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Drunk Driver With Child In Car Found Asleep Behind Wheel in Reading, Crashes Into Curb: Police Drunk Driver With Child In Car Found Asleep Behind Wheel in Reading, Crashes Into Curb: Police
Drunk Driver With Child In Car Found Asleep Behind Wheel in Reading, Crashes Into Curb: Police A 41-year-old Massachusetts woman was intoxicated with a child in the car when police found her asleep behind the wheel on the wrong side of the road, authorities said. Noelle Tarrant, 41, of Jamaica Plain, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses when police spotted her car just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, according to Reading police. Police saw her Mazda on Main Street in Reading facing the wrong direction, with a child in the backseat and the car still running. When officers tried to rouse Tarrant, she woke and drove toward Jacobs Way and Augustus Court. She crashed into a…

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by Josh Lanier
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Driver Charged With DUI After Head-On Crash In Braintree Sends 3 To Hospital Driver Charged With DUI After Head-On Crash In Braintree Sends 3 To Hospital
Driver Charged With DUI After Head-On Crash In Braintree Sends 3 To Hospital A Massachusetts man was arraigned from his hospital bed after police said he drunkenly crashed head-on with an SUV in Braintree, seriously injuring three people — one critically, authorities said. Ryan Gorman, 39, of Holbrook, was charged Monday, Dec. 2, with causing the early Sunday morning crash near 655 Union St., Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said. Police allege Gorman was driving under the influence when his westbound pickup crossed into the eastbound lane, striking an SUV driven by an 18-year-old from West Yarmouth at approximately 12:50 a.m. Three people in the SUV …

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by Josh Lanier
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Mass. Man Busted For Drunk Driving, Then Busted For It Again: Police Mass. Man Busted For Drunk Driving, Then Busted For It Again: Police
Mass. Man Busted For Drunk Driving, Then Busted For It Again: Police Hello, it's me again.  A 40-year-old man has kept Chelmsford police busy after he was stopped twice within 77 hours for allegedly driving drunk, authorities said.  Cesar De Sousa Coutinho, 40, of Lowell, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of liquor, possession of an open container, driving with a suspended license, and other traffic infractions, Chelmsford police said.  Police first arrested Coutinho on Wednesday, July 24, after pulling him over on Littleton Road around 9:15 p.m. An officer said he was driving his 2014 GMC Terria without turning on hi…

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by Josh Lanier
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CT State Troopers Smash Allegedly Drunk Driver’s Window CT State Troopers Smash Allegedly Drunk Driver’s Window
CT State Troopers Smash Allegedly Drunk Driver’s Window Connecticut State Police had to smash a window and use a taser on a 24-year-old man before charging him with alleged drunk driving.  The incident occurred in Middlesex County around 2:30 a.m., Saturday, June 22, on 1-91 northbound in Middletown between the rest area and Exit 20.  According to State Police, troopers found a black GMC Sierra pickup with a Massachusetts license plate parked in the right climbing lane and several damaged DOT traffic cones.  The truck's engine was running, and the driver was slumped over the steering wheel, state police said. Troopers attempted …

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by Kathy Reakes