By C. RYAN BARBER
FALMOUTH – A Sandwich police
officer was arraigned this morning on a drunk driving charge stemming from an
off-duty crash in Mashpee on Nov. 30.
Daniel Perkins, 38, of
Sandwich, was released on his own recognizance shortly before 10 a.m.,
following a brief appearance in Falmouth District Court.
The arraignment came nearly
three months after police said Perkins crashed a truck at 759 Route 130 near
the Sandwich town line.
Perkins, who was alone in the
car, was injured in the rollover crash and was freed from the vehicle with a
hydraulic tool known as the Jaws of Life, police said. He was taken to Cape Cod
Hospital and later released.
Both Perkins and his attorney,
Jens Bahrawy, declined to comment.
"I don't comment on pending
cases," Bahrawy said after a private meeting with Perkins.
Mashpee police filed for a
criminal complaint in December, two weeks after the crash.
A five-year veteran of the
Sandwich Police Department, Perkins had previously worked for the Barnstable
County Sheriff's Office before joining the town's force.