Crime & Safety

Sleeping Naugatuck Man Charged With DUI While Parked in Middlebury

Police say it took a trooper several attempts to wake up the man.

Police say Jeremy W. Slater, 28, of 184 Lorann Drive in Naugatuck fell asleep in his truck with the engine running in the middle of Long Meadow Road late Saturday, the Republican-American reports.

A State Police Trooper noticed the vehicle just before midnight, and after trying to wake Slater up on several occasions he was charged with DUI and improper parking.

Read the full Rep-Am story here.

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