Police Blotter: More DUI Patrols

isn't the only police department to receive a grant for increased police sobriety checks this week. The East Lyme Police Department will be assisting Montville Police Department with sobriety checks August 23 and 24. Like Lyme, the increased patrols are funded by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Comprehensive DUI Enforcement Program, from which Montville Police Department received $74,200. 

In other news, police from Troop F in Old Lyme are investigating the burglary of a cottage on Billow Road. Thieves entered the cottage through an unlocked door and stole an Apple Macbook lap top computer between the hours of 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. on August 13. 

The following arrest information is provided by State Police Troop E and East Lyme Police Department. An arrest does not signify a conviction. 

August 17, 2012

Merryll Simon, 41, of 80 Society Road in Niantic was charged with assault in the third degree (minor injury or intent to cause injury) and threatening following a physical altercation with Jennifer Rogers. Bond was set at $1,500.

Jennifer Rogers, 26, of 56 Oakwood Road in East Lyme was also charged with breach of peace (nonassaultive, nonthreatening). Bond was set at $500.

August 20, 2012

Kristofer York, 22, of 18 Lake Avenue, Niantic, was charged with harassment in the second degree: intimidation. According to police reports, the accused, Chad Olshan broke down at exit 74 on I-95. Police stopped to assist but upon running the license discovered there was an active arrest warrant for York stemming from an incident that happened in Niantic on December 29 of last year. Bond was set at $500. 

August 21, 2012

Chad J. Olshan, 37, of 94 Cottage Road in Madison was charged with criminal trespass in the third degree, larceny in the third degree, three counts of failure to appear in the first degree, and conspiracy (a class A felony). The suspect was initially arrested by Madison Police Department but he turned out to be a suspect in crimes committed in East Lyme. Total bond amounted to $136,000.