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Police checkpoint this weekend

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The Plainville Police Department will conduct a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on State Route 372 on Saturday, July 24 from 7 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. on July 25.

Click it or ticket campaign begins

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Photo courtesy of the Plainville Police Department.
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Police begin the national seat belt campaign, Click It or Ticket, on Northwest Drive this morning, May 24, at 7 a.m. The mobilization is credited with raising the national seat belt usage rate from 58 percent in 1994 to an observed rate of 84 percent today. The two-week seat belt enforcement will be conducted from May 24 through June 6, with zero tolerance for individuals who aren’t buckling up. In Connecticut, the fine for not buckling up is $92.

Police plan sobriety checkpoint this weekend

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On Friday, May 14, from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, the Plainville Police Department will conduct a DUI sobriety checkpoint on state Route 372 as part of the state of Connecticut Comprehensive DUI enforcement program. The checkpoint requires that every motorist who enters the area be briefly stopped and interviewed.

Car accident sends several people to hospital

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Two women escaped serious injury Friday morning when an out-of-control van struck one of the women, hit the park bench they were sitting on, crashed into a tree and then rolled over coming to rest in the Farmington Canal in Norton Park.

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Photo courtesy of Plainville Police Department
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Plainville firefighters extricate the driver of a 2004 Dodge caravan that went out of control Friday morning and landed in the water at Norton Park. He and a woman the vehicle struck were taken to the hospital.

Car lands in park canal

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Plainville firefighters respond to the scene of an accident that occurred Friday morning in Norton Park. The firefighters extracted the driver and a dog from the car that landed in the Farmington Canal. See related story.

11 accidents in area

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Plainville police responded to 11 motor vehicle accidents during the Feb. 16 winter storm. There were no serious injuries.

One of the accidents, which occurred on New Britain Avenue, involved a Connecticut Transit bus, according to Police Sgt. Charles Smedick, head of the Plainville Police Traffic Division.

Parking ban

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On-street parking is prohibited in Plainville due to the storm, the Plainville Police Department announced. The ban will be lifted at 8 a.m. Thursday.

Additional winter-related information and ordinances follow:

Removing snow,
ice from sidewalks

New police vehicle

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Photo courtesy of the Plainville Police Department
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A new 2010 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was put into service Jan. 25, funded by a federal grant received from the Department of Justice. Plainville Police applied for the grant under the 2009 Recovery Act. The grant covered 100 percent of the $22,335 purchase price of the vehicle, which was purchased under a state contract bid from Warnock Fleet in New Jersey.

Officer shoots man on Woodford Avenue

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Plainville police have identified Gary Miller as the police officer who this morning shot a suspect who was threatening him with a hammer. Miller is a 34-year veteran of the local force.

At 7:52 a.m. this morning, police received a phone call from an employee of Jim's Grocery and Deli on Woodford Avenue reporting a man wielding a hammer was in the area smashiing car windows.

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Citizen photo by Robin Lee Michel
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State investigators remain on the scene in the vicinity of where a man allegedly smashed car windows with a hammmer this morning and was shot by police. A portion of Woodford Avenue is closed.
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