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for another episode in STUPID CONNECTICUT CRIMINALS
Man Charged With Stealing School Bus
COLCHESTER, Conn. -- State troopers said an Enfield man is charged with stealing a school bus, telling officers he needed a ride home after a friend's arrest.
Peter Smario is due in Norwich Superior Court on June 19 on charges of larceny, drug possession, criminal trespass and possession of a weapon in a vehicle, police said.
Police said several drivers reported a yellow school bus driving erratically and hitting construction cones on Route 2 in Colchester. The vehicle had been taken from a nearby bus yard. Police said Smario was carrying heroin, a knife and a large amount of cash when they arrested him during the Thursday night incident. Troopers said the 28-year-old told them his friend had been arrested earlier that evening, leaving him without a ride home...................