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A 26-year-old man was charged with driving while under the influence after he struck a stone wall and a parked Lexus on Pratt Island, Darien police said. Darien police gave this account, including accusations not proven in court:
Police arrived at the scene at about 9:48 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5. Ramiro Narvaez had been driving a BMW X3. Police did not say he was injured in the accident.
Police said a 32-year-old intoxicated Bridgeport man mistook a driveway on Midbrook Lane for the roadway on Friday, July 5; then he drove onto the front yard. Police gave this account, including accusations not proven in court:
The man was driving on Midbrook Lane, near Leroy Avenue, when the accident happened. The homeowner called police, who did not give the time of the incident. When officers arrived, they saw that the driver was unsteady on his feet and he smelled of alcohol. He failed to perform sobriety tests adequately and was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and failure to drive on the right side of the road.
There’s no shortage of ways to celebrate Independence Day in Connecticut. Spending time getting your mugshot is one of the worst, and getting into a car crash is even worse. — an announcement from AAA Northeast
Revelry mixed with high traffic volume over the holiday period can bring an increased crash risk, especially crashes involving drivers impaired by alcohol. AAA projects a record 60.6 million people will travel by car over Independence Day week – an additional 2.8 million travelers compared to last year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 487 people died in traffic crashes during the 2022 Fourth of July holiday period, and 40% of those fatalities occurred in drunk driving crashes.
A 39-year-old woman was driving east on West Norwalk Road “at what appeared to be a high rate of speed,” when an officer stopped her vehicle and smelled alcohol on her breath, a police news release said. Police gave this account of the matter, including accusations not proven in court:
The vehicle was stopped at 2:58 a.m., Wednesday, May 22. The woman, a Stratford resident, wasn’t able to perform standard field sobriety tests at the scene, so she was charged with driving while intoxicated. She was also charged with driving unreasonably fast. At Police Headquarters, a blood-alcohol test showed her at twice the legal limit of 0.08.
A 42-year-old Darien woman was “stumbling” into her vehicle and had trouble opening the front door in a parking lot on Heights Road, Darien police say they were told late Saturday night. Police responded to the report of a possibly intoxicated driver, and when she drove to Hecker Avenue, police stopped her car. She was charged with driving while under the influence. Police gave this further account, including accusations not proven in court:
Police responded to the report at 11:22 p.m., Saturday, April 13. When she was stopped, the woman couldn’t perform standard field sobriety tests to a minimum standard.
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.