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Impaired driver hits 130 mph during NH police chase, officials say
A driver speeding up Interstate 93 in New Hampshire while under the influence on Monday night reached 130 mph while being chased by state troopers, police said. The driver managed to evade police by exiting the highway but was arrested soon afterward at the home in Manchester where the vehicle was registered, New Hampshire State Police said Tuesday. The driver,…
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Teen charged with drunken driving after crash into Mass. State Police barracks
A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after crashing into a Massachusetts State Police barracks while under the influence of alcohol, the agency said Sunday. A 2000 Nissan Altima driven by the girl from Pittsfield, with another 17-year-old girl from Pittsfield in the passenger seat, crashed through a brick wall of the building in Cheshire Saturday evening and damaged a kitchen…
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Woman facing OUI charges after hitting, seriously injuring pedestrian
A woman was arrested for drunk driving after a pedestrian crash Friday night in Hanover, Massachusetts. Hanover police say the 55-year-old driver was charged with OUI liquor 1st offense, OUI liquor serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of a crash with personal injury, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, failure to stay in marked lanes and negligent…
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E. Bridgewater officer allegedly caught driving drunk in Raynham
A Massachusetts police officer was arrested on drunken driving charges in another town this weekend, police said Tuesday. East Bridgewater Police Sgt. Thomas Flint was placed on leave Saturday, the department said, citing an incident that happened while he was off duty in another community. The department didn’t share more information beyond that Flint would remain on leave while...
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Woman facing OUI charges after crash with Dighton police cruiser
A woman was arrested for allegedly driving drunk into a police cruiser that had its lights on in Taunton, Massachusetts, on Monday night, police said. Michelle Sousa, a 30-year-old from Taunton, was arrested at the scene on charges of operating under the influence, speeding, negligent driving, having an open alcohol container in the vehicle and a marked lanes violation, Dighton…
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19-year-old pleads not guilty to charges in deadly Dennis boat crash
The 19-year-old charged in a deadly boat crash in Dennis, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty to all charges at a hearing Tuesday morning. Prosecutors allege David K. Sullivan was driving the boat that crashed in Sesuit Harbor on July 21, killing 17-year-old Sadie Mauro. She would have been a senior in high school this year. At the hearing in Barnstable Superior…
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19-year-old in court for deadly boat crash in Dennis
A 19-year-old will be in a Barnstable courtroom on Tuesday, charged in a deadly boat crash in Dennis.
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19-year-old indicted in deadly Dennis boat crash
A young man is facing charges in a boat crash that killed a teen girl on Cape Cod.
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19-year-old charged in Cape Cod boat crash that killed teen girl
A 19-year-old has been indicted for allegedly driving a boat under the influence in a crash that left a 17-year-old girl dead this summer off Cape Cod, prosecutors announced Tuesday. David K. Sullivan, a teenager from Medfield, was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury on Friday, the Cape & Islands District Attorney said. He faces charges including operating a…
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Man facing OUI, hit-and-run charges in deadly Newbury motorcycle crash
A man was killed and another is facing charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash after their motorcycles collided on Massachusetts Route 1 in Newbury Thursday night, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a motorcycle crash on Route 1 at 7:47 p.m. Thursday, Newbury police said. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to…
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Court Finds Misconduct Tainted 27K Mass. Breathalyzer Tests
A crucial Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling could alter tens of thousands of drunk driving cases.
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Misconduct Taints 27,000 Mass. Criminal Cases Involving Breath Tests, Court Rules
Citing “extensive” misconduct at the Massachusetts State Police Office of Alcohol Testing, the state’s top court is allowing about 27,000 people to appeal for new trials if criminal cases against them involved a particular kind of breathalyzer device. Wednesday’s ruling applies to people who had breath tests taken with the Alcotest 9510 between June 1, 2011, and April 18, 2019,…
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Driver Who Left Truck Teetering From Wall in Norfolk Charged With OUI
A Rhode Island truck driver has been charged with operating under the influence in a crash that left a box truck dangling over a wall at a Massachusetts gas station Tuesday, authorities said. The crash at Daley Service Center in Norfolk left the front of the truck hanging off a retaining wall, about five or six feet from the ground….
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Truck Teeters Over the Edge After Gas Station Crash
A box truck was left dangling after a crash at a gas station in Norfolk.
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Hingham School Bus Driver Appears in Court to Face OUI Charge
Authorities allege Bethann Sweeney, 53, of Hanover, was driving drunk Thursday night with nearly 30 special needs athletes on board the bus.
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Mass. Bus Driver Accused of Driving Under the Influence
Police identified the woman as 53-year-old Bethann Sweeney, of Hanover.