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New Canaan Teens Found with Vodka, Marijuana, Just Over Darien Border

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New Canaan police cited two teenagers from that town for infraction-level offenses midday Monday, Dec. 17 after finding them with alcohol and marijuana about a block north of the border with Darien, police said. — This article originally was published by NewCanaanite.com. New Canaan police provided this information, including accusations not proven in court:

At about 12:04 p.m., officers saw a 19-year-old walk into the woods off of South Avenue near Charter Oak Drive and retrieve a bag. He then stood near a parked vehicle.

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Police: Darien Man, 30, Smoked Pot, Texted While Driving, Crashed Into Tree

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A 30-year-old Darien man told police he was texting when he hit a tree as he was driving on Hollow Tree Ridge Road, and police smelled marijuana in his car, then found some, police said. He wasn’t injured in the accident, but the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt he was driving was disabled, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

Matthew Byrne was driving about 270 feet south of his home at 290 Hollow Tree Ridge Road and texting on his phone when, he later told police, his foot slipped off the pedal, causing him to leave the roadway and strike a tree. The accident was reported to police at 6:23 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 2.

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Man, 29, Charged With Possessing Bags of Marijuana, Vials of THC Oil, Paraphernalia

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A 29-year-old man driving a car with windows tinted too much, and a cover over the back license plate tinted so much that it was unreadable, was pulled over by a Darien police officer, resulting in the man’s arrest on multiple charges related to marijuana possession, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

At 9:48 a.m., a police officer spotted a black Infiniti vehicle being driven west on Tokeneke Road, near its intersection with Cliff Avenue. Not only was there too much tinting on the vehicle, but the front license plate was missing. The officer pulled over the vehicle near Silver Lakes Drive. While talking with the driver, Jason Pratt of Yost Street in Norwalk, the officer smelled burnt marijuana and saw what seemed to be a “blunt” marijuana cigarette on the armrest of the driver’s door.

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Police Find Marijuana in Vehicle of Stamford Man, 20, Parked at Entrance to Sellecks Woods

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Darien police confiscated two blunts — cigars filled with marijuana — and charged a 20-year-old Stamford man with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

At 12:23 a.m. on Monday, April 9, a police officer on routine patrol saw a vehicle parked in the lot at 3 Parklands Dr. near the entrance to Sellecks Woods. That spot is known for frequent narcotics-related activity after dark. While approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled the strong odor of marijuana, and found the inside of the vehicle filled with smoke. The Stamford man, sitting in the driver’s seat, said he and his two passengers had just finished smoking some blunts that he had rolled earlier that day.