According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Walpole man was recently charged with his fifth drunken driving offense. The article states that the defendant was riding in the passenger seat of his car, which his girlfriend was driving. According to the girlfriend, the defendant was intoxicated and…
According to a recent article in the MetroWest Daily News, the state’s Office of Alcohol Testing (OAT), which certifies breath testing machines used around Massachusetts, appears to have known about a software issue that complicated dozens of drunken driving cases months before anyone moved to fix the problem. The article…
Last week, the Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision – Commonwealth v. Camblin – that calls the admissibility of breath test evidence into question in operating under the influence cases. The facts of the case are as follows: Camblin pulled over in the breakdown lane on Route 495 to urinate. A…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, district attorneys in multiple counties in Massachusetts are suspending the use of breathalyzer tests in drunk driving cases because of suspected problems with the breathalyzer machines, which test blood alcohol content. The exact issue, which may involve software or calibration of…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham woman was arrested after crashing her car into an apartment building this past week. The article states that the woman was driving her car in the area of Beaver Terrace Circle. She was reportedly circling through the area repeatedly…
The Supreme Judicial Court recently issued an important decision about the admissibility of opinion evidence in operating under the influence (OUI) trials. In Commonwealth v. Canty, issued on November 6, 2013, the SJC held that a police officer is not permitted to offer opinion testimony as to whether a defendant’s…
According to the MetroWest Daily News, a 23 year old Haverhill woman was reportedly seen drinking at a Framingham bar on Friday April 12th, which violates the terms of her personal recognizance release. The defendant is accused of crashing her car on December 3, 2011 and killing a fellow Framingham…
A 55 year old Northborough man was arrested on Wednesday night, April 17th after allegedly getting into a car accident on Route 9, according to an article in the MetroWest Daily News. The defendant has reportedly been charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, making this…
A 32-year-old Southborough man, was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, operating under the influence (second offense), and malicious destruction of property over $250 in Framingham District Court on March 11, the MetroWest Daily News reported. The man was arrested by Natick police officers over the weekend…
A Sudbury man, who police have not yet identified, allegedly drove his car into Willis Pond on Thursday, January 24th, according to an article in the MetroWest Daily News. Police have alleged that the 27-year-old man was drunk when he drove out onto the ice. The front end of his…