Crime & Safety

Unusual Chases, Greenhouses and Driving Habits

A roundup of remarkable police reports from around Connecticut

What started out as a call for a domestic disturbance near the town's Community Center, ended up as a through multiple towns in the region, according to Vernon police. When East Hartford police finally apprehended Todd Doucette, 43, of 1 Prospect St., Vernon, they transported him back to Vernon where he was charged with third-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace, engaging police in a pursuit, interfering with police, public indecency, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree threatening, and second-degree unlawful restraint.

Police seized more than 80 marijuana plants and 5 pounds of pot in a raid on a small yellow house at 514 Trout Brook Drive  in West Hartford. Detectives confiscated equipment used to grow and conceal the odor of the marijuana, including high-intensity lights, lighting timers, fans, transformers and plant food, police said. Athicom A. Sukisame, 29, of 7 Madison Rd., Glastonbury, was charged with six felony narcotics offenses, including the sale of a controlled substance and two counts of operating a drug factory.

A Simsbury man was arrested after he got into someone else's vehicle, which then rolled across a parking lot, Avon police said. The owner returned to the vehicle and called police after noticing a stranger inside. George Muzytschenko, 65, of 11 Robin Road, Simsbury, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Ledyard police said a woman drove around a “road closed” sign and nearly hit a police officer at the scene of an earlier collision.  Yelizaiveta Masalimova, 24, of Stamford, was arrested and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, possession or drug paraphernalia and possession of illegal narcotics. 

Brookfield police said a driver ran a red light and nearly hit another car -- a police cruiser. The officer slammed on the brakes, then pulled over the car. The driver, Marc Bessette, 19, of Danbury, was arrested and charged with failure to obey a control signal and operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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