FARMINGTON — A 19-year-old Farmington man was charged with engaging police in pursuit just after midnight Friday, one of seven charges that also include traveling unreasonably fast, two traffic signal violations and failure to have headlamps.
The only other arrests on the department's log for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Friday were two arrests of one Camden, N.J., woman on violation-of-probation charges, at the same minute Thursday night.
Thursday, March 20
7:55 p.m., 319 New Britain Avenue. Officer Jose R. Santiago arrested Wandaline Rodriguez, 46, of Camden, N.J., twice, under two incident numbers at the same minute and the same address, each time on a charge of violation of probation, an accusation that she broke the terms of a probation sentence. Each carries a $50,000 bond of the type the log calls "Set." The first record has no remarks; the second reads: "Re-arrest warrant. Held on bond." Court date March 21 on both.
Friday, March 21
12:35 a.m., Talcott Forest. Officer Kyle N. Mortensen arrested Mason Joseph Brown, 19, of Farmington, and charged him with failure to have headlamps, failure to drive in the proper lane, two counts of violating traffic control signals, traveling unreasonably fast, engaging police in pursuit and possession of cannabis, which the log lists as "POS CANNABIS PLANT <50Z 18<21." The log lists a nonsurety bond on the pursuit count, labeled "Non Surety (Pre-CISS)," with the amount shown as $0, and no bond type on the other six. The remarks read: "Arrested in connection with possession. Posted bond." Court date April 2.
Seven charges, one bond, and the bond is $0. The log does not say what led to any of the arrests.
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