Crime & Safety

77-Year-Old Lynnfield Man Charged With 5th OUI

Police arrested a Lynnfield man following a report of a car accident at the intersection of Lowell and Endicott streets in Peabody.

PEABODY — A 77-year-old Lynnfield man was arrested earlier this week near downtown Peabody and charged with his fifth drunken driving offense.

Peabody police responded to an accident involving two vehicles at the intersection of Lowell and Endicott streets Tuesday afternoon around 2:20 p.m. and subsequently took Maurice J. O'Connor, 77, of 1 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield, into custody.

O'Connor was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (fifth offense), operating a vehicle with a license already suspended for OUI and failure to slow.

No injuries were reported from the accident.


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