One arrest in 24 hours. The log runs one page and spends most of it on white space.
On Monday, July 27, at 2:11 p.m., Farmington police arrested Courtney Stanwicks, 41, of Bristol, at 319 New Britain Avenue. That address is the police station, which is where the department records warrant arrests, and this was one. The warrant existed before the arrest did.
She faces a single count of breach of the peace in the second degree, a class B misdemeanor under section 53a-181 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The statute covers six distinct kinds of conduct. The log does not say which one is alleged, so neither will we. She has been charged with one misdemeanor and convicted of nothing.
The bond column is where this log earns its keep. Stanwicks was released on a written promise to appear, which is exactly what it sounds like: she signed a document agreeing to come to court, and paid nothing. The department, having accepted her word, took the additional precaution of writing it down. The amount entered in the bond column is "$.00," carried out to two decimal places, presumably on principle.
Her court date is Monday, August 10. The arresting officer was Anthony Ruggiero.
That is the whole log. It was generated Tuesday morning at 7:08, eight minutes after the window closed, which is the fastest anyone in this story moved.
Monday's log, covering the three-day weekend, also carried exactly one arrest. Two reports, two arrests, one town.
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Jack Beckett has now read two consecutive one-page arrest logs and is prepared to describe the week as uneventful. Third coffee. ☕
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