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Two Darien Police Officers Commended for Trying to Save a Life on I-95

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Two Darien police officers were commended for trying to save a life of the occupant of a vehicle that had caught fire on Interstate 95, with one of the officers praised for acting at “substantial risk to his own safety.” The accident occurred just before 5:44 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, when Jimmy Munoz, a 35-year-old Bridgeport cosmetologist lost control of his Honda Pilot in the southbound lanes of I-95 just before the Darien South rest stop. Munoz’ vehicle first swerved left, toward the center divider, then right, going across the highway and into some trees off the shoulder. His SUV hit some trees and caught on fire while Munoz was trapped inside, according to a Connecticut Post report. A Stamford police officer, Hugh Mullin, was driving home, saw the crashed vehicle burning, and tried to help a state police trooper get Munoz out of it.

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Seven Darien Police Officers Commended for Arresting Vehicle Burglary Suspects

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Seven Darien police officers have been commended by Police Chief Duane Lovello for their work in arresting two teenagers accused of overnight thefts from 14 vehicles parked on and around Intervale Road in May. In a memo that Lovello shared with the Police Commission last week, he praised the seven officers for good teamwork in setting up a perimeter and arresting the two after police started getting calls from residents at about 5:30 a.m. on May 4. “The rapid and coordinated response of the officers resulted in a most positive outcome,” Lovello said in his memo. As recounted later that day in Darienite.com, (with quotes from a police news release):
[O]n Devon Road, Officers Daniel Noto and Daniel Gorton found a subject who matched the caller’s description. Police determined the subject, a 17-year-old Stamford boy, was one of the two burglars, and they arrested him.