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Framingham man’s blood alcohol level was nearly three and half times the legal
limit when he crashed his mother’s Jaguar into a median on Speen Street in
Natick on Mother’s Day, authorities said.
Andrew
Piedra, 28, denied drinking, but registered a .27 blood alcohol content on a
Breathalyzer, higher than the .08 legal limit, police wrote in a report filed
in Natick District Court on Monday.
Piedra
was getting off Rte. 9 east onto Speen Street around 2:30 p.m. when he crashed
head-on into the triangular guardrail on the median separating two lanes,
police wrote in the report. The car sustained heavy front end damage.
“I
explained to him that I could smell an odor of alcohol coming from him, which
is I why asked him,” police wrote. “Mr. Piedra maintained that he hadn’t
consumed any alcohol.”
Piedra
failed several field sobriety tests. He also took a portable breath test, which
is not admissible in court, and blew a .25. He later agreed to take the
Breathalyzer test, where he blew the higher number.
Police
charged Piedra, of 100 Russell Road, with driving under the influence of liquor
(second offense). Police also cited him for a marked lanes violation.
Piedra’s
first offense was out of Brookline District Court in 2011. He received a
continuance without a finding, which counts as a first offense.
At
Piedra’s Natick court arraignment on Monday, Judge Jennifer Stark released
Piedra on $500 bail. She ordered him not to drink and to undergo random
screenings. Piedra is due back in court on June 26 for a pretrial conference.
Source: metrowestdailynews.com
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