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Police Blotter: Troop B
Mar 06, 2024
The following information was provided by the Connecticut State Police at Troop B. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
IMS teacher arrest
On Sunday, March 3, at approximately 1 p.m., Michael Wilson, 40, of Lakeville, turned himself in at Troop B on an active arrest warrant based on investigation of an incident at Indian Mountain School in Salisbury on Nov. 8, 2023, involving Wilson and a 7th grade student. Wilson, an English teacher and mountain bike coach who lives on campus, was accused of inappropriate physical interaction with the student and was relieved of duties and is currently staying in Delaware. He is charged with breach of peace, 2nd degree; assault, 3rd degree; reckless endangerment, 2nd degree; strangulation/suffocation, 3rd degree; and unlawful restraint, 2nd degree. Wilson posted a $10,000 cash-surety bond.
Interlaken Inn trespass
On Sunday, Feb. 25, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Troop B received a call from the Interlaken Inn in Salisbury about a man causing a disturbance and who wouldn’t leave the property. Segundo Lalvay, 50, of Millerton, was served an infraction for simple trespass and told not to return to the Inn. Lalvay soon returned anyway and was charged with criminal tresspass, 2nd degree.
Disorderly conduct charge
On Sunday, Feb. 25, at approximately 7 p.m., Troopers were dispatched to a residence on Aetna Lane in Norfolk on the report of a disturbance. Eugene Harding, 50, reportedly had threatened a victim and pushed him. Harding was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
HVRHS knife arrest
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Troop B was notified by Region One school that a large knife was found in a student’s possession at the high school. Christos Curry, 18, of Kent, was placed under arrest for possession of a weapon on school grounds, a Class D felony.
North Canaan drug arrest
On Thursday, Feb. 29, Mohammad Rahman, 45, of Litchfield, was taken into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant following an investigation involving Smoker’s Choice, 11 East Main, North Canaan. Rahman was charged with possession with intent to sell narcotics. He was released on a $10,000 cash/surety bond.
The Lakeville Journal will publish the outcome of police charges. Contact us by mail at P.O. Box 1688, Lakeville, CT 06039, Attn: Police Blotter, or send an email, with “police blotter” in the subject line, to johnc@lakevillejournal.
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John A. Dorizzi
Mar 06, 2024
FALLS VILLAGE — John A. Dorizzi, 89, of Falls Village, died March 3, 2024, at the Sharon Hospital. John was born in Canaan on Jan. 4, 1935, son of the late Emil and Marie (Visini) Dorizzi.
John graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. Shortly after that, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. He served at Fort Dix in New Jersey, then on to Fort Jackson in South Carolina. From there it was on to Jump Training at Fort Benning in Georgia and finally to Special Forces training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. John made about 39 active jumps. While serving with the Green Berets he held the rank of Specialist 5th Class which is equivalent to a Staff Sergeant. He was honorably discharged in 1958, but continued in the Army Reserves until he was honorably discharged from the reserves on May 31, 1962.
Upon returning to Falls Village, John became a well-known and accomplished carpenter. He pursued that trade for 20 years. After that, he began a new career at the former El-Hamal Arabian Horse Farm in Salisbury. On the farm he built barns, indoor arenas, and any other project that may have been needed. He spent another 20 years at the farm. After that, he worked with his family’s business, Wright One Landscaping until he retired. John maintained his love of woodworking and gardening throughout his life. He was able to look at a picture of a project and reproduce it exactly as it looked in the photograph.
John is survived by his longtime companion Maryann Betti with whom he lived, several nieces and nephews as well as his brother Robert Mallory and his wife Pat of New Hartford. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Donna Mallory of Canaan. John was one of seven children.
Graveside service with full military honors will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Lower City Cemetery, Undermountain Rd. Falls Village, CT 06031.
There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to either the Sharon Health Care Center 27 Hospital Hill Rd Sharon, CT 06069, or Noble Horizons 17 Cobble Rd. Salisbury, CT 06068. Arrangements are under the care of the Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Home 118 Main St. Canaan, CT 06018.
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Basking in the angler’s apricity
Mar 06, 2024
Patrick L. Sullivan
This time of year the angler has to be alert. Because America needs more lerts. Hahaha.
The preceding joke is courtesy of James Fenimore Cooper Middle School, McLean, Virginia, ca. 1975.
Between Thursday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 17, the weather warmed up considerably. This coincided with a lack of rainfall.
So I shifted the schedule around to allow for a couple hours’ worth of fishing on those days.
Thursday at the Blackberry was a bust. It was a bust mostly because I forgot things and had to trudge back to the car. Twice. Also the fish didn’t get the memo.
Friday I trundled down to Macedonia State Park in Kent. This stream gets stocked pretty heavily by the state in the spring, meaning April or May. Maybe March if conditions allow.
There are two distinct sections of interest and accessibility. The first is below a series of boulders and rock shelf that’s not quite a waterfall but is definitely more than a bunch of big rocks. There is a big inviting pool that is just a short scramble from the small parking area right by the sign announcing you are in the park.
As far as I can tell, you can fish downstream of here for maybe 200 yards before posting appears. The stream just above this formation is posted for a little bit.
This too was a bust, although I gave it a good going over.
Undeterred, I proceeded upstream into the area that is unambiguously open for fishing. It was also open for hiking and for day-tripping.
So I had company as I prowled the dirt road that runs right by the stream.
On the first pass, my shadow fell on the water just below this bridge, and dark shapes darted for cover. On the way back, I low-crawled up to it and horsed up a brown trout.Patrick L. Sullivan
I used a Tenkara rod, the Dragontail Mizuchi if you care. A dry-dropper technique proved effective, in this case a Chubby Chernobyl up top and a series of weighted nymphs below.
I lost the Chubby to a tree branch that snuck up on me. Cunning creatures, those bare tree branches.
So I deployed a Parachute Adams, which generated a couple of strikes and one hook-up.
All told, in two hours, four extremely skinny brown trout in the 10-12 inch range came to the net, except I forgot the net.
I went back Saturday and used an old bamboo fly rod instead, a 7-foot five weight Phillipson I’ve had for 40 years.
Same thing, pretty much, except I had more company.
The strategy is to look for soft water, as opposed to roiled up, foamy white water. This means covering a lot of ground fast, and not pausing to beat a particular run or lie to death.
An old adage: If they haven’t taken your fly after three tries, you’re just boring them.
The tricky part at Macedonia, especially on Friday, was that at between noon and 2 p.m. standard time, the sun was right behind me as I worked up the stream from the roadside. Two or three times, my shadow sent fish scurrying for cover.
Keeping a low profile was critical.
This means kneeling, often on rocks.
This never used to bother me, but I am old and creaky now.
I went to Herrington’s the recently and described what I was looking for — a lightweight, non-bulky set of knee pads with Velcro fasteners for choice that would fit over waders.
The young man who helped listened intelligently and supplied the desired item.
They are sturdy, easy to put on and take off, and cost $30 and change.
The only catch is that it looks goofy, somewhere between Mad Max and Yogi Berra.
“Game-changer” is an overused term, but it applies here.
As I type this, the temperature outside has plummeted and there is snow in the forecast.
So the lesson is to be ready to take advantage of these opportunities.
A brief aside: I was asked recently, and not for the first time, about how I decide whether or not to name a stream.
It’s worth repeating, so here goes.
If a stream is listed in the state Angler’s Guide, I will name it. It is public information, easily found, and I am not giving away any secrets.
If a stream is not listed, I do not name it. The curious will have to find it the way I did — by word of mouth, by looking at maps and by getting out there and trudging around.
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