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State cops: Owner of construction company Tasered after driving drunk on Merritt
TRUMBULL -- An owner of one of the state's largest construction companies was arrested after police said he was driving drunk in his Cadillac and plowed through a construction site on the Merritt Parkway, forcing workers to leap out of the way to avoid being hit.

Police said that when they finally caught up with David Brennan officers had to Taser him to get him under control.

Brennan, 45, of Sconset Drive, Fairfield, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, running from police, first-degree reckless endangerment and resisting arrest. He was released after posting a $10,000 bond pending arraignment in Superior Court on May 10.

Brennan is an owner of John J. Brennan Construction of Shelton.

According to State Police, last Tuesday night Trooper Edmund Vayan was parked in a construction area in the right lane southbound near exit 48 on the Merritt Parkway when he heard some loud thuds coming from behind his patrol car. He said he looked in his rear view mirror and saw the headlights of a car traveling toward him knocking down the construction barrels and cones blocking the lane.

The car, a 2009 silver Cadillac, veered around Vayan's police car at the last minute and then continued driving along the closed lane at about 80 miles per hour, state police said.

They said construction workers began diving out of the way as the car sped through the construction zone, barrels and cones flying.

The trooper pursued the Cadillac as it sped along the parkway. As it reached the Fairfield rest area other troopers who were waiting for it, dropped stop sticks into the Cadillac's path blowing out two of its tires. But instead of slowing, police said the car accelerated, careening across the roadway.

Eventually police said they were able to box the Cadillac in with their patrol cars and bring it to a stop. But police said Brennan, who smelled of alcohol, refused officers' orders to surrender and they had to Taser him. As Brennan was being taken away police said he kept mumbling that it was his birthday. When police asked Brennan why his car had a Florida registration they said he replied that he claims residency in Florida to get discounts at Disney World.

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Shelton Woman Died of Blood Loss While Giving Birth

Shelton — An autopsy has confirmed what Shelton police originally suspected when they found a woman and three newborn babies dead in a Redwood Circle home Tuesday.

Victoria Hope died from child birth while delivering the triplet boys.

The chief state medical examiner’s office has ruled the death was caused by exsanguination, or bleeding to death.

“It’s obvious there was no foul play,” Shelton Det. Ben Trabka said. “But we have to investigate all untimely deaths. We’ll try to do research. We try to get the family the answers loved ones deserve when someone passes away.”

Those answers include whether Hope, 26, told anyone she was pregnant, or sought medical attention, Trabka said.

Family and friends said Hope never said she was pregnant. She told people who asked if she was that she had gained weight due to another medical condition, Trabka said.

Hope had two young children and lived at the home at Redwood Circle with them, Trabka said.

The three infants were classified as stillborn by the medical examiner.

According to police, Hope’s mother came to the home at about 1 p.m. Tuesday and found Hope with the three babies. When police arrived on scene, Hope and the three babies were already dead.

While it’s still unclear whether Hope sought medical attention, there are local services that pregnant women can turn to for help:

Planned Parenthood
415 Howe Avenue
Shelton Connecticut
(203) 924-7756
www.ppsne.org

Nurturing Families Network
of the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut
A support group for expectant mothers and their partners. For more information or to sign up, contact Kim at (203) 859-6061. Locations vary based on who registers, but previous sites for the group have been at local libraries and at T.E.A.M. headquarters in Derby.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Contact: Naugatuck Valley Health District
98 Bank Street, Seymour CT
(203) 881-3255
www.nvhd.org
or

State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue
Hartford CT 06134

Cops: Woman Hid Triplet Pregnancy, Died in Birth

SHELTON, Conn. — A woman hid from her boyfriend and family members that she was carrying triplets, then bled to death while delivering the full-term but stillborn babies in her home, officials said Wednesday.

Shelton police Detective Ben Trabka said he believes 26-year-old Victoria Hope denied being pregnant and instead gave medical reasons “why she had put on weight.”

Hope did not disclose her pregnancy to anyone police spoke to, including her boyfriend — the father of her children — Trabka said. The father suspected she was pregnant, but she denied it, and police do not know why she hid her condition.

It wasn’t clear whether the woman knew she was carrying triplets before giving birth Tuesday. Her father, William Hope, acknowledged Wednesday that his daughter was “big” and said he doesn’t know why she hid her pregnancy.

“That’s going to be the question we’ll never have an answer for,” he said.

The cause of the woman’s death was loss of blood during unattended childbirth, the chief medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.


The woman’s mother found her daughter and the triplets and called police, authorities said. The woman and babies were dead when police arrived.

Frances Hope, who with her husband lived with their daughter and her family, said she suspected her daughter was pregnant but did not know for sure. She said she did not know how far along her daughter was in her pregnancy.

Foul play is not suspected, Trabka said. Victoria Hope and her boyfriend also have a 6-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter, who was at home in a crib when the woman died, he said.
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