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, July 23
to
Friday, July 25
No arrests were made
and no incidents were reported.
Saturday, July 26
No arrests were
made.
• The report of a
disturbance at 51 Railroad Avenue
was investigated at 11:47 a.m. by Trooper Robert Zdrojeski. No details were
available.
Sunday, July 27 to
Tuesday, July 29
No arrests were made and no incidents were reported.
Deep River
Wednesday, July 23
No arrests were made
and no incidents were reported.
Thursday, July 24
No arrests were
made.
• At 3:30 pm.
Trooper Sypher reported that an arrest warrant was applied for following the
report of domestic violence that occurred on July 20 at a residence on Castle Heights Road.
The victim was a female.
Friday, July 25 to
Sunday, July 27
No arrests were made
and no incidents were reported.
Monday, July 28
• A 37-year-old
Killingworth man was arrested at 6:30 a.m. on a warrant charging him with
intimidation in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree
after he surrendered to police.
• At 4:25 p.m.
police reported that a 2008 Wildfire was being driven on the shoulder of Route
154 southbound near Rattling Valley Road by a 42-year-old Old Lyme man when he
was struck by a 1999 Dodge Caravan driven by a 38-year-old Essex man. The
Caravan driver was in the northbound lane of Route 154 when he attempted to
turn west into a private lot. He then struck the Wildfire, “who he was unable
to see due to a vehicle blocking his line of sight,” the investigating trooper
wrote. A 47-year-old woman of Union
Street was a witness to the accident. No injuries
were reported at the scene and no enforcement action was indicated.
Tuesday, July 29
• A 52-year-old man
of Castle Heights was arrested at 9:45 a.m. on a
warrant charging him with strangulation in the second degree, assault in the
third degree, threatening, and disorderly conduct. He was processed and held on
a $20,000 surety bond pending court arraignment on the following day.
• At 3:15 p.m.
Trooper Gwiazda reported that sometime between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 5:15
a.m. forced entry was gained through the front door of the Scandinavian Union
Social Club on Riverview Avenue
and $1,000 in cash was taken.
Essex
Wednesday, July 23
• A 40-year-old Deep
River man was arrested at 12:33 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct after
police were dispatched back to the residence from a prior 911 call. The
arrestee was released on a $500 non-surety bond pending an Aug. 6 court date.
Thursday, July 24
• A 51-year-old
Rocky Hill man was arrested at 11:29 a.m. on a warrant charging him with
failure to appear in the second degree. He was held on a $2,500 surety bond and
transported to the Corrigan Correctional Institute at 2:48 p.m. pending a July
26 court date.
• A 35-year-old man
of Highland Terrace in Ivoryton was arrested on a warrant charging him with
using/tampering with a motor vehicle without permission and criminal trover in
the second degree. He was held on a $1,000 surety bond and transported to
Corrigan Correctional Institute pending a July 28 court date.
• At 3:43 p.m.
Officer April Pawlow reported that a tour bus operated by a white male, aged 50
to 60, with short gray hair, side-swiped an unoccupied 2006 Toyota Highlander
that was parked in front of the Griswold Inn on Main Street near Ferry Street
and left the scene. A witness to the accident informed police the tour bus was
picking up people from the inn and described the bus driver, whom police are
trying to locate. Witnesses to the accident are asked to call Officer Pawlow at
860-767-1054.
Friday, July 25 to
Sunday, July 27
No arrests were made
and no incidents were reported.
Monday, July 28
No arrests were
made.
• At 6:20 a.m.
Trooper Darwin Garnett reported that sometime between the hours of 11 p.m. on
July 27 and 2 a.m. on July 28 a Calamari box truck containing wire aluminum
rims, brass, and copper was stolen from the recycling company’s yard at 20 Town
Dump Road.
Tuesday, July 29
No arrests were made
and no incidents were reported.
Police Correspondent
Jason J. Marchi compiles the Police Incident Report