Crime & Safety
Ridgefield Police: 19 Cell Phone Busts In Three Hours; Head-On Collision Injures Six
Arrest information is supplied by the Ridgefield Police Department. It does not indicate convictions.
On Thursday, August 11, Ridgefield police arrested Steven Docchio, 45, of Waterbury for talking on a cell phone while driving north on Ethan Allen Highway with a suspended license around 10 a.m. He was charged with a misdemeanor and is expected in court on August 26.
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Police set up a cell phone detail Friday morning from 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. near the intersection of Rte. 7 and Rte. 102. Overall, they logged 19 infractions and written warnings for cell phone use while driving.
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Police are investigating a head-on collision that sent six people to Danbury hospital Sunday evening. The accident, which took place on North Salem Rd. around 7:40 p.m., did not incur any life-threatening injuries. The drivers of the cars were Dylan Dunn, 19, of Brewster, N.Y., and Timothy O'Connor, 56, of Ridgefield.
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Ridgefield police, in another traffic detail Monday morning from 7:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on George Washington Highway and Ridgebury Rd., logged 12 more infractions and written warnings, this time for speeding and stop-sign violations.
