South Main DUI

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Mar 26, 2001 12:00 am

South Main DUI

Police said they received a telephone call informing them of an erratic driver on South Main Street about 11:45 pm March 23.

Police said they found motorist Eileen J. Bednarz, 36, of Oxford driving erratically on South Main Street, near its intersection with Elm Drive. Police said they stopped the vehicle and gave Bednarz field sobriety tests, which she failed.

Police charged Bednarz with driving under the influence and failure to drive to the right. After processing, police released Bednarz for an April 5 appearance in Danbury Superior Court to answer the charges.

Equestrian Ridge

Police report that sometime between 12:30 and 8:30 am March 18, someone entered an Equestrian Ridge home in Poverty Hollow and stole a combination television/VCR, a cable television converter box, and a Nokia cellular telephone. The approximate total value of the stolen items is $650.

The person who stole the items entered the home through an unlocked rear door while the home was unoccupied. The incident constitutes second-degree burglary and fourth-degree larceny.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident to contact them at 426-5841.

Huntingtown Crash

Motorist Kim Helfer, 17, of 17 Timber Mill Road was driving a 1997 Toyota Corolla southbound on Huntingtown Road, south of its intersection with Orchard Hill Road, about 5:45 pm March 25 when the Toyota came to the crest of a hill and encountered a vehicle traveling northbound, police said.

The Toyota swerved to avoid the northbound vehicle, went out of control, and ran off the left side of the road, striking a stone wall head-on, police said.

Helfer, who was seatbelted, was not injured, police said. Police issued Helfer a written warning for making a restricted turn.

Dodgingtown Collision

Police report motorist Steven E. Santaniello, 17, of 2 Fox Hollow Lane, Sandy Hook, was driving a 1999 Dodge Avenger westbound on Cemetery Road in Dodgingtown about 6:45 pm March 21, when, while negotiating a curve, the auto went out of control, went off the left side of the road and struck wire fencing.

Santaniello was not injured. Police issued him an infraction ticket on a charge of failure to drive to the right on a curve.

Rush Hour MVA

Motorist Gina T. Yanez, 25, of Waterbury, who was driving a 1995 Toyota Camry, pulled out from Edmond Road onto Church Hill Road into the path of a westbound 1995 Dodge Dakota pickup truck driven by Vincent Caggianiello, 29, of Derby, resulting in a collision, about 4:30 pm March 21, police said.

There were no injuries.

Police verbally warned Yanez for failure to grant the right of way. Police issued Caggianiello an infraction ticket on a charge of failing to carry an automotive insurance card.

Interstate Accident

Â State police report an accident between a tractor-trailer truck and an auto on Interstate 84 about 10:30 pm March 20.

Motorist Deborah W. Stanton, 45, of Danbury, was driving a 1991 Mazda ProtÃ©gÃ© westbound on I-84, west of Exit 10, when tractor-trailer truck driver Douglas E. Hott, 54, of Fort Ashby, W.Va., changed lanes, striking the Mazda, state police said.

The Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported Stanton to Danbury Hospital to be treated for minor head injuries, state police said.

Police issued Hott an infraction ticket for making an unsafe lane change.

Church Hill DUI

Police report that while on patrol about 9:36 pm March 27, they noticed that motorist Christopher S. DâAngelo, 29, of 99 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook Center, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of Church Hill Road.

The vehicle eventually pulled into the Blue Colony Diner parking lot where it drove into a ditch, police said. Police said DâAngelo failed field sobriety tests.

Police charged him with driving under the influence and failure to drive to the right. After processing, police released DâAngelo for an April 12 appearance in Danbury Superior Court to answer the charges.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Hawleyville Break

Police report that someone sometime between 2 and 3 am March 29 broke into the Hawleyville Deli on Hawleyville Road and stole 138 cartons of cigarettes valued at $4,455, constituting a case of third-degree larceny, which is a felony.

The thief broke a front window of the business, entered the building and stole the goods, police said. Police are investigating.

Queen Street

Motorist Gail M. Oâdell, 48, of 49 Schoolhouse Hill Road, who was driving a 1997 Ford Taurus station wagon, was stopped in a northbound line of traffic on Queen Street at Glover Avenue about 11 am March 24, when the Ford was struck from behind by a northbound 1997 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Michael A. Russo, 30, of Monroe, police aid.

There were no injuries. Police issued Russo a written warning for failure to carry automotive insurance and operating a motor vehicle at an unsafe distance.

Wasserman Way

Police said motorist Brian McCormack, 41, of Shelton, who was driving a 2001 Jeep Laredo, was stopped in traffic on Wasserman Way about 7 am March 27, when the Jeep was struck from behind by a 2001 Ford Taurus driven by James E. Burnick, 40, of 47 Yogananda Street. There were no injuries, police said.

Juvenile Theft

Police report they charged a juvenile with sixth-degree larceny March 28 after the youth allegedly stole two boxes of merchandise from a display rack at Cave Comics, 57 Church Hill Road. The boxes contained figurines, police said. The juvenile is scheduled to appear April 5 in Danbury Juvenile Court to answer the charge. Because the accused is under age 16, police do not disclose the identity of the person.

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Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Appreciate your perspective. Rather than litiate all of your opinions expressed here, here....I would like correct your opinion about the BOS having the final authority on road discontinuance decisions. State statute (CT GS 13a-49), requires the BOS' decision to be approvate by a majority vote at a regular or special town meeting (just like the one Newtown had a few years back to decide to spend the money to build an addition onto the High School). In towns that no longer have any town meetings, that responsibility would fall on the town's representaive government, or legislative body....in Newtown's case, our Legislative Council. Failure to follow this statutory process is but one of the reasons the town/the BOS is being sued.

There are many private roads in Newtown where they property owner owns right to the center line, for example this is often true in the lake communities. Many of these roads predate and do not conform to the Town's roads standard and therefore the Town never accepted them into the Town road system. Does the Town actually own this road?

It’s important to clarify the tone and context of Derek Pisani’s remarks, particularly the satirical line about suing Newtown for "Gross Stupidity." This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek jab at the exhausting culture of legal threats that’s become a staple on the local Facebook Group forums. It was a reflection of frustration over endless regulatory hurdles and obstructionism, and the desire to avoid common sense solutions not an insult aimed at residents. Satire, is meant to provoke thought and highlight the absurdities. If we are unable to distinguish between satire and literal threats, perhaps the comment hit closer to the truth than we’d like to admit. Rather than focusing on Pisanis style, we should be discussing the substance of what he’s pointing out: that Newtown’s progress is being routinely blocked by a small but vocal contingent who seem intent on saying “no” at every turn. They are saying no to any development, no to common sense solutions to crowd control, etc. Newtown deserves leaders who are willing to call things as they see them, even if their language ruffles feathers. That doesn’t mean they lack respect for constituents—it means they care enough to challenge the Mob and push for solutions. Isn't that what we elect people to do? I applaud Pisani's dedication, he certainly has earned my vote. Regardless, let’s not reduce conversation to tone-policing and outrage. Let’s focus on the issues that matter.

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