ID Theft, Collisions And More From The Redding Police Blotter

REDDING, CT — A package swiped out of a mailbox, and a number of motor vehicle accidents, were at the top of the Redding Police Department blotter this past week.

A motorist told police he lost control of his vehicle and drove off Poverty Hollow Road near the Newtown Line on Nov. 10, abandoning his ride on the shoulder of the roadway. Police found the driver walking on Hopewell Woods Road / Beck Lane, and issued him a warning for failure to drive right on a curve.

A West Woodland Drive resident told police on Nov. 11 that someone had stolen a package from his mailbox, after it had been photographed and delivered by the carrier. That investigation is still open.

Also still open is an identity theft investigation prompted by a Redding Road resident's complaint Wednesday of fraudulent activity on her account.

On Nov. 9, police said there were no injuries reported when two vehicles were involved in an accident at the intersection of Route 58 and Cross Highway.

On Friday, police investigated an accident on Goodsell Hill Road, where two vehicles driving by in opposite directions sideswiped each other, while rounding the sharp curve. No injuries were reported.

Also on Friday, police issued a warning to a driver they say was following another motorist too closely, rear-ending the vehicle that had stopped for a mail delivery truck at a mailbox on Redding Road/Route 107.