Crime & Safety
New Canaan Police Make DUI Arrest
A stop was made after a vehicle crossed over a double yellow line.

NEW CANAAN, CT- A Stamford man was arrested for DUI after a traffic stop April 20.
An officer observed a vehicle cross the double yellow line on Jelliff Mill Road around 9:25 p.m. He stopped the vehicle and detected the odor of alcohol on Benjamin Howell, 35, police said.
Howell failed a field sobriety test and a later blood-alcohol test came back with a result of .106, which is over the legal limit of .008, police said.
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He was charged with DUI and released on a $250 bond.
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