DANBURY — A 56-year-old city man was charged with drunken driving and evading responsibility Sunday about 3:08 a.m.
Agustin Garcia, of Staples Street, Danbury was arrest at the Hoyt and Mallory streets intersection when officers arrived in response to a two car accident. Garcia had struck a second car in front of 26 Hoyt Street and the driver of that car turned around and followed Garcia who left the scene traveling west on Hoyt Street, police said.
Garcia was stopped at the intersection of Hoyt and Mallory where he appeared highly intoxicated and failed subsequent field sobriety tests, police said.
Garcia was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, evading responsibility, failure to drive right and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
He was released on $2,500 bond with court April 24 in Superior Court in Danbury.