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Police: SUV Leads Patrol Car on a 25 MPH ‘Chase’ on the Highway

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If you were driving south on Interstate 95 at about 1:13 p.m. last Sunday, according to police, you might’ve seen a Toyota SUV traveling at about 25 mph in the far right lane just after the entrance at Exit 10. With a Darien police patrol car, lights flashing, right behind it. Darien police gave this account (with accusations not proven in court) of the slow-chase case:

The officer on patrol saw the SUV turn onto the I-95 South on-ramp from Noroton Avenue without using the proper turn signal. The vehicle was traveling at only 25 mph on the ramp, but never sped up as it entered the highway. The vehicle pulled into the Darien South rest stop not far from the entrance, and the officer went to talk with the driver, an 18-year-old Darien man, a resident of Point O’ Woods Road.

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Keep up Your Registration, Insurance — or the License Plate Reader Could Get You

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Darien police say that on Sunday an officer stopped an SUV with suspended registration driven by the owner’s son, 19, who didn’t have his learner’s permit with him but did have marijuana in his car. Police described the incident with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

At 1:42 a.m., a police officer on a holiday roaming patrol on Middlesex Road was alerted by the license plate reader on the patrol car, indicating that a Toyota Sequoia on the road nearby didn’t have current insurance. The officer stopped the SUV on Middlesex Road near its intersection with Colony Road. The driver, a 19-year-old Stamford man, said he was driving his father’s vehicle and didn’t have his learner’s permit with him. He also couldn’t find the car’s registration or insurance card.

Police: Stopped Darien Driver Wasn’t Intoxicated, But Pot Found

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Police say: A 24-year-old Darien woman who was drinking was followed by an officer on patrol and pulled over after failing to stop for a stop sign; she passed field sobriety tests but was ticketed for having marijuana. Darien police described the incident in this account (with accusations not proven in court, although this kind of a case seldom gets that far):

The woman was driving a Jeep at a “high rate of speed” at about 1:49 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 on Old Kings Highway South when an officer in a patrol car spotted her vehicle. _________

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Marijuana Found in Car with Three Occupants

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Six bags containing marijuana and several marijuana cigarettes were found in a car stopped by a police officer who saw the light for the back license plate was not working, police said. Darien police described the incident with this account (containing accusations not proven in court):

At 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, an officer parked in the area of the Post Road and Fitch Avenue saw a 2001 silver Acura pass by without the light. The officer stopped the car on Park Place near Fitch Avenue and smelled marijuana as he spoke with the driver. The driver, a 19-year-old Norwalk man, said he didn’t know that he needed the license plate light to be working.

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Two Traffic Stops: One with Pot, One with Pot & Heroin

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In two unrelated, recent traffic stops, Darien police said, officers on patrol found drivers with marijuana, and in one of the cars, police also found a bit of heroin. Police gave these accounts (including accusations not proven in court):

Marijuana and heroin on Highfield Lane

Police received a report at about 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, of a small red car illegally parked on Highfield Lane and causing a traffic hazard. Police were told the car was occupied by a white male with blond hair. When driving to that street, a police officer saw a red Mazda Miata stopped on Leroy Avenue near McLaren Road.

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Cops: After Vehicle Without Front Plate Stopped, Ecstasy & Pot Found

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A 31-year-old man had some marijuana, and a 21-year-old woman was found to have some ecstasy pills after an officer on patrol stopped a station wagon without a front license plate, police said. Darien police gave this account (including accusations not proven in court):

An officer driving west on Stephen Mather Road at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday saw a 2000 Subaru Outback without a front license plate approaching from the opposite direction. The officer turned around, followed the station wagon and had it stop. There was a plate on the back of the car, but a check with state Department of Motor Vehicles found no record for that license plate. As the officer talked with the driver, a resident of Lansing Street in Bridgeport, the smell of marijuana came from inside the vehicle.