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Dan Drew Middletown Mayor Gubernatorial Candidate 07-15-17

Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Drew: CT Needs Single-Payer Healthcare, Tolls, Free College & Legalized Pot

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Middletown Mayor Dan Drew, who’s running for governor, positioned himself as a candidate of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party during a recent visit to Darien. Speaking before the Darien Democratic Town Committee on Thursday, July 13, Drew talked about some of his proposed solutions to the state’s budget woes. Shortfalls in tax revenue, have swollen the state’s potential budget deficit to $1.7 billion. “There’s no silver bullet,” he said. To solve this problem, he recommended legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana, instituting highway tolls, raising the state income tax, and implementing various state and municipal government reforms.

But he cautioned, “We have to do this carefully and intelligently, and we have to consult an awful lot of people.”

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Lauren Curcio Darien P.D. 6-6-16

After Car Accident, Teen Charged with Possessing Pot with Intent to Sell

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An 18-year-old woman was charged with possessing marijuana with intent to sell, a felony, after police found she had a hair under four ounces of pot in her vehicle when she got into an accident on Mansfield Avenue. Darien police described the incident and arrest with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

Lauren Curcio of Westwood Court in Stamford, was driving her black 2012 Honda Accord south on Mansfield Avenue shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16 when she looked down as her vehicle crossed into the northbound lane near the intersection of Mansfield Avenue and Stephen Mather Road. Her car stuck a black 2011 Chevrolet K1500 driven by a 48-year-old Darien woman who wasn’t injured. She was sitting on the side of the road on a rock near her car when police arrived. She said she may have injured her head and asked a police officer to take a look at it. Curcio suffered minor injuries to her head and face.

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Police: Pot Charge for Driver, Stopped for Tail Lights Off or Not Working

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A 25-year-old driver was charged with possessing a minor amount of marijuana Sunday night on Hoyt Street after a police officer saw his rear license plate light wasn’t on and stopped the car. Darien police described the incident with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

At about 9:40 p.m., the police officer, parked on Hoyt Street near Greenwood Avenue to observe traffic, saw a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit traveling north on Hoyt with the rear tail lights not on. When the officer pulled the car over and spoke with the driver, a Stamford resident, the officer smelled burnt marijuana. When the driver opened the glove box, the officer saw a small piece of cigar. The driver was asked to step out of the vehicle, and the police K-9 unit was brought in.

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Police: Stopped Darien Driver Wasn’t Intoxicated, But Pot Found

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Police say: A 24-year-old Darien woman who was drinking was followed by an officer on patrol and pulled over after failing to stop for a stop sign; she passed field sobriety tests but was ticketed for having marijuana. Darien police described the incident in this account (with accusations not proven in court, although this kind of a case seldom gets that far):

The woman was driving a Jeep at a “high rate of speed” at about 1:49 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 on Old Kings Highway South when an officer in a patrol car spotted her vehicle. _________

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Marijuana Found in Car with Three Occupants

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Six bags containing marijuana and several marijuana cigarettes were found in a car stopped by a police officer who saw the light for the back license plate was not working, police said. Darien police described the incident with this account (containing accusations not proven in court):

At 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, an officer parked in the area of the Post Road and Fitch Avenue saw a 2001 silver Acura pass by without the light. The officer stopped the car on Park Place near Fitch Avenue and smelled marijuana as he spoke with the driver. The driver, a 19-year-old Norwalk man, said he didn’t know that he needed the license plate light to be working.

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Two Traffic Stops: One with Pot, One with Pot & Heroin

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In two unrelated, recent traffic stops, Darien police said, officers on patrol found drivers with marijuana, and in one of the cars, police also found a bit of heroin. Police gave these accounts (including accusations not proven in court):

Marijuana and heroin on Highfield Lane

Police received a report at about 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, of a small red car illegally parked on Highfield Lane and causing a traffic hazard. Police were told the car was occupied by a white male with blond hair. When driving to that street, a police officer saw a red Mazda Miata stopped on Leroy Avenue near McLaren Road.

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Pot Charges for Driver Stopped on Mansfield Avenue

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A 46-year-0ld man speeding at 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on Mansfield Avenue was stopped near Royle School at 1:48 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, where a police officer smelled marijuana from his car, police said. Police gave this further account (accusations not proven in court):

When asked, the man said he did have a small amount of marijuana in his car, a red 1990 Honda Accord. The officer found it, along with a “one-hitter” — a small pipe commonly used for smoking marijuana, and a bowl also used for smoking the illegal substance. The man, a resident of the Riverside section of Greenwich, was issued an infraction ticket charging him with possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana.