A Sutton, Massachusetts woman was arraigned in Worcester County District Court Dec. 2 for multiple charges related to operating under the influence. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Dec. 3 that Lisa Delorto, 43, was charged with OUI-drugs, negligent driving, leaving a marked lane and possession of two drugs without…
A head-on accident hospitalized an elderly woman and left a former Weston police chief facing his third drunk driving charge. The MetroWest Daily News reported Dec. 1 that James McShane was charged with causing an accident Nov. 14 that left three members of the same family injured. John Aftandlian of…
A Lowell, Massachusetts man was in court Nov. 23 to answer charges of drunk driving after he hit a mother and two toddlers in a crosswalk. The Boston Globe reported Nov. 24 that Chamroeun Theam, 60, pleaded not guilty to second-offense operating under the influence and OUI with serious bodily…
A six-vehicle accident in Quincy triggered OUI charges against a 31-year-old woman in the evening of Nov. 18. Hayley Damp of Hingham is accused of reckless driving and operating under the influence of both alcohol and drugs in connection with the crash. According to the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Damp…
A newly released police report shows that state Senator Anthony Galluccio (D-Cambridge) may have been too drunk to drive in the early morning hours of the day he hit a family’s minivan and left the scene. The Boston Herald reported Nov. 17 that a gas station employee called the Cambridge…
The holidays are upon us — and with them come a lot of parties and family gatherings that offer opportunities to drink. Police agencies are very aware of drunk driving during the holidays, and they tend to step up their enforcement efforts on the days they believe people are most…
A Centerville man was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol Nov. 7 after an accident that left his front bumper inside a package store. A witness called the police after seeing Bernard Kilroy, 27, drive his car through some bushes across a rotary and into the…
A Marblehead man was charged with his fifth OUI, among other things, and held without bail in Salem. The Daily Item of Lynn reported Nov. 5 that Melvin McKenzie, 50, was arraigned Nov. 4 for charges stemming from a traffic stop in July. Police said McKenzie was stopped in Marblehead…
More than two years after a fatal accident, a Taunton man was acquitted of drunk driving but found guilty of vehicular homicide. According to a Nov. 2 article in the Taunton Daily Gazette, Edward Leonard, 36, faces up to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in the accident…
A woman was arrested in Harvard Square for operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs, the Cambridge Chronicle reported Oct. 29. Judith Zackman, 54, of Waltham, was involved in at least one minor accident around 8 p.m. on Oct. 22. According to the article, police responding to an accident…