A road repaving project in Framingham was interrupted by an apparently drunk driver, the MetroWest Daily News reported Oct. 27. Police say Rodrigo Dos Santos, 31, drove through traffic cones and onto freshly poured asphalt around 2 a.m. on the night of Oct. 24. Workers were repaving a section of…
A young woman is charged with DUI in a crash that police say froze the car’s speedometer at 85 mph, in a 30-mph zone. According to an Oct. 21 article in the Winchester Star, police say 18-year-old Diamond Mason and her passenger, an unnamed 22-year-old woman, are lucky to be…
A man from Attleboro is charged with OUI, motor vehicle homicide, OUI with serious bodily injury, speeding and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after a serious one-car crash in Bourne, the Boston Globe reported Oct. 19. Shawn Potrzuski, 32, is accused of killing his stepfather, 46-year-old Robert Coffey, and…
A Marshfield man faces his fifth drunk driving charge as well as a felony kidnapping charge after a woman accused him of holding her in his van against her will. According to an Oct. 13 article in the Marshfield Mariner, Tilden Davis, 66, is accused of those crimes in addition…
Massachusetts state senator Anthony Galluccio, D-Cambridge, made headlines last week after he admitted to leaving the scene of a minor accident he apparently caused. According to the Boston Globe, Galluccio hit another vehicle Oct. 4, causing minor injuries to someone in that vehicle, and left the scene. Police searched unsuccessfully…
A man from Taunton was arrested in that town for driving drunk and flying into a rage after his arrest, the Taunton Gazette reported Oct. 7. The article does not specify the circumstances behind the DUI charge against Raymond Butler, 45. But after his arrest and placement in the back…
A driver pulled over in Natick, Massachusetts was driving while intoxicated and going more than twice the speed limit, MetroWest Daily News reported Oct. 6. Jason Michael Harvey, 29, was stopped for excessive speed around 2 a.m. on Route 9. The speed limit in the area is 45 mph; an…
A woman from Watertown, Massachusetts was arrested for driving drunk last week, the Watertown Tab & Press reported Sept. 28. Jessie Witherspoon, 57, was arrested outside a 7-Eleven store at 12:46 a.m. The article says police responded after a caller reported an intoxicated person at the store. When officers arrived,…
A man faces a charge of second-offense drunk driving after leading Weymouth, Massachusetts police on a chase that reached speeds of 110 miles per hour, the Boston Globe reported Sept. 28. Oscar Hernandez was reportedly spotted speeding by Weymouth police around 2:30 in the morning of Sept. 27. Officers followed…
A 26-year-old Groveland, Massachusetts man was arrested on multiple charges after leading police agencies on a car chase in northeastern Massachusetts, the Georgetown Record reported Sept. 22. Scott Berube already had two outstanding warrants for operating under the influence of liquor, which the newspaper said were second and third offenses.…