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Authorities: Man wanted to be arrested to get drug treatment

Authorities say a New Jersey man told investigators he wanted to go to jail to beat his drug addiction. The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office tells the Courier News of Bridgewater 56-year-old Troy

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Aug 16, 2016, 4:17 PM

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