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Mug shot Robert Houseworth Darien

Police: Homeless Man Yells at Kids During Middlesex Middle School Recess, Gets Arrested

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A 63-year-old homeless man familiar to Darien police went on the grounds of Middlesex Middle School on Tuesday and yelled at students, some of whom were shaken up, police said. The man was charged with breach of peace and held on a $1,000 bond. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

At about 11 a.m., school officials called police about the presence of the man on school grounds. Several teachers who were monitoring recess told police that they saw or overheard the man “hollering” at children outside at recess. The teachers told the campus monitor and school administrators, who discontinued recess.

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Darien Volunteer Fire Department

Police: Driver of Snow Plow Damages Guard Rail Behind Darien Fire Dept, Seems to Threaten Car

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A snow plow operator who dangled the plow on chains above a Darien woman’s car, parked in a lot at Darien Fire Department’s fire house, said he was just doing it as a joke with someone he knows, according to police. The woman, 29, saw what he’d done and appears not to have appreciated the humor: She spoke with police, who then charged Gregory Twardy, 50, of Norwalk with breach of peace. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Twardy had plowed the snow behind the firehouse earlier in the day, then returned and beeped his horn. Looking through a window in the building, the woman saw Twardy dropping his truck’s plow on a wood guardrail, destroying it. The guardrail had been used by members of the volunteer department as a bench.