Westport PBA Car Show Postponed until Next Saturday
The Car Cruise scheduled for Saturday, August 14, 2021, has been cancelled due to weather related concerns. It has been moved to Saturday, August 21, 2021. Same time and location.
Original release
The Westport Police Benevolent Association (PBA) is hosting their third annual Car Cruise this coming Saturday (August 14, 2021) from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm in Lot #1 at the Saugatuck Train Station. Cars of all years, makes, and models are welcome. The fee to enter and display a car is $20.00. The first one hundred cars to arrive will receive a gift bag.
This family event will feature music, as well as food provided by JR’s Food Truck and Micallizi’s Italian Ice.
The Westport PBA is a charitable organization which donates money to many worthwhile causes such as the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Special Olympics, and Veterans and Families of Fallen Officers.
Trophies will be awarded and of course lots of raffle prizes to win! Please come out this Saturday to support the Westport PBA.
The rain date for this event is Saturday, August 21, 2021. Same time and location.
Former Westport Therapist Arrested Again for Drug Charges; Released on $50,000 Bond
May 2021 Westport Police Department Photo Westport Police Department Former Westport Therapist and Staples Peer Advisors leader Michael Newman found himself at Westport Police Headquarters again this week after being arrested on the following drug charges: two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics. Newman was arrested in May on possession of child pornography charges and was released on $250,000 bond. This week he was released on $50,000 bond and will be expected at Stamford Superior Court on Tuesday. Click here to read the May 24th story on his original arrest.
On May 19, 2021, Westport Police detectives were executing a search warrant at the office of Michael Newman pursuant to an investigation they were conducting. During the search, prescription medication that was reportedly not prescribed to Mr. Newman as well a suspected cocaine was seen in plain view. The purported contraband was seized.
The investigating detective had probable cause to believe that Mr. Newman was illegally in possession of the above narcotics. Therefore, a warrant for his arrest was completed and signed by a Superior Court Judge.
On the afternoon of August 9, 2021, Mr. Newman turned himself in at the Westport Police Department. Per the warrant, he was charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance as well as Possession of Narcotics. Mr. Newman was released after posting a $50,000.00 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned at Stamford Superior Court on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Westport Missing Person: Tammy Lynn McQuillan, Hillspoint Area
UPDATE
The Westport Police Department continues to diligently search for Tammy McQuillan. We are asking for residents to check their surveillance and doorbell cameras for anyone matching McQuillan’s description between the hours of 8:00pm Saturday and 8:00am Sunday. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call the Police Department at 203-341-6000.
On August 8, 2021 at approximately 12:00pm, Westport Police took a report of a missing person from Hillspoint Road. Tammy Lynn McQuillan, age 51, is believed to have walked away from her home sometime after eight o’clock yesterday evening and we are concerned for her wellbeing.
McQuillan is approximately 5’8” tall and 300-350 lbs. with dark hair. She has been entered as a Missing Person.
Anyone with information that can help locate McQuillan is urged to call the Westport Police Department at 203-341-6000.
Midnight Car Accident Closes Easton Road, Sends One Car into Forest and Police Looking for Driver
The BMW SUV sits alongside Easton Road after it lost control, rolling into the forest. WestportLocal.com photoJust before 12:30 this morning, first responders were dispatched to the area of Easton Road and Brooklawn Drive for the report of the motor vehicle accident with automatic rollover detection - about 500 feet south of Westport Fire Department’s Coleytown House.
A Westport EMS crew was dispatched for the report of a possible injured driver in the midnight car accident. WestportLocal.com photo First responders and neighbors quickly found the vehicle, a BMW SUV, stuck down a steep embankment alongside the Route 136 sidewalk - but could not locate the driver. After a short search in the nearby neighborhood, Westport Police officers were able to locate the driver and have them evaluated by Westport EMS. The driver was not transported by the EMS team, and remained on scene.
Reports from the scene describe the vehicle as possibly travelling north on Easton Road before it lost control - destroying a concrete bridge structure over Silver Brook before the vehicle came to a rest in the nearby forest.
A neighbor described the loud sound piercing the quiet night, causing them to head to the street to see what had happened. No word on what caused the accident has been released.