Wilton Police Arrest Log For Sept. 11-17

WILTON, CT — An illegal cannabis operation was at the top of the Wilton Police Department's arrest log last week.

On Aug. 29, the Wilton Police Department, along with agents from the state Department of Consumer Protection, conducted an inspection for the sale of illicit items at Mohegan Smoke Shop at 14 Danbury Road.

According to their report, police determined the business had cannabis products on display for sale without having the proper license.

Last Thursday, the shop's owner, Majd Jnaidi, 31, of Stamford, was charged with illegal sale of cannabis products and illegal possession of marijuana.

Police released Jnaidi on a promise to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Friday.

On Sept. 11, at around 8:30 in the morning, police were called to investigate a "suspicious person" inside a car parked in a space outside a business at 21 River Road.

According to their report, police found Alexis Midnyte Moloney, 23, of Fairview Avenue in Bridgeport, "passed out in the driver seat." Further investigation revealed Moloney had multiple active arrest warrants, and police detained her at WPD Headquarters.

Police charged Moloney with use of drug paraphernalia, sixth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, and criminal impersonation. Moloney was held at Wilton Police Headquarters pending her release under a court ordered bond of $5,000. She was scheduled to appear in Stamford Supreme Court the next day. Police also processed Moloney for three prior arrest warrants for failing to appear, and held her on a $14,000 bond.

At 2:18 in the morning of Sept. 12, Wilton police investigated a 2008 Honda Pilot that had stopped in the southbound lane in front of a closed business located at 644 Danbury Rd.

In their report, police say the driver, Manuel Pani, 55, of Hillside Street in Danbury, appeared to have "glassy/blood shot eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath and/or person."

Pani failed the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, according to police, who charged him with DUI. Further investigation revealed two receipts documenting eight alcoholic beverages purchased from a restaurant several hours previously, police said. The subsequent breath tests showed Pani's blood alcohol concentration to be a 0.1669 and a 0.1717. In Connecticut, adults with a BAC of 0.08 or higher are considered legally intoxicated.

Pani was issued a bond in the amount of $250, which was resolved within 24 hours. He is scheduled to appear before Stamford Superior Court on Sept. 22.

On Sept. 13, 24-year-old Aviance Brianna Brown, of Cheshire, was detained by Wilton Police on the basis of numerous charges related to a check fraud incident.

A Wilton resident had complained to police that checks had been removed from his mailbox. Those checks were later altered and fraudulently cashed and deposited into Brown's bank account, according to police.

Police charged Brown with second-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, second-degree larceny, first-degree identity theft, first-degree conspiracy to commit identity theft, third-degree forgery, and third-degree conspiracy to commit forgery.

Brown was held on a $2,500 bond which she was able to post, and was scheduled to appear at Stamford Superior Court on Sept. 26.