Revere Woman Arrested on Seventh Drunken Driving Charge
A Revere woman was arrested on her seventh drunken driving charge after Arlington Police Chief Fred Ryan said he saw her drive the wrong way down a busy Arlington street. Brenda Drinkwater, 60, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence as a seventh offense, operating a motor vehicle negligently as to endanger, drinking from an open container while driving and failure to keep to the right.
According to a statement released by the Arlington Police Department, Ryan was driving in an unmarked police car when he saw a sedan driving the wrong way down Summer Street in Arlington. Summer Street is Route 2A in Arlington.
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When Ryan asked Drinkwater to get out of her car, she nearly fell over and then failed “a number’’ of field sobriety tests, according to the statement.
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