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Maintenance worker at Westport PD arrested, fired over pill

Police say a maintenance worker at the Westport Police Department has been fired and arrested after he dropped an Oxycodone painkiller pill he did not have a prescription for. The Westport police chief

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Dec 8, 2011, 3:53 PM

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