Driver Did Donuts After Cruise Night

South Windsor police said a Glastonbury man was charged after investigators reviewed dashcam video of a stunt near Connecticut Valley Brewing on May 4. Police said the driver did donuts as cars were leaving Cruise Night near the brewery on Sullivan Avenue. The charge followed an investigation by the South Windsor Police Department, according to police accounts carried by Patch and other outlets. Connecticut Valley Brewing continues to advertise Cruise Night as a weekly event at its South Windsor property. ### Where did police say the stunt happened? South Windsor police said the incident happened near Connecticut Valley Brewing, a brewery at 765 Sullivan Ave. Police said the driver was recorded doing donuts at the intersection of Sullivan Avenue and Ayers Road as traffic was leaving the event. (msn.com) Connecticut Valley Brewing lists Cruise Night as a recurring car-show event on Mondays from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on its events page. That schedule places the gathering at the same property police referenced in describing the May 4 incident. ### What did police say the driver did? Patch, citing South Windsor police, reported that a Glastonbury man was seen on dashcam performing donuts after the cruise night. (msn.com) The description points to a maneuver in which a driver spins a vehicle in tight circles, leaving tire marks and forcing nearby drivers and pedestrians to react. The police account, as surfaced in search results, tied the charge directly to that dashcam evidence. (ctvalleybrewing.com) MSN copies of the Patch report said the charges stemmed from the May 4 incident near CT Valley Brewing. The available search snippets do not identify the driver by name or list the exact charge in the text accessible through search. ### How did the case move from a stunt to a charge? South Windsor police said the case was investigated after the May 4 event rather than resolved at the scene, according to the Patch report reflected in search results. (msn.com) The key piece of evidence cited in those results was dashcam video. The South Windsor Police Department identifies Lt. (msn.com) Mark Cleverdon as its lead public information officer on the department website. The town site also says police records can be requested through Connecticut's Freedom of Information process, though the department notes that processing can take time. ### What is still not public from the material now available? (msn.com) The search results available publicly on May 23, 2026, confirm the date, location and basic allegation, but they do not provide the driver's name, age or the exact count and statute of the charge. The official Connecticut Judicial Branch case lookup warns that criminal and motor vehicle information can change daily and is not guaranteed beyond the date shown. (southwindsor-ct.gov) That means the public account now rests mainly on the police description of the incident and on secondary reports that repeated it. A fuller account would likely require either a police release, an arrest log entry or a court record tied to the case. ### Are cruise nights still being held at the brewery? Connecticut Valley Brewing is still promoting Cruise Night on its events page. (msn.com) The brewery lists a Cruise Night Hot Rods/Rat Rods event for May 25, 2026, and a Cruise Night Thursday event for May 28, 2026. South Windsor police have not posted a public item on the town police site, in the material surfaced here, laying out any new restrictions for those events. (patch.com) The next public milestones are the scheduled cruise-night gatherings at the brewery and any court or police record that identifies the charged driver and the case details. (southwindsor-ct.gov) (ctvalleybrewing.com)