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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

07/19/08 Greenwich Post Newslinks For Tuesday


State offers passes so no child is ‘left inside’


As part of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Conservation’s “No Child Left Inside” program, Greenwich Library is offering park passes to Greenwich resident cardholders.

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Murphy gets awards




Jim Murphy, a Greenwich resident for more than 20 years and one of the newest members of the Bruce Museum Board of Trustees, received two awards last month for lifetime achievement in marketing.



Sponsors donate to ‘cause’



Vineyard Vines and other local companies have donated more than $40,000 in products and services to Kayak for a Cause VIII, which takes place on Saturday.


Police Watch


The following are July 28’s released arrests:

DUI

Henry Quintanilla, 35, of Stamford was arrested July 26 and charged with driving under the influence. Police said officers saw a tan minivan driving on Mill Street weaving across two lanes as it drove toward the intersection with Mead Avenue and then driving up onto the curb along the southeastern shoulder. When police questioned Quintanilla he allegedly had red, glassy bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. Police said he was unable to pass field sobriety tests, and arrested. He was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license. He was released on a $250 cash bond and is due in court Aug. 11.

LARCENY

Police had been sent to Anne Fontaine on Greenwich Avenue on the report of a shoplifting. Diane Franklin, 55, of Albuquerque, N.M. was arrested and charged with fourth degree larceny. Franklin had allegedly tried on three blouses, left two in the store and left with the third one. Police determined she had the blouse along with several other items taken from stores on Greenwich Avenue. Franklin was released on a $1,000 surety bond and is due in court Aug. 7.

ASSAULT

A 58-year-old White Plains, N.Y. man and 36-year-old Riverdale, N.Y. woman were arrested after a reported domestic incident July 27. According to police, the woman told officers she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend and he had slapped her in the face. A witness reportedly told police they had noticed the argument and saw the man slap the woman. They were both charged with breach of peace and the man was also charged with third degree assault. They were both released on $250 cash bonds and were due in court July 28.

BURGLARY

Police arrested six people July 27 after responding to the report of a burglary. Vincent Hord, 20, of Yonkers, N.Y., Russell Sandler, 18, of Port Chester, N.Y., Vladimir Lemite, 19, of Yonkers, N.Y., a 17-year-old Yonkers boy and two 16-year-old Port Chester girls. Police had been sent to a Glenville home on the report that someone was selling stolen merchandise from that location. According to police, Sandler is the estranged stepson of the homeowner and does not live there. Sandler and five other people were having a party at the house and allegedly ransacked the house from attic to basement, taking several electronic items, including a big screen TV and jewelry, and putting them into bags for removal. Officers spoke to the homeowner, who was vacationing in New Hampshire, and she said none of them had permission to be on the property. Police said officers found several bags of marijuana. Hord and the three youthful offenders were charged with possession of marijuana under four ounces, second degree burglary, first degree criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sandler and Lemite charged with second degree burglary, possession drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana under four ounces and first degree larceny. Sandler was also charged with first degree criminal mischief. They were all released on $25,000 cash bonds and are due in court Aug. 4.


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