Former Gov. Charlie Baker’s son, Andrew “A.J.” Baker, has struck a plea deal after he was arrested and charged with drunk driving on Interstate 95 earlier this month.
The 29-year-old South Boston resident — who allegedly blew a 0.152, nearly double the authorized blood alcohol restrict of 0.08 — admitted to enough information to warrant a responsible discovering in court docket on Tuesday.
The situations of A.J.’s plea deal embody: dropping his license for 45 days; necessary participation within the first-time offender 24D alcohol training program (16 weeks, $250 price paid by the defendant); $350 in different charges; and the case continued and not using a discovering for a one-year probationary interval, ending subsequent May 28.
“This is, by far, the most common disposition for first-time offenders,” Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker mentioned in an announcement.
This plea deal was the result in 83% of comparable circumstances involving first-time offenders in Essex County through the previous 12 months, which features a backlog of resolutions in COVID-delayed circumstances.
A.J. was accused of driving drunk whereas heading down 95 South in Lynnfield on Saturday evening, May 13.
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 advised Peabody police that the Jetta was being pushed erratically.
A.J., the motive force of the Jetta, advised police that he had been {golfing} earlier than they encountered him on the freeway.
“During my initial contact I could smell the odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his breath, his eyes were also glassy, bloodshot and his speech was a bit slurred,” Trooper Kyle Holmes wrote within the police report. “I then asked Baker if he had anything to drink and he stated that he did.”
The former governor’s son was requested to carry out subject sobriety assessments within the breakdown lane of I-95. Baker failed all three customary assessments, police mentioned.
A.J. appeared in Peabody District Court on Tuesday alongside his legal professional, Kevin Mitchell of Boston. Mitchell had mentioned in open court docket throughout Baker’s arraignment on May 15 that he hoped to resolve the case earlier than the pre-trial listening to, which was scheduled for June 14.
The plea and situations had been accepted by Judge James Barretto, the identical choose who presided over A.J.’s arraignment.
A.J. previously was within the highlight for an alleged crime on an airplane.
In 2018, whereas his father was governor, A.J. was accused of sexual assault on a JetBlue flight from D.C. to Boston Logan International Airport. He was accused of inappropriately touching a 29-year-old lady who was sitting subsequent to him on the airplane. That case was by no means prosecuted.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”