Crime & Safety
OUI After Braintree Man Gets in Accident at T.G.I. Friday's
The following information was supplied by the Braintree Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 43-year-old Braintree man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol last Wednesday, May 30 after he was allegedly drunk and involved in a minor car accident.
Police responded to T.G.I. Friday's on Wednesday evening and found that Scott W. Alden had been in the accident while pulling out of a parking space, Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins said in a statement.
"While speaking with Alden, Officer Brian Eng detected a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and made other observations of possible intoxication,"
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He was arrested after performing several sobriety tests and at the police station recorded a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent, Jenkins said.
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