Public Safety
Police: License Plate Leads to Man, 35, Who Fled Cop in Heavily Damaged Car
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A 35-year-old man was in Darien driving a car so heavily damaged in front that it didn’t have any working front headlights, and when a police officer tried to get him to pull over, the man raced onto the highway, police said. Darien police described what happened with this further account, including accusations not proven in court:
Benjamin Nieves Jr. of Smith Street in Bridgeport was driving on Heights Road at 10:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 when a police officer on patrol spotted the black 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier. The officer followed the car onto Noroton Avenue and then to Hecker Avenue, where the patrol car’s lights and siren were turned on in an unsuccessful attempt to pull over the Cavalier. Instead, Nieves sped up, passed other vehicles by using the oncoming-traffic lane and got onto the Interstate 95 entrance.