Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s son, Andrew ‘A.J.’ Baker, was arrested and charged with drunk driving Saturday night time, based on Massachusetts State Police.
Andrew, 29, of South Boston, is accused of driving drunk whereas heading down Route 95 south in Lynnfield Saturday night time.
A Mass State Police trooper at 8:15 p.m. responded to the freeway, earlier than Walnut Street in Lynnfield, the place Peabody cops had stopped a Volkswagen Jetta after following it from Route 114.
Another motorist had informed Peabody police that the Jetta was being pushed erratically.
“Peabody officers on scene told the Trooper they had detected signs of intoxication in the male operator, who was out of the vehicle at the time of the Trooper’s arrival,” a State Police spokesman mentioned in an announcement. “The Trooper additionally noticed indicators of intoxication throughout his interplay with the operator.
“The Trooper then administered several standardized field sobriety tests,” the spokesman added.
Based on the outcomes of these exams, together with the trooper’s observations of the motive force and his statements, the trooper decided that the motive force was drunk.
Andrew was positioned beneath arrest for working beneath the affect of liquor.
Andrew was then transported to the State Police Danvers Barracks, the place he was booked.
A bail clerk was contacted and launched him on private recognizance, plus the usual $40 bail charge. Andrew shall be arraigned at Peabody District Court on a future date.
This isn’t the primary time that the previous governor’s son was within the highlight for an alleged crime.
Andrew in 2018, whereas his father was governor, was accused of sexual assault on a JetBlue flight from D.C. to Boston Logan International Airport. That case was by no means prosecuted.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”