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Charges tossed in DWI scooter case
By Kim Ring TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

BROOKFIELD— [/B] The case against a Brookfield man charged with driving drunk on his scooter, then cracking open a bottle of vodka in the back of a police cruiser was dismissed yesterday after the town’s police chief did not appear in Western Worcester District Court, East Brookfield, to testify.

Sean E. Pray, 41, of 106 Quaboag St., was arrested in July after Chief Ross B. Ackerman allegedly spotted Mr. Pray’s scooter weaving across the lanes near his home. Chief Ackerman stopped Mr. Pray, who he believed was intoxicated, and arrested him. Chief Ackerman wrote in his report that he heard a noise and checked the back seat only to find Mr. Pray had opened a bottle of vodka, spilling some in the process.

Mr. Pray was charged with a second offense of drunken driving, driving an unregistered motor vehicle, driving an uninsured motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation. He also was charged with having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

All of the charges were dismissed without prejudice.

Officials said summonses are sent to law enforcement personnel when cases are headed to trial. The summonses serve as notification for them to appear and testify.

Chief Ackerman was paged but did not return calls seeking comment last night.

In the days after the incident, Chief Ackerman said he intended to file an additional charge of threatening to commit a crime against Mr. Pray. He said then that Mr. Pray had left a message on the police department’s voice mail that said, “The officer who arrested me is going to burn for this.”

Court personnel said yesterday that charge was never filed.


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