Just before 8:00 a.m. last Monday a cell phone caller reported seeing a woman was operating erratically. A Medfield, Massachusetts police officer spotted the car and attempted to pull it over. The officer succeeded in stopping the vehicle. He smelled alcohol on the driver and asked her to perform field…
Cleveland Brown wide receiver Donte Stallworth just hit the mother load of of plea deals by getting a thirty day jail sentence after being charged with DUI Manslaughter. It was alleged that on March 14, 2009 Mario Reyes was running across the street to catch a bus when he was…
Last week police in West Tisbury, Massachusetts responded to a motor vehicle crash scene after receiving information that there was an accident with serious injuries. They arrived to find Jena Pothier pinned to the front passenger seat wearing a seatbelt. The suspected driver, Kelly McCarron was found lying in the…
Massachusetts State Representative Peter J. Koutoujian has publicly stated that texting while driving has taken on the form of OUI. Perhaps this is why there now stand over a dozen bills in the Massachusetts legislature limiting the use of cell phones while driving. State Senator Steven Baddour, the Senate chairman…
UPI reported that Courtney Frances Stewart, the twenty year old who was driving Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart had a blood alcohol level of .06 the night she, Adenhart and another individual were killed in a DUI related accident. These results were determined by the coroner who examined the…
For Easton, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James McAvoy last Saturday morning was a first. He observed two motor vehicles both operating at a high rate of speed around 2:00 a.m. He stopped both vehicles. One was driven by Silvano Dossantos of Quincy, Massachusetts and the other by Christina Conway of Easton,…
Former Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Bruce Smith had a charmed NFL career. He played in four Super Bowls, was selected to the Pro Bowl eleven times, was a first team All Pro nine times, owned the NFL career sack title for a while and will be enshrined in the National…
Peter Madge must have breathed a huge sigh of relief last week when a judge in Plymouth County Massachusetts dismissed a fifth offense DUI case against him on constitutional grounds. Last July a 911 caller reported seeing a car being operated erratically. When officers located the vehicle they found Madge…
Last week Robert Meserve was held without bail after being charged with his fourth OUI offense and leaving the scene of an accident. The case is being prosecuted in the Taunton District Court. According to reports, last Tuesday around 11:00 p.m. police responded to a report of a car chase…
Sometimes the best way to get a perspective on Massachusetts laws is to take a look outside the state to see how other jurisdictions handle certain DUI issues. Take for example the breathalyzer test laws in Illinois. If a person with no prior DUI convictions refuses to take the breathalyzer…