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DANBURY — An Eden Drive resident is being held on a $10,000 bond after authorities said he harassed another driver for more than an hour Sunday and later tried to swallow a bag of crack cocaine in front of police officers.

Walker was charged with driving with intent to harass, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics in a prohibited place, possession of drug paraphernalia, breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief.

Anthony Reyes, of Stonefield Drive, Waterbury was located by State Police Sunday night after fleeing the scene of the crash, police said.

Two men and two women were thrown from the bikes and taken to Danbury Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

NEW MILFORD — State’s Attorney David Shepack gave special consideration to the sentencing of a 24-year-old New Milford woman who was charged with accessory to sale of heroin.

Tamburri entered a plea agreement with Shepack’s office in December pleading guilty to charges related to the heroin overdose death of her friend Robin Thibodeau.

Police say a Danbury middle school student is in critical condition after he was struck by a car Friday afternoon while crossing North Street after exiting the school bus.

The West Side Middle School student got off the bus on Madison Avenue and walked northbound on North Street, police said.

Guillermo Salazar, 38, of New Britian, was arrested Friday on with one count each of larceny in the first degree by defrauding a public community and unemployment compensation fraud.

The arrest follows an investigation by the Connecticut Department of Labor, the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the New Britain Police Department.

“It’s a sad day in Connecticut when the victim of a motor vehicle accident can not die from their injuries but must be electrocuted by the police,” Crosland said.

Police said that Lane, 37, fought responders as they tried to free him from the mangled car, even as potentially dangerous fumes from gasoline hung in the air — and at one point he was harming himself with a piece of broken glass.

Esdaile made reference to the racial strife in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore following police actions involving blacks in those communities and elsewhere around the country.

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Romero was charged with three counts of risk of injury to a minor, possession of over 1/2 ounce of a controlled substance, possession with intent to sell, possession with intent to sell with 1,500 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Betzabet Sanchez, 25, of Danbury was processed and charged with three counts of risk of injury to a minor, possession of over 1/2 ounce of a controlled substance, possession within 1,500 feet of a school, and possession of drug paraphernalia within 1,500 feet of a school.

NEW MILFORD — Scammers claiming to work for a utility company are calling New Milford residents, demanding immediate payment and threatening to shut off their electricity, authorities said this week. Thieves representing themselves as Eversource employees tell residents that they have an outstanding balance with the utility company and must wire the payment through MoneyGram the same day, police said.

Police said Villa left the crash site and ran into Papaya Mexican Grill, 54 Liberty St., where he sat at a table and began to call someone on his cell phone. Villa was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, evading responsibility, interfering with the duties of a police officer and driving with a suspended license.

The New Milford residents were charged with third-degree criminal trespass and hunting/carrying a loaded firearm within 500 feet of an occupied building. Dennis Schain, a spokesman for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said the department’s Environmental Conservation Police had been received several reports that people were hunting geese too close to the store.