A 32-year-old Bronx man, stopped by a police officer at 5:29 a.m. after crossing over the double yellow line on the Post Road, fell asleep by the time the officer returned to the man’s vehicle, police said.
Police soon found out that the man was wanted by law enforcement authorities in Rhode Island on a warrant requesting his extradition. Police didn’t specify the charge or charges from that state (and in similar cases they frequently say they don’t know them).
(The Darien police account of this incident includes accusations not proven in court.)
The driver was stopped by police on the Post Road near Noroton Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 18. When an officer spoke to him, he appeared confused and his speech was slow. He couldn’t perform field sobriety tests up to standard.
He was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, failure to keep to the right side of the road and being a fugitive from justice. At Darien Police Headquarters he refused to take a breathalyzer test.
The man was held on a $100,000 bond. Police did not say that the bond was paid.
Usually that means an arrestee is taken to state Superior Court in Stamford by the time the next arraignments are scheduled, but the Connecticut Judicial Branch website doesn’t show an appearance for someone with the man’s name and birth year. Nor does a similar website for Rhode Island criminal court cases. If he was able to pay the bond, he was scheduled to appear in Stamford court on Feb. 7.