FARMINGTON — The Farmington Police Department's arrest log for the 72 hours ending at 7 a.m. Monday lists three arrests. Two happened at the police station, one Friday morning and one Saturday afternoon; the Saturday arrest, a warrant, comes with four charges, one of them misuse of the 9-1-1 system. The third came six minutes into Monday, at Riverside Plaza. The previous log ended Friday at 7 a.m. with a single felony warrant; this one picks up where it stopped.
Friday, Oct. 2
10:50 a.m., 319 New Britain Avenue, the address of the Farmington Police Department. Officer Grace L. Petersen arrested David R. Ferreira, 43, of Shelton, on charges of reckless driving and disorderly conduct. The $2,500 bond attaches to the disorderly conduct charge; reckless driving carries no bond amount of its own. The bond is nonsurety, which is a written promise to appear with a dollar amount attached; the remarks field on the log says he posted it, and for a nonsurety bond that means signing the promise. Court date Oct. 16.
Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor under Connecticut law (section 53a-182). The log does not say what the disorder was, or where the driving happened.
Saturday, Oct. 3
2:35 p.m., 319 New Britain Avenue. Petersen again, this time arresting Martin Leniel Fret, 21, of East Hartford, on a warrant. The log lists four charges:
- improper use of a marker, license or registration
- smoking in a prohibited location
- misuse of the emergency 9-1-1 system
- operating a motor vehicle under suspension
Only the 9-1-1 charge carries a bond, $2,500, nonsurety. Under section 53a-180d, a person misuses the system by dialing 9-1-1 to make a false alarm or complaint, or by purposely reporting false information that could bring emergency services. It is a Class B misdemeanor. The log does not say which of the two it was, what the call was about, or where the smoking was prohibited. The remarks field reads "Warrant arrest. Posted bond." Court date Oct. 16.
Monday, Oct. 5
12:06 a.m., Riverside Plaza. Officer John A. Salute arrested James T. Doiron, 40, of Burlington, on charges of illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence and traveling unreasonably fast. The log marks the first as a second offense; it does not say when or where the first one was. Bond was $1,400, cash, and the remarks field says he posted it. Court date Oct. 19.
His is the newest entry on the log, six minutes past the start of Monday and nearly seven hours before the log's 7 a.m. cutoff.
The money
The bonds on this log add up to $6,400. Two of them, $2,500 each, are nonsurety promises. The third, $1,400, is cash, and it is the bond attached to the driving-under-the-influence charge. The Mercury's archive of the department's arrest logs runs back to July 2023, and none of the three names is in it anywhere else.
Everyone named here is presumed innocent, and an arrest log records charges, not outcomes.
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The Farmington Mercury publishes the Farmington Police Department's daily arrest log as a matter of public record. All individuals named are presumed innocent unless and until convicted. Charges reflect allegations by police, not findings of a court.