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Martin and Ehret shooting arrest 10-6-15

Police: Highway Workers’ Alarm at Gunshots Led to Arrest of 2 Darien Police Officers

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The arrests of two Darien police officers resulted from a report of 11 gunshots heard after midnight by highway construction workers near the Exit 13, according to a state police arrest warrant application, now public, which provides many more details about the case than were initially released. The application was made public by clerks at state Superior Court in Stamford, where Darien police officers Daniel Ehret and James Martin face charges of reckless endangerment, breach of peace and unlawful discharge of firearms after an Aug. 1 incident on Wakeman Road. Officers Martin and Ehret spoke to a Darien police sergeant who arrived at the scene, but both officers declined to provide a statement to the state police detective who arrived later, according to the warrant. The detective and the police sergeant both reported smelling alcohol on Ehret and Martin.

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Martin and Ehret shooting arrest 10-6-15

Two Darien Police Officers Charged by State Police in Shooting Incident

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Update 8:52 p.m.:

Darien Police Chief Duane Lovello issued a statement giving some additional details about the alleged firing of a gun by one or two town police officers in a residential neighborhood. Lovello said the incident occurred outside of the home of one of the officers early in the morning of Aug. 1 (a Saturday) when both officers were off duty. State police said the shots were fired, and an “unoccupied vehicle, owned by James Martin, parked in the driveway at his residence sustained numerous gunshots to the exterior of the vehicle.” Lovello’s statement also called the alleged shooting “intolerable,” “disturbing,” “profoundly dangerous and wholly irresponsible.”