Crime & Safety
Police Charge Naugatuck Man in Hit-and-Run at Stop & Shop
Man charged after allegedly striking another vehicle and driving off.
A city man was charged this weekend with evading responsibility in a motor vehicle accident in the Stop & Shop parking lot Monday, April 28.
Naugatuck police investigated an accident in the grocery store parking lot in which a driver backed their car into another vehicle while pulling out of a parking space then fled the scene.
The investigation led officers to arrest 52-year-old David Cole, of Cherry Street, Naugatuck, on charges of evading responsibility.
Cole was released on a written promise to appear in Waterbury Superior Court on May 8.
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