2 DUIs And A Breach Of Peace: Wilton Police Blotter

WILTON, CT —The Wilton Police Department is reporting a couple of DUIs and a breach of peace at the end of last week and over the weekend.

On Saturday, around 4:30 in the morning, police responded to a report of a one-car accident near the intersection of Ridgefield and Deforest Roads. Finding no car at the scene, police broadened their search and found a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta parked behind 151 Old Ridgefield Road with heavy front end damage and a left front flat tire.

Alonso Pena-Cruz, 38, of Huntington Turnpike in Bridgeport, was outside the car, attempting to change the tire.

"During the investigation Pena appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failed to perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests to standard," according to the police report.

Police arrested Pena and escorted him to Wilton PD Headquarters, where they say he submitted to chemical testing, and was found with blood alcohol levels of 0.1392 and 0.1339 consecutively.

Pena was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving without a license or registration, driving with minimum insurance, evading responsibility, and failure to drive in proper lane. He was released on a $500 bond and scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Oct. 27.

On Friday, around 10:14 p.m., the Wilton Police Department received a report of a van striking an employee at the Wheels Gas Station. The witness said the collision occurred at 386 Danbury Road, and the driver fled the scene.

Officers located a vehicle matching the van's description, a 2007 Ford E350, and pulled over the driver, later identified as Jonathan Arce Hidalgo, 37, of Danbury Road in Wilton.

According to the police report, Arce Hidalgo got into a disagreement with an employee at the gas station earlier in the day and left the business with the gas pump still in his vehicle. He allegedly returned to the business later in the evening, and was argumentative with an employee, before he "got back into his vehicle and proceeded to strike the employee before driving away," according to police.

There were no reported injuries during this incident.

Arce Hidalgo was charged with second-degree breach of peace, and released on a promise to appear before Stamford Superior Court on Oct. 29.

On Thursday, shortly after 10 p.m., Wilton officers pulled over the driver of a 2014 Ford Focus after it was observed driving southbound on Route 7 in an "erratic manner."

Police say the driver, Carlos Arredondo-Lopez, 35, of Stiffen Street in Norwalk, told them he had been drinking alcohol. Arredondo-Lopez failed to perform field sobriety test to standard, and was taken to police headquarters.

Arredondo-Lopez refused to submit to chemical testing while being processed, and was charged with DUI and failure to drive in the proper lane. He was released after posting 10 percent of his $250 bond, and scheduled to appear before Stamford Superior Court on Oct. 27.