Crime & Safety

Man Charged With DUI In McDonald’s Drive-Thru: Fairfield Police

Police say the man was found asleep behind the wheel while at the drive-thru window.

FAIRFIELD, CT — A Trumbull man was charged with DUI after police say he fell asleep behind the wheel while at the drive-thru window of the McDonald’s on the Post Road in Fairfield early Saturday morning, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Franklyn M. Gaines, 24, was awoken by police knocking on the window and arrested after failing field sobriety tests around 2:15 a.m.

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