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Farmington police made a single arrest in the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Wednesday: a Waterbury man charged with driving under the influence, a second offense, taken into custody Tuesday evening at Farmington Avenue and Interstate 84.
Officer Jonathan Sotelo made the arrest at 7:53 p.m. The man, Julio G. Velasquez-Morales, 33, of Waterbury, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs as a second offense, and with operating a motor vehicle under suspension.
The two charges carried different bonds: a nonsurety bond set at zero on the suspension count, and $5,000 on the second-offense DUI. Velasquez-Morales posted bond and was released.
The day before, Farmington's log ran to four entries off two men, one of them also charged with operating under the influence and released the same night. The Mercury's June 11 log had the same one-arrest, two-charge shape as this one. Some days the page is long. This one was not.
As always, the charges on a police log are accusations, not findings. The next date on this one is July 7.
Jack Beckett reads the Farmington arrest log so you don't have to, including the mornings it runs a single line. He checked this one twice, got the same name both times, and poured the first coffee of a slow news day. ☕
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