Crime & Safety
DUIs, Vandalism at School Field Lead Police Blotter
The following information was supplied by the Oxford Resident Trooper's Office. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
- Someone drove a car over the infield of the softball diamond at – and ruined the surface by driving in circles or “doing doughnuts” - sometime between 7 p.m. on March 6 and 7 a.m. on March 8, police said. The approximate cost to repair the infield is $200, police said. Additional steps will be taken to add barriers that will prevent or deter vehicles from doing this again, according to the report filed by Oxford Officer David Ives. The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 203.888.4353.
- A 57-year-old Oxford man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol after being involved in a one-car accident on Christian Street on Dec. 17, according to a news release on file at the Oxford Resident Trooper’s Office. Salvatore Digrazia, of Nancy Lane, was arrested on a warrant following a lengthy investigation; he later pleaded not guilty at Derby Superior Court. His next court date is April 13.
- A Southbury man was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol after an officer saw him drive his car to the extreme right of the road and strike a curb, police said in a news release. Gary Dennen was pulled over near the intersection of Larborde Road and Pisgah Road at 10:24 p.m. on March 12, police said. He failed field sobriety tests, according to the report, which did not state when his court date would be or his address.
- On March 10, a mailbox and its post were damaged at 6 Somers Lane during the earning morning hours. Anyone with information is asked to call 203.888.4353.
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