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Schuylkill driver facing DUI count

A Schuylkill County driver is facing a driving under the influence charge in Carbon County.

State police at Lehighton said troopers made a vehicle stop of a 2008 Dodge Dakota on Tuesday at 12:55 a.m. at Lehigh Avenue and Hazard Square in Jim Thorpe, for a vehicle code violation. The driver, a 57-year-old man from Coaldale, who troopers declined to identify, was suspected of DUI of a controlled substance. Also, troopers said they found controlled substances in the vehicle and drug paraphernalia.

The driver refused to submit to testing. Charges to be filed.