The Valley Courier publishes a Police Incident Report to inform
residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in
town. As those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty, the report
does not include names. It may be edited for space and content.
Chester
Wednesday, June 18
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Thursday, June 19
No arrests were made.
• A 27-year-old man of
Jamaica, New York, was issued a citation at 4:52 p.m. for failure to drive a
reasonable distance apart after the 1995 Honda Accord he was driving eastbound
on Rout 148 east of Cedar Lake Road struck the rear of a 2004 Honda Accord LX
driven by a 61-year-old Killingworth man who had braked for a pedestrian
waiting to cross the road in a crosswalk. No injuries were reported.
Friday, June 20 to
Saturday, June 21
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Sunday, June 22
• A 20-year-old Moodus man
was arrested at 9:34 a.m. on a warrant charging him with burglary in the third
degree and larceny in the second degree. He was arrested while appearing in
court to face other charges. He was held by the court on a $35,000 cash bond
pending court arraignment on the new charges on the following day.
Monday, June 23
• A 57-year-old man of
Laurel Street was arrested at 10:20 a.m. and charged with larceny in the sixth
degree after he took a full can of gasoline and other items belonging to a Deep
River town maintenance crew. He was found in possession of the items at his
residence.
Tuesday, June
24
No arrests
were made.
• At
7:26 p.m. Trooper Adam Brown reported that a 29-year-old male resident of 29
Liberty Street complained that an unknown person or persons stole a solid
copper lid that he was using as a planter. The lid was approximately three feet
in diameter and 70 to 80 years old. It was stolen between June 12 and 24.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Chester Resident State Trooper at
860-526-3605.
Deep River
Wednesday, June 18
No arrests were made.
• At 8:00 a.m. Trooper
Funchion investigated the report of a disturbance at 391 Main Street. No
details were available.
• At 8:30 a.m. Trooper
Cope investigated a larceny at 85 Hemlock Drive.
• At 10:30 a.m. Trooper
Funchion assisted DCF with a runaway from the Mount Saint John School for boys.
The student was located and returned to school.
• At 1 p.m. Trooper Cope
investigated a larceny at 14 Long Hill Road.
Thursday, June 19
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Friday, June 20
• A youthful offender was
arrested at 6:15 p.m. at 200 Westbrook Road and charged with disorderly conduct
after two brothers got into a quarrel and the arrestee threw a glass that
shattered on the wall. Shards of glass cut the victim who then required medical
attention.
Saturday, June 21
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Sunday, June 22
• A 29-year-old man of
Warsaw Street was arrested at 3 p.m. and charged with assault in the third
degree and disorderly conduct following a domestic disturbance in which the
accused grabbed the neck chain of a 23-year-old woman and ripped it from her
neck, causing minor injury. The victim's shirt was also ripped off during the
assault. He was released at 8 p.m. on June 23 on a $1,000 cash bond pending a
June 24 court date.
• A 28-year-old Suffield
man was arrested and charged with reckless driving and operating a motor
vehicle while under license suspension after he was laser clocked traveling 95
miles her hour. During the traffic stop police discovered he had an active
arrest warrant held by Superior Court in Bantam, Connecticut. He was arrested
again and charged with failure to appear. He was processed and released at
10:30 p.m. on a $500 cash bond for the driving offense and a $1,500 cash bond
for the criminal offense.
Monday, June 23
No arrests were made.
• A larceny on Kirtland
Street was investigated by Trooper Christopher Cope at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June
24
• A
youthful offender was arrested at 11:45 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief
in the third degree and disorderly conduct after the report of a youth running
around the Mount Saint John school for boys being disruptive to other students,
yelling and swearing. The youth also smashed a glass table located in the
lobby.
Essex
Wednesday, June 18
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Thursday, June 19
No arrests were made.
• Trooper Howes reported
finding lost property on Dennison Road at 4:57 p.m. No details were available.
Friday, June 20
No arrests were made.
• At 12:41 a.m. police
reported that a 19-year-old Old Saybrook man was driving a 2000 Mazda Protege
on Deep River Road. When he slowed to make a turn in front of #67 Deep River
Road an unknown vehicle struck the left front fender while passing on the left
and fled from the scene. No injuries were reported.
Saturday, June 21
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Sunday, June 22
• A 42-year-old New Haven
man was arrested at 2:14 p.m. and charged with driving while under the influence
of alcohol and/or drugs, resisting arrest, and failure to obey an officer's
signal after he refused to stop at a roadblock for a parade being conducted to
honor 175 years of the Essex Volunteer Fire Department. He was held overnight
on a $5,000 surety bond and transported to Middletown Superior Court for
arraignment at 7:45 a.m. the following morning.
• A 34-year-old Haddam man
was issued a citation at 3:46 p.m. for failure to carry a driver's license and
using a restricted left lane after he attempted a U-turn in the middle of
Plains Road while driving a 2001 Toyota Corolla and struck the passenger side
of a 2003 Ford Explorer driven by a 55-year-old Bristol man. A 46-year-old
woman was a passenger onboard the Explorer. No injuries were reported at the
scene.
• At 1:40 a.m. Trooper
Matthew Ewing investigated the report of a larceny from a vehicle parked in a
garage at Brook Hill Woods.
Monday, June 23
No arrests were made and
no incidents were reported.
Tuesday, June
24
• A
25-year-old Old Saybrook woman was arrested at 3 p.m. and charged with
violation of a protective order after her estranged husband (who lives in
Ivoryton) claims she attempted to contact him via cell phone and text
messaging. She was released at 4:50 p.m. on a $5,000 non-surety bond pending
court arraignment on the following day.
• A
34-year-old woman of Brookside Lane was arrested at 5:43 p.m. and charged with
larceny in the sixth degree, forgery in the third degree, and identification
theft in the third degree. She was released at 9:45 p.m. on a $2,500 cash bond
pending a July 3 court date.
Police correspondent Jason J. Marchi
compiles the Police Incident Report.