Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Riverside - News August 18, 2011

Five days of fun at St. Catherine of Siena

For 360 days a year, the parking lot across the street from St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside is nothing more than a place to leave the car.

Greenwich Man Faces Drug Charges Following Car Crash

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A 22-year-old Riverside man was charged with possession of marijuana, resisting an officer, and several other drug and motor vehicle offenses for allegedly getting into an accident while intoxicated and then fleeing the scene, according to Stamford Police.

According to police reports, Christopher Lund was arrested at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, after he apparently lost control of his 1998 Ford Explorer while traveling east on Cold Spring Road in Stamford and crashed into a traffic light in the center median.

"Officers were dispatched to the area of Cold Spring Rd. at Randall Ave. on a report of a motor vehicle vehicle accident with injuries," according to a police report. "Dispatch advised responding officers that one of the operators was chasing the other operator in the street, attempting to fight him."

According to the report, a witness told police that the driver of the SUV, later identified as Lund, fled the scene. The officer determined that it was a one-car accident, and searched Lund's vehicle. The officer found 2.2 grams of marijuana and a multi-colored glass pipe, according to the report.

More officers arrived and combed the area for Lund. "We heard mumbling from a large brush, and upon approaching the brush, we found Christopher Lund," SPD states. Witnesses described Lund as having "scratches and small cuts."

Police said they had difficulty taking Lund into custody, because his level of intoxication made it difficult to remove him from the wooded, fenced area where he was found. When Lund was arrested, he was "uncooperative," and refused to be "mugged and printed," according to the report.

Lund is charged with possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, resisting an officer, refusing to be fingerprinted, and failure to drive right.