Court Appearance

Police said they saw Robert E. Coffey, 19, of 7 Black Walnut Road walking on a sidewalk near the Super Stop & Shop supermarket at Sand Hill Plaza on South Main Street on the night of October 29.

Realizing that they held a warrant for Coffey’s arrest, police took him into custody and charged him with first degree failure to appear in court. Police said Coffey had not appeared in Danbury Superior Court on October 1, as he was scheduled, in connection with a pending charge of second degree sexual assault.

On July 10, police had charged Coffey with second degree sexual assault for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a female under age 16. Coffey’s initial court appearance in the case was July 11.

Police held Coffey on a $10,000 bond for an October 30 court appearance on both charges.

SUV Vs Convertible

Motorist Eric Vollmer, 23, of 10 Washington Avenue, who was driving a 1992 Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicle, struck the rear end of a 1990 Mazda MX-5 convertible driven by Victoria Drought, 43, of 40 Hattertown Road at about 6:30 pm October 27, at the stop sign at Boggs Hill Road’s intersection with Route 302, police said. There were no injuries. Police issued Vollmer a written warning for unsafe movement.

Hawleywville Collision

Motorist Stephen Ramsey, 41, of Southbury was driving a 2003 Ford Taurus southward on Mt Pleasant Road and was preparing to make a left turn onto Hawleyville Road at about 6:30 pm October 27, when a 1999 Ford Ranger pickup truck, driven by Konrad Cuhsnick, 66, of 55 Sugar Street, struck the Taurus from behind, police report.

There were no injuries. Police gave Cuhsnick a written warning for following too closely.