Carrie Shelomis Remembered

Carrie Ann Shelomis, age 34 of Hamden previously of Monroe passed away in Greenwich as a result of a automobile accident on September 26, 2012. Born in Bridgeport , she was a graduate of Masik High School class of 1996. Carrie was a Human Resource Coordinator for Abilis , Inc of Greenwich . 

She enjoyed computer games, gardening, animals, shopping and shoes. She was a loving mother and will be sadly missed by all who knew her. She was predeceased by her father Elliott Shelomis. Survivors include her beloved family, her mother, Laurie Halko Buckley and her step father John Buckley of Monroe, her fiance' Phillip Balcastro of Hamden, a son, Kevin Shelomis of Monroe, two daughters, Gabriella and Gianna Balcastro of Hamden, two brothers, Gary Shelomis of Derby and Patrick Buckley of Shelton, five sisters, Patricia Shelomis of Shelton, Melissa (Richard) Cole of Georgia, Victoria Acuzzo of Monroe, Jennifer Sneider of Seymour, Melissa Buckley of Shelton and many aunts, uncles, cousins nieces and nephews. 

Friends are invited to attend visiting hours on Sunday September 30, 2012 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. in the Dennis & D'Arcy - Abriola & Kelemen Funeral Home, 2611 Main St. Stratford . A funeral service will follow at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home with Deacon Raymond Chervenak, officiating.

Abilis Worker Killed in Merritt Crash Remembered

Another article on Carrie...

Greenwich Time- Abilis Executive Director Laurel Ross began to worry when Carrie Shelomis, a member of the human resources department at the Greenwich nonprofit agency, hadn't reported to work Wednesday morning.

"We were nervous when she didn't call in," Ross said in a telephone interview with Greenwich Time on Thursday.

Ross, who described Shelomis as a kind and lovely young woman, said she began to think of the worst a short time later when Shelomis, a reliable employee, still hadn't shown up.
"Two minutes later, we got a phone call from a state trooper," Ross said.

Shelomis, a 34-year-old mother who lived on State Street in Hamden, was killed Wednesday morning after the Cadillac she was driving careened off the southbound Merritt Parkway in Greenwich and rolled down an embankment into a wooded area, State Police said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the state police report. The accident occurred around 7:35 a.m. near exit 27, according to Greenwich police.
"It's so tragic," Ross said.

Shelomis had attempted to negotiate a left curve in the two-lane road and struck the cement median, according to state police. Her 1997 Cadillac Catera then veered to the right, striking the wooden guardrail and flipping over it. The car struck a tree with the left, driver's-side door and then rolled down a steep embankment, coming to rest on its roof at the edge of the Byram River.
There were no passengers in the car and no other vehicles were involved.

Shelomis, a mother of two girls, ages 1 and 3, had been employed at Abilis, an agency that works with the disabled, for about four months, Ross said.

"In her short time here, she really impressed us with her kindness" and willingness to contribute, Ross said. "She became part of the family quickly ... This is something that's hard for all of us to comprehend."

A fund will likely be established to benefit Shelomis' daughters, Ross said.
"She talked about her babies all the time," she said.

Phil Balcastro, Shelomis' husband, provided a statement through Ross.

"She was a wonderful mom," he said. "The main focus right now is to take care of (our) daughters."
Balcastro said Shelomis was a great person who "lit up" when she talked about Abilis.
One lane was closed Wednesday morning and traffic backed up as Shelomis' vehicle was removed from the ravine. Firefighters used ropes to lower themselves and equipment to the vehicle. The driver's door was removed to extricate Shelomis, a deputy fire chief said.

The accident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call State Trooper Wayne Rogalski at the Troop G barracks in Bridgeport at 203-696-3000.

R.I.P. Carrie

A  co-worker, please keep her in your thoughts. ='[ 


A 34-year-old Hamden mother of two was killed this morning when her car crashed on the Merritt Parkway during her commute to work in Greenwich. 

According to a Connecticut State Police report, the victim of the single-vehicle accident was Carrie A. Shelomis, of 1835 State St., Hamden.

Shelomis was driving her 1997 Cadillac Catera southbound on the parkway about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, when it careened onto a barrier, before crashing through a guardrail and rolling down an embankment before coming to rest into the shallow waters of the Byram River, police said.
"Vehicle 1 attempted to negotiate a curve in the road to the left and then struck the cement barrier in the median," according to the report written by State Police Officer Wayne Rogalski.

"Vehicle 1 then went to the right, struck and went over the wooden guardrail on the right, struck a tree with (its) left side driver's door area and rolled down a steep embankment. Vehicle 1 came to a final rest on (its) roof. Operator 1 was pronounced dead at the scene," according to the report.
And as the news spread, the staff and clients of a Greenwich-based agency for the disabled mourned the passing of a colleague.

Employees at Abilis, which is located just off the King Street exit of the Merritt Parkway near where the accident occurred, were worried that Shelomis had not contacted them.

Abilis spokeswoman Joy Haenlein said Shelomis would call the agency if traffic prevented her from reporting on time to her human resources assistant position she held for about three months, and co-workders worried when they heard there was an accident Wednesday morning.

"Carrie worked for us for about three months, but in the time she was with us, she was professional, kind, and always there to pitch in," Haenlein said. "She had two small children. Our hearts go out to her family ... we're all pretty stunned."

Haenlein added, "She was lovely ... she was very professional ... no one ever had a bad word about her... we were so happy to have her on our team ... everybody in the agency is very sad."
Haenlein said, "...we all have the same reaction, we are all very saddened....the reaction was very, very sad. As you know, our place is very lively ... and it wasn't today."

State police are seeking witnesses to the crash. If anyone has any information about the accident, they are asked to call Trooper Rogalski at Troop G at 203-696-2500.

Danbury Woman Arraigned for Alleged Stalking

(11/17/10) NORWALK - A Danbury woman was arraigned in Stamford Superior Court today for allegedly stalking her former social worker twice this month.

Police say 21-year-old Sofia Gomes was charged Nov. 4 after the victim complained that Gomes followed her home to Darien after she left her Danbury office. They say they found Gomes outside the victim's home while taking down the complaint.

Officials say Gomes was also arrested on Nov. 9 after she again followed the woman home.

(Pretty crappy video on news website)

Danbury Woman Arrested for Stalking Darien Therapist Multiple Times

I'm not going to say much about the subject other than this girl who was arrested works at the other house I fill in at, and went through training with me!

DARIEN -- A woman who allegedly kept following her former therapist home from the woman's Danbury office was arrested Tuesday for the second time in a week by Darien police.

Sophia Gomes, 21, of 5 Clearbrook Road, Danbury, was arraigned at state Superior Court in Stamford on Wednesday on charges of second-degree stalking.

Because allegations in the police reports were so "scary," Judge Robert Genuario ordered her held in lieu of $50,000 bond, which could be lowered next week if her attorney, David Bothwell, can show she will be receiving supervised treatment.

At Bothwell's request, Genuario ordered Gomes be given medical treatment and be put on suicide watch.

Gomes, a job coach for the developmentally disabled at Abilis in Greenwich, was arrested in Darien on Tuesday night after her former therapist drove to Darien police headquarters to report that Gomes had just followed her home, a police report states.

Police reached Gomes on her cell phone and persuaded her to meet them at Holmes School, near the Stamford-Darien border, where she was arrested and held overnight for her arraignment.

The therapist, whose name is being withheld because she is a victim in the case, told police that Gomes has followed her during the 40 minute trip from her Danbury office on at least six occasions since July, the report said.

On Nov. 4, Gomes allegedly followed the woman home from Danbury and, after police found her just outside the therapist's apartment building, she was charged with third-degree stalking and first-degree criminal trespassing and released after her parents posted $500 bond.

After another stalking incident on Oct. 31, Darien police told Gomes that if she followed the woman home again she would be arrested, the police report states.

The therapist told police that when she took Gomes on as a patient it was determined she also followed other therapists.

The woman told Gomes she would not treat her if she followed her.

In July, she saw Gomes following her and dropped her as a patient.

Five days later, she noticed Gomes following her again and drove straight to the Wilton police department, where Gomes was held for questioning and released after it was determined she was not a danger to herself.

But before she was released in Wilton, Gomes asked if she could say goodbye to her former therapist "for closure" and the therapist allowed the request, the police report said.

In early August, the therapist said Gomes followed her to Norwalk but turned off before the woman turned toward her home in Darien.

On Oct. 31, Gomes followed the therapist home again, police said, but this time she followed the therapist directly to Darien police headquarters, where she was warned not to follow the woman anymore.

When they arrested her at the woman's Hoyt Street apartment on Nov. 4, Gomes told police that she drove by the woman's house and saw the police cruisers parked in the driveway and figured that the police would want to talk to her, the police report said.

Gomes is to return to court on Nov. 17.

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It's really weird because there's a Hoyt Street in Darien (where the woman lived and they mention in the end of article, but the house she worked for at Abilis was on Hoyt Street in Stamford...