Rep. David LeBoeuf, a 32-year-old Worcester Democrat, was arrested in Quincy on Tuesday night time for driving inebriated after motorists reported his Black SUV working erratically on Interstate 93, in line with State Police.
LeBoeuf was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Wednesday on costs of working beneath the affect, negligent operation of a motorized vehicle and marked lanes violation. He was launched on private recognizance and is due again in courtroom on June 28 for a pre-trial listening to.
The House is in the course of its debate over an annual state finances, and wrapped up its deliberations for the day shortly earlier than 9 p.m. on Tuesday night time. State Police mentioned that about an hour and half later LeBoeuf’s automobile was reported by motorists touring south on Interstate 93 in Milton, unable to remain inside the marked lanes.
The lawmaker exited the freeway onto Route 3 south and continued onto Burgin Parkway in Quincy the place the automobile got here to a cease earlier than the Adams MBTA station and seemed to be smoking and disabled. Troopers who responded to the scene “made certain observations” about LeBoeuf’s look and speech, and famous a robust odor of alcohol, in line with a State Police spokesman.
LeBoeuf failed a number of discipline sobriety exams and was positioned beneath arrest, after which troopers reported discovering 9 empty nip bottles within the rear of his 2014 Ford Escape and two cans of wine within the entrance cupholders, one in every of which was empty and the opposite half full.
The automobile’s proper entrance tire was additionally lacking, and police reported harm to the edges from dragging alongside the pavement.
LeBoeuf was transported to the South Boston MSP barracks the place he agreed to 2 chemical breath exams, registered a blood alcohol content material of 0.329 and 0.317. The authorized restrict is 0.08.
LeBoeuf is at the moment operating for reelection within the seventeenth Worcester District after briefly contemplating a marketing campaign for state Senate to exchange retiring Sen. Harriette Chandler. He was first elected to the House in 2018.
– Matt Murphy / SHNS
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