Crime & Safety
Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Bust in Wallingford
Two people were arrested after police were alerted to a driver asleep at the wheel who later awoke and was driving erratically.
A traffic stop led to the arrest of two Massachusetts residents on several drug charges last Friday morning in Wallingford, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.
The Record-Journal reports James Richards, 36, and Marie Harmon, 31, both of Winchendon, Mass., were both arrested after police received a report of a driver asleep at the wheel in the area of Route 68 and North Branford Road at about 11:18 a.m. on Nov. 27.
The driver, Richards, woke up and was driving erratically as police were responding, according to the Record-Journal. Richards later allegedly admitted to police that he had smoked marijuana.
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Police searched the vehicle and found drugs including heroin, prescription pills and marijuana and both Richards and Harmon were placed under arrest, according to the Record-Journal.
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