The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs.  The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 963-0000.

Jan. 28

Thomas Mistark, 61, S. Main Street, Putnam; restricted turn violation, operating unregistered motor vehicle, mandatory security requirements.

Jan. 29

Christopher Sweeney, 29, S. Main Street, Putnam; operating under the influence, failure to drive right.

Feb. 1

Lori Bergeron, 50, Smith Street, Putnam; operating without a license.

Feb. 2

Christopher Pacheco, 28, Marshall Street, Putnam; operating under the influence, failure to maintain proper insurance.

 

2 arrested for drugs

PUTNAM — Two Putnam residents were arrested on drug charges Jan. 30

The Troop D Quality of Life Task Force, the Statewide Narcotics Task Force – East Office, the Putnam Police Department and state troopers assigned to the Troop D Danielson barracks executed a narcotics-related search and seizure warrant. Arrested was Mario Knott, 26, of 50 May St., Apt. B, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and operating a drug factory.      

Randy Jean Louis, 25, of the same address was charged with possession of narcotics and narcotics outside of original container.

Investigators seized prescription narcotic pills that were not in their original container, marijuana pre-packaged for sale, $230 in cash,  drug packaging material and a digital scale

This investigation was a joint effort between the Connecticut State Police and the Putnam Police Department.  Anyone with information regarding the illegal sale of narcotics and /or synthetic marijuana are encouraged to call the Troop D QLTF anonymous Tips Hotline at 860-779-4950 or message the QLTF Facebook page.

 

 

 

POMFRET — The Theatre department  at Pomfret School will be presenting its winter musical, “In the Heights,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 22 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 23  in Hard Auditorium.  The Saturday performance will be preceded by the School’s sixth annual Empty Bowls Supper at 5 p.m. in the Dining Hall and the “Broadway Nights” cabaret at 7 p.m. in the Jahn Reading Room. The Empty Bowls supper, a fund-raiser for local food banks, consists of a simple meal, prepared by volunteers and served in hand-made “keeper” bowls.

The play and the cabaret are free and open to the public. Empty Bowls is $10 for adults and $6 for children under 12. For information call Pomfret Theatre Director Chip Lamb at 860-963-5260. For information  about Empty Bowls call Pomfret Ceramics and Sculpture teacher Kathi Yokum at 963-5687.

“In the Heights" tells the story, set over three days, of a Dominican-American neighborhood in New York City’s Washington Heights involving the owners of a struggling  taxi company.

 

y, their daughter, a student at Stanford University; a $96,000 lottery ticket, graffiti artists, dance clubs; loves, hopes and dreams. Written by Miranda in 1999 while a student at Wesleyan University, the play evolved its way towards a Broadway opening in March of 2008. Among other awards that year “In the Heights” took home Tonys for Best Musical and Original Score.

 

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