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In today's newsletter:

  • Driver allegedly found drunk and asleep off Middle Turnpike

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📰 News we're reading

• Driver Found Snoozing In The Shrubbery Leads To Arrest In Mansfield (patch.com) — Late Saturday night, state police say they found a 20-year-old Fairfield man passed out in his car, which was parked off Middle Turnpike in Mansfield and resting in some bushes. Troopers initially thought they were responding to a crash, but instead arrested the driver on DUI and lane violation charges after determining he had allegedly been drinking.
   

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