Crime & Safety
Police: Driver Who Fell Asleep Along Route 66 Was Drunk
Police arrested Brian J. Wheeler, 20, of Middletown, earlier this month after finding him asleep behind the wheel at a traffic light along the highway in Middlefield.

A local man was arrested earlier this month after police say he was found sleeping at a traffic light along Route 66 in Middlefield.
Brian J. Wheeler, 20, of Bailey Road in Middletown, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol and improper parking on Feb. 8.
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Shortly after midnight, according to a report, police responded to the intersection of Route 66 and Jackson Hill Road for a driver asleep in a vehicle at the traffic light.
Upon further investigation, police requested that Wheeler perform field sobriety tests, which he failed, the report says.
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Wheeler was released on $1,000 bond. He's due back in court Feb. 22.
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