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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

12/30/08 PUBLIC RECORDS VIA: The Greenwich Time Police Blotter


Cesar H. Salazar, 21, of 263 Mill St., was arrested Sunday evening after he broke into his neighbor's home, according to a police report.

Police responded to Mill Street when a resident reported hearing someone outside climbing a ladder, said spokesman Lt. Dan Allen.

Salazar was found in an alleyway leaving the scene, police said. Police then found a sneaker print on the second floor ledge where the break-in had occurred that matched Salazar's shoes, according to the report.

Salazar had no stolen items on him, Allen said.

He was charged with burglary in the second degree, the report stated.

He was released on a $500 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Jan. 5.

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Matthew S. Pasternak, 58, of 63 Stanwich Road, was arrested following a one-car collision Sunday afternoon on Sheephill Road and charged with driving under the influence, according to a police report.

Pasternak crashed into the curb at Loading Rock Road. He was not injured. When police questioned him, he spoke with slurred speech and was asked to take a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed, the report stated.

He was also charged with unsafe movement, police said.

Pasternak was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Jan. 12.

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Luis Efrain Pelaez-Gomez, 43, of 36 Stephen St., Stamford, was arrested on Lake Avenue Saturday morning and charged with driving under the influence, according to a police report.
Police responded to reports of a crashed vehicle, which was Pelaez-Gomez's. He had an odor of alcohol emanating from him. Police had him perform a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed, the report stated.

He was also charged with unlicensed operation and unsafe movement, police said.
He was released on a a $250 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday, Jan. 5.

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A 17-year old male was arrested at 11 p.m. on Saturday and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, the police report stated.

Police officers arrived at a residence on High Street on reports of a possible drinking party. Although there were no alcohol related violations, the 17-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, was observed making "a suspicious movement," and placing a plastic bag in his pocket. He was searched and .08 gram of marijuana was found in one pocket and a glass bowl, known to be used for smoking pot, in another, according to the police report.

He was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Jan. 7.

FOR THE RECORD:

Greenwich Roundup has for access to these public records and even asked for the Sargent's report to be emailed over for instant publication, unedited in Greenwich Roundup.

However, the Greenwich Police Department has declined to do so. They only like releasing police reports to the three very compliant Greenwich Newspapers.
In fact, there is a real problem with Greenwich town employees not releasing public information fairly and equally to all Greenwich media outlets. Many times we have asked the Greenwich Board of Education to put us on their press release list, but they have consistently refused.
They only pass out their press releases to the three very compliant newspapers.
The BOE is very happy with Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson regurgitating their press releases almost word for word. Unfortunately, this attitude is costing parents and the single family homeowners of Greenwich dearly.
When Glenville Parents came to the Zorba crew with pictures and stories about the conditions inside their school the Zorba crew could not be bothered with such trivial matters.
When The Complacent Reporter At The Three Local Rags Didn't Care That The Results Of The Harris Survey That Was Carried Out In May And June Of This Year Were Being Kept Under Wraps By The Greenwich Board Of Education. It Was Citizen Journalist Bill Clark Who Broke The Story.....
A week after Bill Clark's investigative report Ms. Strenberg told an enraged town that she was going to jump, before she was pushed overboard. Out of all of the town's reporters only citizen journalist Bill Clark went and filed the Freedom of Information request at the BOE.
Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson couldn't file a Freedom of Information request, because he was very busy regurgitating a flurry of press releases that BOE communications director Kim Eves was sending out telling us what a great job Ms. Sternberg and the BOE were doing.
The BOE made Bill Clark wait five days for Harris Survey and everyday Kim Eves was telling Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson what a great job the school was doing. If you don't believe me, then go to the Greenwich public library and read each of the front covers of the Greenwich Time in during the last week of September.
In Fact, The Greenwich School Board Counts On The Greenwich Time And Other Local Papers Being Complacent. That's Why There Is No Accountability At The BOE:

When the "New And Improved" Hamilton Avenue Modulars were leaking AGAIN, the Greenwich Time could not be bothered.

Please See:

When a Greenwich parent got pictures of three heavily damaged classrooms in the "NEW" 30 Million Dollar Ham Ave School the Greenwich Time was not interested and still has not fully reported whats going on inside that building.

Please See:

School Parents And Taxpayer Understand When Greenwich Roundup Calls Greenwich Time Colin Gustafoson A Cub Reporter......
PLEASE ALSO SEE:
WHEN TOWN OF GREENWICH EMPLOYEES SELECTIVELY GIVE OUT PUBLIC RECORDS TO THE TOWNS MEDIA OUTLETS THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS END UP PAYING THE BILL IN THE END.
TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT IS GOOD GOVERNMENT

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The Last Word On This Subject:
There is a time honored tradition in the American press corps, that when government officials allowed only certain reporters were to cover the event. All reporters boycotted the event until the excluded reporter was allowed access.
Moreover, all of the reported about the reporter, being excluded.
The public's right to know what was going on was paramount.
If Greenwich Roundup was ever given public information in press release, that town employees refused to give to the Greenwich Time you would read about the exclusion right here.
We would not bend over and prostitute ourselves like Greenwich Time managing editor Jim Zorba does when he has cub reporter Colin Gustafson regurgitate a BOE press release or when Martin Cassidy reprints the Greenwich Police Department police blotter.
Zorba knows that town employees exclude Greenwich citizen journalists from receiving the press release and reports that his lazy mainstream reporters get daily.
The fact is that Zorba is deathly afraid of citizen journalists getting the same access to public documents that his lackluster reporters receive.
Zorba knows that Greenwich Roundup would do the right thing and stand up and condemn Greenwich town employees if they ever excluded his mainstream reporters, whose only job qualification is that they have a pulse and be able to run a town press release through the spell checker before hitting the publish button..
Why would we stand up for Zorba's amateurish reporters?
Because Greenwich Roundup is not complacent like the Greenwich Citizen, Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Time. We are a lean mean truth telling machine that lets the chips fall where they may.
And that is why Greenwich Roundup and other local citizen journalist web sites are growing at a double digit rates and the local newspaper web sites are struggling at best.

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