Larceny Charges

Police said they charged two employees of Super Stop & Shop with sixth-degree larceny October 25 after an incident at the South Main Street supermarket.

Police said David Delia, 16, of 27 Button Shop Road, who was working as a cashier about 6 pm, did not scan all the merchandise which employee Michael Switser, 18, of 10 Loveland Drive, Sandy Hook, was buying at a check-out register.

Switser attempted to leave the store after paying only 79 cents for $35 worth of merchandise, police said. Both youths are scheduled to appear in Danbury Superior Court November 9 to answer the charges.

Bicycle Vs Van

Police report an accident between a commercial van and a bicyclist at the intersection of Riverside Road and Cherry Street about 4:20 pm October 25.

Police said motorist James L. Comerford, 37, of 1 Alpine Drive, Sandy Hook, was driving a Charter Communications van westbound on Riverside Road while bicyclist Zachary Pettengill, 10, of 41 Riverside Road was riding a bicycle southbound on Cherry Street.

Pettengill rode through a stop sign at the intersection without stopping and struck the van, receiving a hand injury, police said.

The Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported him to Danbury Hospital where he was treated and released.

Police did not charge Comerford in the accident. Sandy Hook firefighters went to the accident scene.