Post by Observer1 on Oct 4, 2005 12:12:05 GMT -5
A Fairfield University basketball player was arrested on reckless driving and other charges in Fairfield early Saturday after he was accused of breaking into a house in an effort to avoid police.
Dewitt Maxwell, 21, of Newark, N.J., was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license and disorderly conduct.
Police said an officer on patrol saw a motorist, later identified as Maxwell, speeding and driving erratically at 3:30 a.m. on Unquowa Road at about 3:30 a.m., before he ditched the car on Old Post Road and ran to a friend's house on Fairfield Beach Road.
When no one answered the door, Maxwell broke into the house and then into a bed-room, where he got into a fight with a resident, police said.
No one in the house wanted to press charges against Maxwell, but he was charged with disorderly conduct because of the ruckus that he created, according to police.
Dewitt Maxwell, 21, of Newark, N.J., was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license and disorderly conduct.
Police said an officer on patrol saw a motorist, later identified as Maxwell, speeding and driving erratically at 3:30 a.m. on Unquowa Road at about 3:30 a.m., before he ditched the car on Old Post Road and ran to a friend's house on Fairfield Beach Road.
When no one answered the door, Maxwell broke into the house and then into a bed-room, where he got into a fight with a resident, police said.
No one in the house wanted to press charges against Maxwell, but he was charged with disorderly conduct because of the ruckus that he created, according to police.
