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Police said the road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays to allow for construction of a water pipeline up the hill and through the sharp curves in the roadway.

The duration of the closure will depend on how much rock is found as the trench is dug, police said.

NEW MILFORD — A fire Sunday destroyed a hay barn and the farm equipment stored in it on Ridge Road in New Milford.

The barn was being rented by Bridgewater dairy farmer Dan Weed, who lost a tractor, milking machines and the barn full of baled hay.

Water Witch Hose Co. No. 2 Fire Chief Jim Ferlow said the fire call was received about 3:57 p.m.

The man authorities describe as the primary distributor of steroids and prescription drugs for a former Newtown police sergeant is expected to plea guilty Monday.

The alleged leader of the steroid ring is Steven Santucci, a longtime Newtown police sergeant who resigned after his arrest in the spring.

When a burglary alarm activated shortly after 1 p.m., troopers arrived at the house to find that several items had been stolen, according to a news release.

Police said troopers collected evidence, including surveillance video showing the suspect and a suspect car, and interviewed several witnesses.

The long-delayed project, which calls for a new building for the police department adjacent to Bethel High School at Judd Avenue and Whittlesey Drive, lost by 69 votes of the nearly 1,800 cast in the referendum.

The latest cuts come primarily from downgrading the quality of the proposed materials, such as switching the gutters from copper to aluminum, changing two-thirds of the exterior of the proposed building from brick to concrete, and removing 20 spaces from the parking lot.

Supporters of the effort say the 1974 facility is too small, has asbestos in the walls and ceiling, often becomes

BETHEL — A Rockwell Road man gave police his brother’s name after he was arrested for urinating inside a 7-Eleven store on Route 6, authorities said.

Police said they later learned the wrong man had been charged and applied for a warrant for Phelps’ arrest, which was issued this week.

BROOKFIELD — A local man terrified parishioners Saturday at a Roman Catholic church, threatening to shoot them during a baptism ceremony, police said.

Ducanic was charged Saturday with first-degree criminal trespass, second-degree breach of peace and interfering with an officer.

A manager then showed police still images of the store’s surveillance camera so they could identify the suspect, police said.

While talking to him, officers learned Salam went to several other different stores — including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Uniqlo, Children's Place, Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Cotton On — and paid for small items with counterfeit $100 bills, police said.

NEWTOWN — A Mercedes SUV that was reported stolen from a Hanover Road driveway last weekend was found Friday morning in Bridgeport, police said.

The car was abandoned and no suspects have been identified, according to police.

The 2007 Mercedes GL450 was unlocked with the keys inside when it was taken sometime between 7 and 10 p.m. on Oct. 2, police said.

The case is under investigation.

BETHEL — A Rockwell Road man was arrested Wednesday night after police said his alcohol level was three times the legal limit when he crashed into another car.

No one was injured in the accident, which happened about 9 p.m. Plumtrees Road and Maple Avenue, but both cars had heavy front-end damage, police said.