Crime & Safety
Regional Roundup: Car with Flat Tire Leads to DUI Arrest in Orange
Unusual arrests and investigations from the area.
A 28-year-old Derby woman was recently arrested for DUI in Orange after officers allegedly found her car stuck to a curb with a flat tire.
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A carjacking in New Jersey caused reverberations in Monroe when a GPS reading found the stolen car's location was on a campus shared by two elementary schools and a middle school. After a lockdown and police search of the area, nothing was found. Harrison, N.J., police eventually recovered the car in Newark. Turns out that the car dealership apparently installed the GPS in the wrong Acura — so police were tracking the wrong car.
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A Ridgefield man was arrested last week on charges of attempting to sell hallucinogenic mushrooms to a minor after police broke up the alleged sale in progress. The man was also found in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and charged with risk of injury to a minor, according to police.
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An 18-year-old Trumbull man and a minor face drug-dealing charges in separate Trumbull arrests. Police said the man was found in his vehicle with a scale, cash, baggies and marijuana.
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During a DUI arrest, a Milford man was charged for carrying a firearm while under the influence.
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About this column: The week's most unusual arrests from around the region. The information above was provided by area police departments. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of what police allege.
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