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ICYMI: Man Found Driving With Cup Of Vodka, Heroin In Car: Police

Check out this story reported last week on Farmingdale Patch.

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in Farmingdale Patch:

SOUTH FARMINGDALE, NY - A Seaford man was arrested after he was caught driving with a cup half full of vodka and heroin in his car in South Farmingdale on Monday night, according to Nassau Police.

Officers on routine patrol saw a 2014 grey Jeep make a left hand turn onto Merrits Road at about 10:30 p.m.

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While driving southbound on Merrits Road, the car failed to maintain a lane of traffic and drove over the white pavement markings and officers conducted a vehicle traffic stop, police said.

The driver, identified as 58-year-old Thomas Mancinelli, was found to have slurred speech, glassy bloodshot eyes and an odor of an alcoholic beverage from his breath, police said.

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