Arguing with Greenwich Police Leads to Driver's Arrest

A motorist is facing misdemeanor charges after allegedly arguing with a Greenwich Police officer who was directing traffic through a construction zone Wednesday morning.

According to a police report, the officer was directing traffic in the 300 block of Palmer Hill Road near North Mianus School when a driver becomes “verbally aggressive and confrontational” with the officer. The 72-year-old man “exited his vehicle and continued arguing with the officer after being told to reenter his vehicle and proceed through the construction zone,” according to the report.

That action, according to the report, “caused alarm to several motorists and congested traffic in both directions on Palmer Hill Road.”

Apparently, the man had gotten back into his car and then refused an order to get out of his vehicle. “Following several orders to exit his vehicle, the police officer attempted to handcuff (the suspect) and remove him from the vehicle,he then became physically combative with the officer,” according to the report.

Frank B. McBrearity, who gave an address of 27 Turtle Back Ln., New Canaan, was issued misdemeanor summonses on charges of failure to obey an officer’s signal, interfering with an officer and second-degree breach of peace. He was released on a written promise to appear Oct. 15 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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