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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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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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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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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.