MONROE, Conn. — A 44-year-old Ansonia woman was heading home from her job as a bartender, when she was charged with DUI following a traffic stop on Cutlers Farm Road, near Bug Hill Road, early Saturday morning.
At approximately 12:37 a.m., a police officer driving on Green Street saw a gray Dodge Ram heading south on Main Street take a wide left turn onto Green Street, hitting the curb before continuing north on Pepper Street, according to the report.
The officer did a U-turn and followed the vehicle. He observed the pickup truck being driven on the double yellow line and the fog line multiple times, before following it onto Cutlers Farm Road, where it swerved over the fog line, nearly colliding with the guardrail, police said.
After stopping the vehicle, the officer spoke to the driver, who reportedly admitted to consuming alcohol before heading home. Police said she appeared to be confused, her eyes were bloodshot and glossy, and she had a difficult time finding her documentation.
Police said she admitted she shouldn’t be driving and refused field sobriety tests, before being arrested. At police headquarters she refused a breathalyzer test, according to police.
In addition to the DUI, she was charged with failure to maintain the proper lane and released after posting seven percent of her $500 bond for an April 13 court date.
Police investigate fraud
A local woman received an alert about a series of withdrawals from an M&T Bank account, on which she is a co-signer with her father, before learning a total of $19,000 of their funds had been deposited into a fraudulent TD Bank account opened in her name at a branch in New Jersey, according to a police complaint filed Friday.
Police said the fraudulent account was opened using the victim’s name, Social Security number and driver’s license number.
The woman filed a complaint with M&T Bank, which flagged the account and credited the money back to her and her father, according to the report.
The Monroe Police Detective Division is investigating the case.
The victim was advised to notify the three major credit bureaus, to contact the U.S. Social Security Administration and to monitor her financial accounts.
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