MONROE — Two on-duty Danbury police detectives in an unmarked cruiser were nearly rear-ended — twice– by a man later charged with driving while intoxicated.
The Danbury detectives pulled off on Route 25 at 6 p.m. Thursday, to allow the driver to pass, and then pursued his vehicle while notifying Monroe police.
While following the suspect’s Chrysler 2000 the detectives saw it cross the double yellow line and nearly strike an oncoming car, said Capt. Michael Flick, the Monroe police spokesman.
The out-of-town detectives pulled the Chrysler over at Verna Road and Monroe police arrived at the scene to make the arrest, Flick said.
“They observed that the operator’s speech was slurred and the pupils of his eyes were pinpoint,” Flick said.
The driver, Henry Renzi, 66, of High Rise Road in Danbury, denied consuming alcohol, but reported that he was taking pain killers prescribed to him, police said.
Renzi failed field sobriety tests, Flick said, and was placed under arrest, charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
He was released after posting a $500 bond and will be arraigned April 20 at Superior Court in Danbury.