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🌱 How a Plainfield gas station theft led back to Sterling residents

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Plainfield gas station theft led back to Sterling residents

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  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 75 and low of 61 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading

• Trio stole from gas station, then crashed into Plainfield home while fleeing, police say (ctinsider.com) — Two of the three people arrested after a theft and crash in Plainfield are listed as Sterling residents, tying this incident directly back to your community. Police say the group stole from a Norwich Road gas station, fled at high speed, and crashed into a Packerville Road home, briefly putting two Plainfield schools into secure mode before officers detained the suspects and identified a fourth person.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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