Drunk Man Smashes Car Window, Thinks It's His Girlfriend's: DPD

DARIEN, CT — An intoxicated Darien man smashed the window of a vehicle at the Noroton Heights train station last week, thinking it was his girlfriend's vehicle only to discover that it wasn't, which led to his arrest, according to Darien police.

Officers were dispatched to the station on at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 12 on a report of a drunk man breaking breaking the window.

"Officers arrived and made contact with the suspect, James Reardon," wrote Darien police in a statement. "MTA Police were on scene and had already located Reardon. Officers noted a cut on Reardon’s right hand, and that a Subaru Outback a few feet from Reardon had its rear driver’s side window broken out. When asked, Reardon stated it was his girlfriend’s vehicle and he broke the window to retrieve something from it. Officers noted Reardon appeared heavily intoxicated."

After contacting Reardon's girlfriend, she told the officers that "she doesn’t own a Subaru Outback and
that she was currently in Rhode Island."

Reardon, 31, of Raiders Lane, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree criminal mischief. He was released to a family member on a promise to appear in Stamford Superior Court at a later date.

"The owner of the Outback was contacted in regards to the damage."

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