MONROE, CT — A 29-year-old Bridgeport man was charged with DUI after being involved in a head-on-crash on Main Street (Route 25) Sunday night.
Police said a witness saw a 2012 Kia Forte cross over the double yellow center line and strike a 2015 Subaru Impreza in the opposite lane, near Knollwood Street, around 8:26 p.m.
The driver of the Subaru, a 62-year-old Trumbull woman, complained of an injury. She was treated by Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service personnel and taken to a hospital.
Both lanes of traffic were blocked and witnesses told police the Bridgeport man was throwing bottles into the reservoir prior to police officers’ arrival. Police said empty Corona beer bottles were visible inside the Kia.
Officers conducted field sobriety tests, which were not performed to standard, and charged the man with DUI, operating under suspension and failure to drive in the proper lane. He allegedly refused to submit to a breath test and was released after posting seven percent of his $500 bond for a May 27 court date, police said.
A Cashnetusa.com scam
A Monroe woman reported a scam Saturday after applying for a personal loan from Cashnetusa.com.
She told officers she applied for the loan on Thursday and, after entering personal information, started receiving text messages from two different numbers.
Whoever was contacting the victim told her the money would be deposited into her bank account, but she initially had to send the money back to them to verify it was her account.
One thousand dollars was deposited into her account and she sent it back, a process that was repeated three separate times, police said.
Then she was told to buy three $400 gift cards from Target and provide the lender with the access codes. She went to the Target in Trumbull and followed the instructions, police said.
After being asked to buy more gift cards, she reportedly became suspicious and contacted a representative from her bank, who told her it was a scam, according to the report.
Police said she put a freeze on her credit cards and Social Security Number before filing a complaint with law enforcement.
The bank transactions never cleared. She managed to stop transfers and now has a “surplus” of $1,800 in her account, which does not belong to her and must be reconciled with the bank, police said.
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