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Police: Man, 26, Stopped for Texting While Driving, Found With Marijuana

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A 26-year-old man driving downtown was seen with a mobile phone in front of his face at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Darien police said. Police gave this account (including accusations not proven in court):

A police officer first saw the man on Corbin Drive, then stopped his car on Old Kings Highway South, near Locust Hill Road. The driver, a Waterbury man, said he was an Uber driver responding to a message. When speaking with the driver, the officer smelled marijuana and asked how much was in the vehicle.

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State Police: Man with 3 Lbs. of Marijuana Arrested After I-95 Traffic Stop

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After pulling over a car on Interstate 95 near Exit 9 on Tuesday, state police found three pounds of marijuana and arreted the driver, a 44-year-old New Haven man. State police from the Troop G Barracks in Bridgeport described the incident with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

At about 9:10 p.m., state police on the northbound-traffic side of Interstate 95 in Stamford saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee commit a motor vehicle violation involving a “restricted turn” (police didn’t specify exactly what the violation was). Troopers determined there were narcotics in the vehicle (police didn’t specify how they determined that). A state police canine, Nero, was brought to the scene and searched the Jeep inside and out, finding a total of three pounds of packaged marijuana, some in the driver’s side wheel well the rest in an engine compartment. The driver, Larry Thomas, 44, of New Haven, was charged with possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and the “restricted turn” motor vehicle violation.

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Police: Man Throws Pot From His Car During Traffic Stop

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Police on Thursday evening arrested a 40-year-old man after he tried to toss a small amount of marijuana out his window during a traffic stop and it ended up on his windshield. Darien police described the incident with this account (containing accusations not proven in court):

At 5:56 p.m. on Jan. 14, an officer stopped a 2002 Audi A6 after the vehicle crossed a lane of traffic without properly clearing it, in getting onto the entrance ramp of Interstate 95 northbound at Exit 11. The officer stopped the driver on the ramp itself and found that the man’s driver’s license had been suspended — something he didn’t know. Upon returning to his vehicle a second time, the officer clearly observed the driver’s hand reach out of driver’s window and throw something toward the front of the vehicle, the report said.

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Police: Intent-to-Sell Charge for Man, 25, with 26 Bags of Marijuana

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More than two dozen plastic bags of marijuana, most ready for sale, were with a 25-year-old man arrested downtown at about midnight Sunday to Monday, police said. Darien police gave this account (with accusations not proven in court):

At about 11:55 p.m., a police officer saw a dark-colored Honda park in front of Panera Bread at 1063 Post Road and turn its lights off. Four people were in the car for about three minutes before a woman left and entered Panera Bread when a worker there unlocked the door for her. Then someone else left the car, got something out of the trunk and went back in the car. When another patrol car drove by, the Honda’s lights immediately went on and drove off, west on the Post Road.