Public Safety
Police: Traffic Stop on One Charge Results in More Charges, Both New and Old, for Man, 33
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When, according to police an officer stopped a sport utility vehicle on Tokeneke Road with no tail lights on at 9:22 p.m., that alleged violation turned out to be the least of the driver’s problems.
Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:
On Thursday evening, May 17, the officer saw a white Honda Odyssey headed in the direction of Norwalk. Since the SUV’s back lights weren’t on, the officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Tokeneke Road and Cliff Avenue. The driver, Edwin Esquivel of 91 Ely Ave., Norwalk, initially told the officer his name was “Marvin Xar-Gomez.” The driver also didn’t have identification with him, including a driver’s license. Which, it turned out, doesn’t exist. Esquivel was sinking deeper into trouble anyway, since a records check showed Xar-Gomez name showed that driver had a suspended privilege to drive.