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DUI Arrest
Police report they saw motorist Patrick Chemero, Jr, 62, of New Milford drive over the center line of South Main Street twice about 12:45 am July 12, so they stropped him to investigate.
After field sobriety testing, police charged Chemero with driving under the influence and with failure to drive to the right.
After he posted $50 bail, police released Chemero for an August 1 court appearance.
DUI Rollover
Police said motorist Brian McLaughlin, 19, of 11 Reservoir Road, who was driving a 1997 Plymouth Voyager minivan about 1:25 am July 12, turned from Church Hill Road onto northbound Edmond Road and then drifted off the right road shoulder, striking several large boulders in sequence, after which the minivan flipped onto its left side.
After field sobriety testing, police charged McLaughlin with driving under the influence and with making a restricted turn. McLaughlin was released on $50 bail for an August 1 court appearance.
Minivan passenger Ben Tirigall, 19, of 11 Reservoir Road was transported by ambulance volunteers to Danbury Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, police said. Hook & Ladder firefighters went to the accident to clean up an automotive fluid spill.
Rollover Crash
Police report that motorist Leo Richardson, 19, of 31 Osborn Hill Road was driving a 2005 Toyota Corolla sedan northward on Boggs Hill Road at high speed at about 10:23 pm July 6, when after approaching a right curve, the Toyota did not negotiate the curve, skidded across the southbound lane, drove off the road, hit a stone wall, drove 30 feet into a wooded area and then rolled over on its roof.
The Toyota carried three passengers. They are Andrew Kmetetz, 17, of 46 Old Green Road; Nicholas Hall, 19, of 33 Cherry Street, and Vincent Guilfoil, 19, of 83 Castle Hill Road, police said.
The autoâs occupants told police they were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident. All four people were treated at the scene by ambulance volunteers, police said.
Police issued Richardson an infraction ticket for traveling too fast for conditions and for failure to keep to the right on a curve.
Tire Mishap
About 2:12 pm July 10, motorist Nicholas Perugini, 36, of Waterbury, who was driving a 1991 GMC Sierra pickup truck hauling a trailer, turned right form Wasserman Way onto eastbound Route 34, police said.
At that time, a tire that was in the truckâs trailer fell off the trailer and struck the left side of a 1999 Saab 9/5 station wagon being driven westward on Route 34 by Rachel Basch, 47, of 27 Gelding Hill Road, police said. There were no injuries. Police issued Perugini a written warning for traveling with an unsecured load.
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