Crime & Safety

Middletown Driver Charged With Driving Under the Influence

Police stopped a driver near the corner of Bliss Road and Eustis Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday.

NEWPORT, RI -- John August Edick, 24, of Middletown was arrested on Sunday at 1:53 a.m. near the corner of Bliss Road and Eustis Avenue, according to Newport police.

He was charged with driving under the influence, his first offense, and with refusal to take a chemical test, a second offense.

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