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    Breaking News - MassLive.com

    Westfield man arrested twice in 8 days for OUI already has 50-plus charges on driving record





    SPRINGFIELD - A Westfield man with more than 50 violations on his driving record is facing new charges after being arrested twice in eight days for allegedly driving while intoxicated.

    Jermaine D. Atkins, 29, was scheduled for arraignment in Springfield District Court last week on charges of operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol following his arrest in West Springfield on June 11.

    When he failed to appear, Judge Matthew Shea issued an arrest warrant. As of Monday, Atkins -- who picked up his first driving offenses at 14 and whose license has been suspended or revoked more than 20 times-- had neither turned himself in nor been arrested, court records show.

    A week earlier, Atkins did show up for arraignment on driving charges filed by Springfield police on June 3.

    Responding to a 2 a.m. traffic jam near Pandora's Lounge on State Street, police spotted Atkins allegedly driving up on neighborhood lawns to avoid traffic, according to the arrest report. When officers caught up to Atkins at a red light, they saw vomit on the driver's-side door frame and a bottle of alcohol in the center console, according to the arrest report.



    Police: OUI suspect too drunk to be fingerprinted


    Police: OUI suspect too drunk to be fingerprinted

    Police said Emmanuel Tabora refused to take a blood alcohol test, saying, "Nah, I ain't doing it. My license is suspended anyway."


    His eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred and he struggled to stand or walk without assistance, the report said. At the scene, he refused to take a field sobriety test. At police headquarters, he refused to take a chemical breath test, leading to an automatic suspension of his license, the report said.

    The next day, he pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court to operating under the influence of liquor (second offense), reckless operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop for police and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.


    He was released on $1,000 bail.

    Atkins was arrested again the following weekend when a state trooper stopped him for speeding on Route 5 in West Springfield early on June 11. The trooper noted a strong smell of marijuana in the vehicle, and Atkins admitted to smoking about about half a gram of marijuana and drinking two beers earlier at a house party, the report said.



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    The victim's hair, blood and body tissue was embedded in the windshield of Loranger's 2013 Cadillac, the report said.


    He performed poorly on the field sobriety test and refused to take a blood alcohol test. "You ain't gonna railroad me," he told police, according to the report.

    At the state police barracks, he was booked on six charges, including operating under the influence of liquor (second offense) and operating under the influence of drugs (second offense), records show.

    Several hours later he was released after posting $2,500 cash bail.

    Even before his two arrests this month, Atkins was hardly a stranger to state and city police. His driving record spans 17 years and includes charges for driving with a suspended license, driving with a revoked license, driving with a revoked license after being declared a habitual traffic offender, driving to endanger, failing to stop for a school bus, refusing to stop for police, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and more.


    He was arraigned five times on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license and was convicted in 2009 of drunken driving, according to the arrest report.

    His first charges came in 2002, when he was cited for leaving the scene of a property damage accident, refusing to obey police and driving while a minor. By the time he turned 16 and a half, the legal driving age, Atkins already had 10 violations on his driving record, according to court records.
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  • #2
    Just shoot him!

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    • #3
      Our system sometimes is for shit!

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      • #4
        Yet we have zero tolerance laws that make it easy to put people away for a long, long time on first offense stuff without burdening the system.
        Most of the time we have the laws. It is the piece o' crap judicial system. Either the lawyers are overworked, the courts are overbooked, the jails are over crowded, or some other nonsense and piece of crap people like this walk.
        I just saw a clip, didn't see the whole piece so I can't say much about it, that says in California people are sent to prisons run by private companies and you can pay to upgrade your situation. Some people spend $200 a day so they can have a private cell with a telephone, and get food delivered in.
        This guy needs to go do some hard time. Not time sitting around with a bunch of other gang bangers dreaming up your first crime after you are released
        Wait until next year is a terrible philosophy
        Hope is not a strategy
        RIP

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