Police Blotter - CT State Police Troop B

The following information was provided by the Connecticut State Police at Troop B. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

BMW flips on its side

On Sunday, Nov. 19,  at approximately 6:50 a.m., Helen Ong, 65, of Falls Village was traveling northbound on Housatonic River Road in Salisbury in a 2015 BMW 328xi Sport Wagon but failed to maintain the established lane entering  a right curve. The vehicle left the road, striking a boulder and ended up resting on its passenger side. Ong was issued a written warning and transported to Sharon Hospital for minor injuries.  

 

 Car-tractor collision

 On Friday, Nov. 17, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Ty Jurgilewicz, 20, of Norfolk, was traveling southbound on Winchester Road in Norfolk on a 1979 John Deere Model 4430 tractor. Laura Beeman, 51, of Torrington, was northbound in a 2014 Mazda Cx-5 and failed to grant half of the roadway, colliding with the tractor in a side-swipe. Beeman was transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital by Norfolk EMS and was issued a written warning for failure to grant one-half of the roadway.

  

Rear-ended in Norfolk 

On Monday, Nov. 20 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Rebekah Lamont, 20, of Ancramdale, New York, was traveling eastbound on Route 44 in Norfolk in a 2023 Chevrolet. Jamie Machaffie, 33, of Hillsdale, New York, was following Lamont’s vehicle, which had slowed for a vehicle making a turn.  Machaffie’s vehicle, a 2005 Nissan X-Terra, collided into the rear of Lamont’s vehicle. Lamont was transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital by Norfolk EMS. Machaffie was issued an infraction for following too close. 

 

Sex offender registry

On Tuesday, Nov. 21, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Troopers from Troop B arrived at a residence on Bragg Street in North Canaan to serve an arrest warrant for Christopher Brown, 21. The warrant was issued by the state Sexual Offender Registry for the charge of failure to verify address. Brown was taken into custody and released on a $5,000 non-surety bond. 

 

Two-vehicle accident

On Wednesday, Nov. 22, at approximately 7:30 a.m. Kyle Lundquist, 38, of Goshen, was traveling north on Route 63 in Cornwall in a 2023 Toyota Tacoma and approaching North Goshen Road. Lundquist signaled a right turn. Carlos Medina Marin, 22, of Bridgeport, was driving a 2011 Nissan Frontier and didn’t have enough distance to stop, so he went off the road to avoid Lundquist’s Tacoma, but traveled through grass and struck the Tacoma in the rear passenger side door. Medina Marin was found at fault for failing to drive a reasonable distance apart, resulting in a motor vehicle accident. 

 

The Lakeville Journal will publish the outcome of police charges. Contact us by mail at P.O. Box 1688, Lakeville, CT 06039, Attn: Police Blotter, or send an email, with “police blotter” in the subject line, to johnc@lakevillejournal.

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