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Drunk Driver From Fairfield County Busted With LSD During Traffic Stop, Police Say Drunk Driver From Fairfield County Busted With LSD During Traffic Stop, Police Say
Drunk Driver From Fairfield County Busted With LSD During Traffic Stop, Police Say A 36-year-old man is facing driving while intoxicated charges after allegedly being caught drunk behind the wheel with illegal drugs in the car, police said. The upstate New York incident happened Thursday evening, Aug. 31, in Warren County, on Route 9 in Lake George, according to state police. Connecticut resident Andrew Tustian, of Stratford, was stopped for multiple vehicle and traffic law violations before troopers determined he was intoxicated, police said. Troopers also discovered multiple controlled substances in the car, including lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), according to poli…

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Treasure Believed To Be Buried In Region By Mobster Could Be Worth $100M Treasure Believed To Be Buried In Region By Mobster Could Be Worth $100M
Treasure Believed To Be Buried In Region By Mobster Could Be Worth $100M A legendary treasure that was believed to be buried by a mobster in the 1930s in upstate New York could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The Albany Times Union reported that Dutch Schultz, whose real name was Arthur Flegenheimer, was a well-known bootlegger and racketeer in the Hudson Valley and Catskills area. After Schultz was shot in Newark, New Jersey in 1935, he said odd phrases on his deathbed that many believed were coded references to the town of Phoenicia in the Catskills, the Times Union said. Schultz is believed to have hidden a combination of paper money, gold co…

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by Nicole Valinote
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For Greenwich's Joseph LoPresto, 82, Only Open Air, Fresh Seas Were Needed For A Good Time For Greenwich's Joseph LoPresto, 82, Only Open Air, Fresh Seas Were Needed For A Good Time
For Greenwich's Joseph LoPresto, 82, Only Open Air, Fresh Seas Were Needed For A Good Time Joseph LoPresto, a resident of Greenwich,  died on May 29. He was 82 years old. Born in Port Chester on June 20, 1938, he was the son of Joseph and Margret (nee Lonzo) LoPresto. Joe graduated from Port Chester High School in 1956. A year after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and proudly served for six years. Joe then went on to spend the majority of his career working for Avon Products in Rye as part of its IT support staff. He was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Church in Port Chester, where he married his love of 59 years, Carol.  Joe will be remembered f…

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