Threatening

At 11 am on June 18, a student’s yearbook at Newtown Middle School on Queen Street was reported missing.

The yearbook turned up later that day, but it contained a threatening note to a family member of the student who owns the book, police report.

Police then investigated and charged a student at the school with second degree threatening. The identity of the person, who is under age 16, is shielded by state law.

The youth is scheduled to appear in Danbury Juvenile Court on August 4 to answer the charge.

Truck Into Pole

Motorist Richard Bretton, 42, of 10 Blue Spruce Drive was driving a 1993 Ford F-150 pickup truck westward on Currituck Road, near Tunnel Road, about 10 pm June 22, when the vehicle veered off the left road shoulder and struck a utility pole, police said.

The Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps treated Bretton and passenger Anthony Ortiz, 35, of Bridgeport at the scene for injuries, but both men refused further treatment, police said.

Police said the accident is under investigation.

Boggs Hill Deer

Motorist Penelope Brown, 43, of 19 Sand Hill Road, who was driving a 2001 Dodge Caravan, was traveling northward on Boggs Hill Road, north of Head O’ Meadow School, about 10:30 am June 24, when a deer jumped out of the woods, police said. The minivan and the deer collided and then the deer ran back into the woods. Brown was not injured.

South Main Accident

Motorist Stephen Allen, 45, of Wallingford, who was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu southward near 151 South Main Street about 1:45 pm June 24, struck a stopped southbound 2001 Hyundai Accent driven by Helene Piller, 89, of 9 Sugar Street, pushing the Hyundai forward into a stopped southbound 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Nicholas Ferrara, 63, of North Haven, police said. The Hyundai and Dodge had been stopped for traffic.

There were no injuries. Police gave Allen an infraction ticket for following too closely.

Wasserman Way

Police report a two-vehicle collision on Wasserman Way about 12:40 pm June 18.

Police said westbound motorist Reiner Pister, 47, of 12 Echo Valley Road, who was driving a 2001 Dodge sport-utility vehicle, crossed over the road’s double-yellow centerline and attempted to pass a westbound 1986 Volvo 740 sedan driven by Adam Miller, 16, of 11 Saddle Ridge Road. The Volvo carried four passengers.

As the Dodge attempted to pass the Volvo, the vehicles collided, police said. There were no injuries.

On investigating, police issued Pister an infraction ticket on charges of failure to drive to the right, unsafe passing, and passing in no-passing zone.