Marijuana Tales, Texting Arrest and Seventh DUI

Farmington police said an officer stopped a Hartford man who was driving erratically and noticed during the sobriety tests that he was chewing something. The officer discovered it was marijuana, police said. The driver, Mark Horenian, 52, was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence, operating under the influence, possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana and failure to signal on a restricted turn.

Trumbull police investigating a complaint against a school bus monitor observed the bus driver texting while driving special education students, police said. A subsequent investigation determined that the driver, Evelyn Guzman, 47, of Henry Avenue, Stratford, sent and received 1,068 text messages during a period of less than six weeks, police said. She was arrested on a warrant charging her with second-degree reckless endangerment and risk of injury to a minor. 

Manchester police arrested Thomas Jarvis of East Hartford on charges of violating a restraining order and threatening, then added a count of threatening after he said he would kill the arresting officer's family, police said.  

Middletown police said that after Raymond Rogala ran a red light while driving at night without headlights, the officer who pulled him over discovered Rogala had six previous arrests on charges of driving under the influence. This time Rogala, 44, of Middletown, measured .282 and .275 on separate breath tests and was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, police said, as well as failure to illuminate lights, driving without a license and failure to obey a traffic signal. 

Groton town police who were helping evacuate tenants at the scene of an apartment building fire said they found two men in one of the apartments with a large quantity of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in plain view.  Ryan R. Parmelee, 19, and Matthew J. Pacileo, 19, were arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police also seized $6,500 in cash.