Crime & Safety
Driver Allegedly Drunk When Crashing into Braintree Home During Snowstorm
The following information was supplied by the Braintree Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 61-year-old Whitman man was arrested during the snowstorm Saturday night after his vehicle hit a Franklin Street home.
The man was charged with operating under the influence and a marked lanes violation after Braintree police arrived, Chief Russell Jenkins said in a statement.
When he got to the scene after stopping briefly at another minor accident at Franklin and Hollingsworth, Officer David Clark saw that the operator, Stephen D. Libby, had sustained a minor injury and that the home had only minimal damage, Jenkins said.
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Libby "exhibited several signs of possible intoxication" at the scene and back at the station recorded a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.
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