Police: New Canaan Man, 68, Charged with DUI Had 2X Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit

A call to New Canaan police at 6:04 p.m. Thursday about a man either having some kind of medical problem or who was intoxicated, resulted in an officer approaching the driver of a car stuck in the Food Emporium parking lot at 280 Elm St.

New Canaan police gave this account (a series of accusations not proven in court) of the incident:

The Mercedes E550C was spinning its wheels in the snow, the vehicle’s owner trying to drive it away, when the police officer went to the car and spoke with the driver.

The driver, Cecil Goddard, 68, of 12 Husted Ln., had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. When Goddard got out of the car, he was unsteady on his feet.

Goddard could not perform field sobriety tests properly and was charged with driving while under the influence. At the police station, his blood-alcohol content was tested and found to be more than twice above the legal limit of 0.08.

He was later released on $250 bond and is scheduled to appear March 13 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.

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