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Northern Virginia judge arrested for public intoxication, police say

Judge Charles F. Koehler Jr. was arrested early Saturday morning, Leesburg police say

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A judge in Loudoun County, Virginia, was arrested over Labor Day weekend and charged with public intoxication, police say.

Charles F. Koehler Jr. was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication after someone saw him walking down the Leesburg Bypass near South King Street about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the Leesburg Police Department said.

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Koehler was sworn in to the Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Aug. 23, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Officers took Koehler to jail, and he was released later on his own recognizance, police said.

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