A Massachusetts lawmaker going through fees following an in a single day crash close to the State Home in Boston stated he takes “full responsibility” for his actions.
State Rep. John Garden was arrested within the early hours of Wednesday close to Beacon and Bowdoin streets. In line with native ABC affiliate WCVB, a witness instructed police {that a} driver struck a parked Toyota Tundra after which drove off.
The 56-year-old Democrat, who chairs the well being care financing committee, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. and charged with working beneath the affect of liquor and leaving the scene of an accident inflicting property injury, each of that are misdemeanors.
In an announcement to the press, Garden accepted full duty for what he known as “completely unacceptable” conduct.
“I deeply regret and take full responsibility for my actions. What happened was completely unacceptable. I make no excuses. I am committed to taking the necessary steps to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again,” he stated. “To my family, friends, and constituents, I have let you down, and for that I am deeply sorry.”
Earlier within the day, Garden — who has represented Boston’s western suburbs, together with elements of Watertown, Waltham and Newton, for greater than a decade — had led a committee listening to that stretched for greater than 4 hours, in line with Boston’s NPR station WBUR.
When he was stopped by police, the lawmaker reportedly instructed officers he was a state consultant and was coming from an occasion on the State Home, in line with a police report obtained by WCVB.
Garden is scheduled to be arraigned on the Boston Municipal Courtroom on Thursday morning.
