Drunk Driver Nearly Strikes Youth on Bicycle

WEST YARMOUTH- On Friday, July 06, 2007 at 1:27 PM—the Yarmouth Police Department responded to a report of a red Jeep Liberty operating erratically at a high rate of speed in the parking lot of the Castle Dawn Motel on Route 28. 

Yarmouth Police Patrol Officer Olivier Naas and James Cheverie arrived at the scene and located a female standing next to the haphazardly parked Jeep.  The female was interviewed and admitted that she had been driving.  Patrol Officers determined that she was intoxicated and had nearly struck a young boy who was riding his bicycle in the lot.

The female was placed under arrest and transported to Yarmouth Police Headquarters.  She is scheduled for arraignment in the Barnstable District Court on Monday, July 9, 2007.

Arrested Person  

Christine A. Jensen

Age 45

34 Church Avenue

Wareham, MA 

Charges

OUI Liquor

Operating a Motor Vehicle to Endanger

(This media release was prepared by Yarmouth Police Department Lieutenant Steven G. Xiarhos—Patrol Force Commander)