Obtuse Road and Currituck Road, after Leite violated a stop sign at that intersection.

After investigating, police charged Leite with failure to obey a stop sign, driving an unregistered vehicle, and with driving with a suspended license.

Leite was released on $100 bail for an August 12 court appearance.

Vandalism

Sometime overnight on July 29–30, someone intentionally damaged a curbside mailbox at a Boggs Hill Road home, police said. The residence is on the section of Boggs Hill Road near its intersection with Shepard Hill Road. Police are investigating the criminal mischief and ask anyone with knowledge of the crime to contact them at 426-5841.

Money Stolen

Police are investigating a case of theft in which someone sometime between 7:40 and 8:12 am on July 30 entered a vehicle parked at the Oakview Road parking lot for Newtown High School and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from a wallet that was inside the vehicle. Police ask anyone with knowledge of the crime to contact Officer Steven Borges at 426-5841.

Bumper To Bumper

Police report an unusual collision about 3:20 pm July 29 at Treadwell Park on Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook.

Two motorists simultaneously were attempting to back their vehicles out of parking spaces there, resulting in the rear bumpers of both vehicles colliding with each other, police said.

Involved in that collision were motorist Kathryn Ann Fullman, 21, of Bridge End Farm Lane, who was driving a 1994 Ford coupe, and motorist Carly Miller, 34, of Bethel, who was driving a 2005 Mercedes-Benz sedan, police said.

There were no injuries. Police took no enforcement.

Flagpole Crash

Police report a two-vehicle collision at the hazardous flagpole intersection of Church Hill Road, Main Street, and West Street about 1:30 pm August 1.

Motorist Neil Holme, 37, of 28 Little Brook Lane, who was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero SUV westward on Church Hill Road, drove into the rear end of a westbound 2007 Honda Odyssey minivan driven by Charissa Klein, 51, of 8 Whitewood Road, according to police.

Police said there were no injuries. No enforcement action was taken, police said.

Collision

About 11:30 am on August 1, a sedan and a coupe collided at the intersection of Main Street, West Street, and Church Hill Road, police said.

In that incident, motorist Melanie Isola, 17, of 61 Castle Hill Road, who was driving a 2002 Dodge Stratus sedan westward on Church Hill Road, drove into the rear end of a 2007 Honda Civic coupe driven by Shawn Willing, 34, of 5 King Street, police said.

There were no injuries. Police said they issued Isola a written warning for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart.

Four Vehicles

State police report a chain-reaction accident involving four vehicles on westbound Interstate 84, east of Exit 10, about 8:23 am on July 29.

There were no injuries in the accident.

The collision involved motorist Brian Charlonis, 38, of Prospect, who was driving a 2001 Audi A-4; motorist Christine Clough, 37, of Waterbury, who was driving a 2006 Honda Pilot; motorist Marcia Garzon, 31, of Peekskill, N.Y., who was driving a 1995 Honda Civic; and motorist Jillian DeGrosse, 24, of Danbury, who was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, which carried three passengers, state police said.

The four-vehicle collision occurred after traffic had slowed on the highway, state police said. Enforcement information was not available.

Double DUI

Police report that at about 7:19 pm on August 3, they were alerted that there was a possibly intoxicated man standing outside a van at the gasoline pumps at the Mobil gas station at 62 Church Hill Road, so they went there to investigate.

That investigation showed that the man was intoxicated and that he had been driving, so police charged Scott P. Cotton, 38, of Forth Worth, Texas, with driving under the influence and with driving without a license, police said.

Police then transported Cotton to the police station for processing.

While he was in custody, Newtown police learned that police in Berlin, Conn., wanted Cotton on an outstanding warrant on charges of second-degree failure to appear in court, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and driving without a license.

Police consequently held Cotton on $10,100 bail for an arraignment on August 4 in Danbury Superior Court.

Auto Theft

About 4:42 pm on August 4, police responded to the Super Stop & Shop supermarket at Sand Hill Plaza at 228 South Main Street (Route 25) for a report of shoplifting having occurred there.

Police said that on investigating the shoplifting complaint, they determined it to be unfounded. Police said, however, that the person whom they were investigating allegedly was driving a stolen motor vehicle that had been reported missing from Bridgeport on August 2. The ignition switch in that unspecified vehicle was broken, police said.

Police charged the person with third-degree larceny in connection with the auto’s theft and also with first-degree criminal trover in connection with damage to the ignition switch.

Police categorized the person arrested as a “youthful offender,” meaning that the person is either 16 or 17 years old and thus whose identity is shielded from disclosure by state law.

Police held that youthful offender on $5,000 bail for an arraignment on August 5 in Danbury Superior Court.

 

Dodge Off Road

At about 3:14 pm on August 2, motorist Kimberly Martin, 21, of Walden, N.Y., was driving a 2005 Dodge Stratus sedan eastward on Berkshire Road (Route 34) and was negotiating a curve in the road near its intersection with Jordan Hill Road, when the vehicle started to spin, went across the westbound lane and then went off the westbound road shoulder and down an embankment, police said.

Martin was not injured, police said. Martin was verbally warned for traveling too fast for conditions, according to police.