Angel Rivera charged with driving while under the influence, possession of heroin, possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5XEi65D9GCMcYavNjnJsBkezCUtjgQK2uPkx-ams4bAKpMif0BGBDctksRm1b-cuyxmLewr07uv0_eEMNWpRBBonyS33OofSDWRZZFxr_Eqh0Aji9kTJQoEu0Vc1c2AvkXmRFm5E1hM/s1600-h/39161911-23064619.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204463818932688386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5XEi65D9GCMcYavNjnJsBkezCUtjgQK2uPkx-ams4bAKpMif0BGBDctksRm1b-cuyxmLewr07uv0_eEMNWpRBBonyS33OofSDWRZZFxr_Eqh0Aji9kTJQoEu0Vc1c2AvkXmRFm5E1hM/s400/39161911-23064619.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br />A man who police said passed out behind the wheel at a local intersection last night was arrested on drug charges after 290 bags of heroin were found in the car.Police received a call about 11:30 p.m. about a driver who appeared to be passed out at the intersection of Tolland Turnpike and Adams Street. Officers found Angel Rivera, 59, of Sunrise Avenue in New Britain in the driver's seat, his head against the steering wheel and the car in drive.They woke him up and got the car to a safe location, where he failed a field sobriety test, police said. Officers found 290 bags of heroin in his glove box, they said; they also found $772.Rivera was charged with driving while under the influence, possession of heroin, possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia and other charges, he said.<br />Rivera was in custody on $100,000 bail this morning and was scheduled to be arraigned in Superior Court in Manchester this afternoon.

Angel Rivera charged with driving while under the influence, possession of heroin, possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia

A man who police said passed out behind the wheel at a local intersection last night was arrested on drug charges after 290 bags of heroin w...

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