Who polices Chester
Chester has no municipal police department. Coverage comes from Connecticut State Police Troop F in Westbrook, so every arrest in Chester is a state police arrest.
Route 9 runs through the town, and a share of the arrests here begin as stops on it rather than as calls in a neighbourhood. Either way the troop holds the paperwork and the bond information.
Where your case goes
Chester cases are prosecuted at Middletown Superior Court, GA 9, up Route 9 from the town, which is the same road a good number of the arrests start on. The court page covers parking and the morning docket.
If troopers released you, the date is on your paperwork. If you were held, court is the next business day.
After the arrest
The trooper either releases you on a written promise to appear, sets a bond you can post, or holds you for court the next business day, where a judge can lower it. The arrest page covers booking; the bond and bail page covers the money.
A family violence arrest is the exception to the timing: court the next business day whether or not you were released, and a protective order issued there which runs for the length of the case, months rather than days.
Before any of it, stop discussing the case. An explanation offered at the roadside is not off the record, and calls from holding are recorded. The arraignment page explains the first court date and the what to expect page explains where it leads.
Common charges in Chester
Route 9 traffic gives DUI and drug possession a steady presence on what GA 9 sees out of Chester. Assault, domestic violence and family violence, and larceny and shoplifting make up a small remainder. A first offense often has a diversionary program that ends the case in a dismissal.