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  • Advocates seek to ease license suspension rules

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    BOSTON — Massachusetts is among a minority of states where you can lose your driver’s license for unpaid parking tickets, tolls and other minor violations.

    But advocates want to change that. A proposal on Beacon Hill would effectively end debt-based driving restrictions by prohibiting the state Registry of Motor Vehicles from suspending drivers’ licenses over unpaid fines for non-criminal infractions.

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    By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter

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  • Peabody man charged with 6th OUI in motorcycle crash

    Peabody man charged with 6th OUI in motorcycle crash

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    PEABODY — A Peabody man was arrested on a sixth drunk driving offense earlier this month after crashing a motorcycle into a stone wall while under the influence.

    The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Oct. 5 at the corner of Franklin and Kosciusko streets.

    George Bradley, 55, was allegedly speeding down Franklin Street on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he noticed a stop sign too late, tried to break and “left a skid mark for approximately 50 feet before disregarding the stop sign and crashing into the stone wall of 5 Kosciusko St.,” according to a police report.

    Bradley was evaluated at the scene for injuries, but refused to be taken to the hospital, police said. While the motorcycle was dented in the crash, the wall was undamaged.

    Police said Bradley failed field sobriety tests at the scene and was arrested.

    In addition to a sixth drunk driving offense, he was charged with operating an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, negligently operating a vehicle and driving with a suspended license.

    Police said the motorcycle was owned by someone other than Bradley.

    The Essex County District Attorney’s office confirmed that Bradley did have his driver’s license revoked for life upon his fifth OUI offense, per state law.

    He is being held without bail following a dangerousness hearing.

    Contact Caroline Enos at CEnos@northofboston.com.

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    By Caroline Enos | Staff Writer

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  • State police plan weekend sobriety checkpoint

    State police plan weekend sobriety checkpoint

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    Col. John E. Mawn Jr., superintendent of Massachusetts State Police, said a “sobriety checkpoint” will be implemented on a public way in Essex County this weekend.

    The purpose is to further educate drivers and strengthen the public’s awareness of the need for detecting and removing those motorists who operate under the influence of alcohol and, or, drugs from the roadways.

    It will be operated during varied hours Saturday into Sunday. The selection of vehicles will not be arbitrary, safety will be assured, and any inconveniences to motorists will be minimized with advance notice to reduce fear and anxiety, Mawn said in a release.

    The checkpoint is made possible through a grant provided by the Office of Grants and Research of the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

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