Evading Responsibility

Newtown police learned that Bridgeport police had come into contact on December 27 with a man for whom Newtown police held an arrest warrant.

Newtown police then charged Carlos DaSilva, 25, of Norwalk with evading responsibility in connection with an October 15 motor vehicle accident.

After processing his arrest, police released DaSilva on a written promise to appear January 12 in Danbury Superior Court.

Shelton Man

Police report that they stopped motorist David Duprey, 24, of Shelton on South Main Street on December 27 to investigate. Police then charged Duprey with failure to display a marker plate and with driving while under suspension. Duprey was released on a promise to appear in court on January 10.

Toyota Vs Ford

About noon on December 26, motorist Christopher Boyd, 39, of Mashpee, Mass., who was driving a 2005 Toyota Camry, was exiting a driveway at 42 Saw Mill Road, when the Toyota collided with a 1992 Ford Explorer that was being driven southward on Saw Mill Road by Kevin Kohn, 17, of 75 Taunton Lake Road, police report.

There were no injuries. Boyd received a written warning for failure to grant the right of way.

Pickup Off Road

Motorist Justin Wooton, 32, of 24 Mile Hill Road South was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck southward near 12 Key Rock Road about 8 am December 27, when the truck encountered icy pavement, police report.

The vehicle went out of control, exited the road and then struck a cluster of trees along the northbound road shoulder, police said. Wooton was not injured in the crash, police said.

Police said they warned Wooton for traveling too fast for conditions.