On Tuesday around 6 p.m., an officer was sent to 8 Dexter Road. The complainant, who was Henne, said she was backing out of her driveway at 18 Bulkley Avenue North when a speeding car almost hit her car.
She said the driver made a sudden stop and honked at her and so, she, Henne, got out of her car to confront the allegedly speeding driver and when the other woman allegedly got close, Henne reported that she said, "Go on, hit me."
Henne said she would call police and the other driver said "Go ahead." Henne followed the van to 8 Dexter Road in order to get the license plate. According to Henne, the other driver allegedly said, "Something wrong lady?" when she got out of the car. Later, the other woman was to tell police that Henne continued to follow her and that Henne pulled her car into the middle of the road. The van driver took her two children who had been in the car with her, and who were frightened and crying, to a neighbor's house and went there herself. She alleged that Henne continued to follow her and again said, "Go ahead, hit me." The van operator told Henne to call police and leave her alone. When police came, officers told Henne that she should not follow other people to intimidate them and that the other driver had the right of way and that there was no way to prove that the other driver was speeding. Henne was released on a promise to appear in court on Nov. 21.
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Joseph Rutkosky, 50, of Bridgeport, was charged with failure to appear in the second degree. An officer went to Bridgeport Superior Court to arrest Rutkosky on an outstanding warrant. He was held on $2,500 bond and taken to court on Wednesday morning. Police had no further information on Rutkosky.
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Gregory White, 47, of New Canaan, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, with evading responsibility for property damage, and with unsafe backing.
A witness told police that he saw a driver in a blue Ford pick-up truck backed into a red minivan in the parking lot of 11 Wilton Road. Police stopped the pick-up near 39 Wilton Road and the officer smelled alcohol on the driver's, White's, breath and White was allegedly slurring his words. White failed a roadside sobriety test and when taken back to the police station, he took two breath tests. The results of the first was a blood alcohol level of .256, and of the second, .254. Both are three times the legal limit. When police checked the parking lot at 11 Wilton Road, they saw that a red van had fresh damage on the left-rear bumper and quarter panel. White was released on $500 bond and has a court date of Nov. 20.
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Gregory Zimnoch, 27, of Monroe, was charged with possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana, with possession of drug paraphernalia, with illegal operation of a motor vehicle while his license was under suspension, with failure to return his license that was under suspension, with having illegally tinted windows, and with failure to carry a certificate of insurance.
Officers watching the Post Road near Long Lots saw a black Infinity with dark tinted windows. They couldn't see into the vehicle so they attempted to stop the car, but it continued onto Long Lots and continued onto Ruta Court.
The officer smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle and when they looked into the car, they saw a pipe used for smoking marijuana on the floor of the rear passenger side of the car. The driver, Zimnoch, didn't have registration and when Zimnoch got out of the car, another small glass pipe was found between the driver's seat and the center console. Police found that Zimnoch's license was suspended and he did not have an insurance card. A police dog searched his car and police found a small silver pipe for smoking pot in the center console, a plastic bag containing marijuana in a black sunglass case on the front seat, along with a small screw driver and a small black knife. In the trunk were assorted lighters, a bottle of Visine and a piece of glass from a broken marijuana pipe. When taken back to headquarters, the pipes tested positive for marijuana and the marijuana did also, weighing 5.2 grams. Zimnoch was released on $1,000 bond and has a court date of Nov. 18.
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Ferzi Asani, 43, of Waterbury, was charged with drinking while operating a motor vehicle. On Monday, around 4:30 p.m., officers observed a gray Nissan proceeding eastbound on the Post Road.
They stopped it near the Fairfield town line because there was a dark tinted cover on the license plate. An odor of alcohol was emanating from the vehicle and there was an open 12-pack of Budweiser behind the passenger seat. Police found an open beer in the car and the driver, Asani, stated that he was drinking while driving. He was released on a promise to appear in court on Nov. 20.
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Nancy Blair, 55, of Weston, was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, with traveling too fast for road conditions, with failure to drive to drive right or at slow speed, and with failure to carry a certificate of insurance.
Around 5:15 on Saturday, a detective traveling east-bound on Cross Highway in an unmarked vehicle saw that there had been an accident and saw a woman head toward the ravine where a car was located. Officers didn't want her to go there and they detected a strong odor of alcohol on her breath.
She failed a roadside sobriety test and when taken back to the police station, she refused to take blood alcohol level tests. She was released on $500 bond and has a court date of November 20.
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Halsey Bullen, 63, of Westport, was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and with failure to drive right. Around 1:25 a.m., on on Sunday, officers observed a car traveling on Bridge Street and crossing the center line. An officer stopped the car and detected an odor of alcohol.
Bullen failed a roadside sobriety test and when taken back to the police station, she took two blood alcohol tests. The first had results of .110 and the second, .100. Bullen was released on $500 bond and has a court date of Nov. 20.
