Brewer
police officer suspended, demoted after pleading guilty to OUI
BANGOR, Maine Just
days after being charged with drunk driving in Bangor, a police officer in
Brewer has now pleaded guilty to the crime. It was last weekend when captain
Chris Martin was charged with operating his vehicle while under the influence
of alcohol. Bangor police say they stopped Martin in his car while he was
driving on Griffin Road in the Queen City.
Hearings
a preview of officer’s DWI trial
Allen Superior Court Judge John Surbeck heard daylong
arguments in the case of David Bisard, a suspended Indianapolis officer accused
of driving drunk in his police car.
In 2010, Bisard, 39, was arrested after his police car
plowed into two motorcycles stopped at a stoplight, killing one and injuring
two others. He faces multiple charges from the crash, including reckless
homicide, operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death and criminal
recklessness.
While out on bail in that case, Bisard crashed a borrowed
truck into a guardrail in the Lawrence area. He had a blood-alcohol level of
0.22 percent, nearly three times the legal limit.