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Police: Intoxicated Man Charged with Assault After Tussling with Pregnant Woman

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A 31-year-old Darien man pushed a pregnant woman to the floor at home and shook her head by the hair in an argument that turned physical, according to Darien police, who arrested him. Police described what happened with this account, based on statements from the victim. The police account does not include statements from the arrested man. It includes accusations not proven in court:

At some point (police didn’t say when, but the incident was reported to police at 9:40 a.m. on Saturday) the man was away from home and the victim told him not to come home because he was so intoxicated. She then locked the front door to keep him out.

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New Canaan Teen Arrested on Talmadge Hill Road After Report of Woman in Distress

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After an incident on the Darien-New Canaan border, New Canaan police on Sunday afternoon arrested a 19-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with violation of a protective order. New Canaan police described what happened this way (including accusations not proven in court), according to a report in NewCanaanite.com:

At about 4:12 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, Darien police notified their counterparts in New Canaan that a woman appeared to be in distress inside a vehicle near the town line at Talmadge Hill Road. It was the latest in a string of charges, including for felony offenses, brought against James Patrick Fahey of Hillcrest Road, New Canaan. A witness had seen the woman yelling for help and phoned Darien police, the report said.

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Teen Arrested After Another Domestic Dispute, This Time With His Mother

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A 19-year-old Darien man was arrested again in another domestic incident at his home on Allen O’Neill Drive, Darien police said. This time, his mother was also arrested. Last fall, he and his sister had been charged after the two got into a dispute over a minor matter, and the sister called police. This time, the man and his mother were each charged after the mother called police. The mother, 41, told police that Luis Sanchez had been forcibly entering bedrooms and stealing things from her and another family member who lives in the home.

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Police: Darien Man Struck His Elderly Father

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A Greenwood Avenue man struck his father in the face, the elderly man told police, according to a police report. Police arrested the son on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Police gave this account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

A nutritionist working with the elderly man told police he had seen an argument between his client and the man’s adult son. (Police gave the son’s age as 41, saying he was born in 1975.

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Police: Man, 31, Threatened Woman on Phone in Domestic Violence Case

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A woman on Allen O’Neill Drive told police that a Stamford man, 31, in a phone conversation with her threatened to shoot her, and a second person overheard the threat, police said. Police described the incident and investigation with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

At about 10:16 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, the woman contacted police to tell them about the phone call she had received from the man, who has a Stamford address but who is either a boyfriend or related to her. Police indicated the matter is a domestic violence situation, which can occurs only between people close to each other or living with each other. Police don’t say what the specific type of relationship is between the victim and accused person).

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Darien Man, 21, Charged with Violating Protective Order, Disorderly Conduct at Home

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A 21-year-old man previously arrested in a domestic dispute was arrested again last week after pushing a member of his household to get that person out of the way in a hallway, Darien police said. The other person wasn’t injured or bruised, but the push violated a protective order, police said. After the Monday incident was reported to police on Darien police applied for and received an arrest warrant by  Thursday, April 6, and that day arrested the man, Joseph Pulvirenti Jr. of McCrae Lane. Police gave this additional information, including accusations not proven in court:

Last Tuesday, the victim reported the incident to police. The victim said the incident occurred the previous day.

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Police: Man, 25, Threatened Darien Woman, Violated No-Contact Order

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A 25-year-old ex-boyfriend of a Darien woman repeatedly called her and on one occasion threatened to kill her, according to Darien police, who arrested him last week on a warrant after he was arrested by police in Yonkers, N.Y.

The man was arrested by police on March 20 on charges of threatening and, six times, violating a no-contact protective order issued by a court. Darien police described the incident with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Antonio Lucaine, whose last known address was in Yonkers, dated the woman for about five years, and at one point the couple were engaged and lived together, the woman said. She told police he was verbally and physically abusive throughout the relationship, and in New Rochelle, N.Y., he physically assaulter her in 2014, which led to an order of protection from a New York state judge.The woman moved to Connecticut after breaking off the relationship in February 2016. The protective order required him not to contact the woman, but she told Darien police last August that she had received at least six calls from him, including one on Aug. 12.

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Man, 42, Charged with Choking Woman in Domestic Violence Case

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A 42-year-old Darien man choked a woman during a struggle over a phone call the woman was trying to make at their home in the Avalon Darien apartment complex, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

The woman, 40, told police that she had become upset at about 7 a.m., Monday, March 6 when the man wouldn’t let her make a phone call to a juvenile. When she went to a bathroom and tried to call anyway, the man came in, took the phone from her hand, put it in his pocket, and a struggle began. During the struggle and argument, the man put his forearm over her neck and, at least twice, pushed the woman up against a wall. The man wrapped his arms around her neck and began to push on her head and neck.

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Police: Darien Man, 21, Ran Over Woman’s Foot

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A 19-year-old Stratford woman told police that a 21-year-old Darien man had run over her foot with his car during a confrontation outside his home on Pear Tree Point Road. A Darien police spokesman said the matter is considered a domestic violence case under state law. Those cases involve relatives, family members, people who live together or boyfriends and girlfriends, and the relationship isn’t made public. Darien police gave this further information on the matter (including accusations not proven in court):

On Dec. 28, the two were outside his home when she approached his car, an electric Ford Fusion.