Police log: 15 New Bedford arrests Oct. 15 to 18, four on OUI charges

NEW BEDFORD New Bedford police listed 15 arrests in their daily arrest logs for Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18, and four of them included charges of operating under the influence of liquor. Three of those four came in a three-hour stretch early Sunday, between 1:27 and 4:27 a.m., according to the logs, which the department posted on its website Monday.

This list gives the time, street and charges for each arrest, with the department's abbreviations spelled out. It does not name the people arrested. The street is the location the log gives for each arrest.

Sunday, Oct. 18

• 4:52 a.m., Ashley Street: assault and battery on a police officer, disturbing the peace and interfering with a police officer, which the log lists as a common law charge.
• 4:27 a.m., Route 18 South: negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of liquor or with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, and a miscellaneous motor vehicle equipment violation.
• 3:28 a.m., Ashley Street: operating under the influence of liquor or with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, possessing an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
• 1:55 a.m., Acushnet Avenue: assault and battery.
• 1:27 a.m., Dartmouth Street: operating under the influence of liquor or with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation and speeding.

Saturday, Oct. 17

• 6:19 p.m., Coffin Avenue: arrest on five warrants, possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class A drug.
• 2:54 p.m., Elm Street: a city ordinance violation, listed in the log under an electronic court submission code.
• 5:31 a.m., Belleville Avenue: negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage, operating under the influence of liquor or with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, and operating under the influence of drugs.
• 12:06 a.m., South Second Street: assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying certain weapons or instruments on a person or in a vehicle.

Friday, Oct. 16

• 10:34 p.m., Purchase Street: arrest on a warrant.
• 3:35 p.m., Acushnet Avenue: arrest on two warrants.
• 1:49 p.m., Elm Street: arrest on three warrants.
• 9:52 a.m., Willis Street: arrest on two warrants.

Thursday, Oct. 15

• 8:21 p.m., Coffin Avenue: arrest on three warrants.
• 5:35 p.m.: the log lists an arrest with no street or charge. A note on the entry says the report can be released once a supervisor approves it.

By the numbers

Five of the 15 arrests were on warrants alone, and a sixth combined five warrants with two drug possession charges. Three arrests included an assault charge: assault with a dangerous weapon at 12:06 a.m. Saturday, assault and battery at 1:55 a.m. Sunday, and assault and battery on a police officer at 4:52 a.m. Sunday. The Saturday morning OUI arrest on Belleville Avenue also included a charge of operating under the influence of drugs. The logs mark none of the 14 entries that list charges as a juvenile or domestic case.

What the driving charges carry

Under Chapter 90, Section 24 of the General Laws, the base penalty for operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, or while under the influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants or stimulants, is a fine of $500 to $5,000, imprisonment for up to 2 1/2 years, or both. Negligent operation that could endanger the public, and leaving the scene after knowingly damaging another vehicle or property without giving a name, address and registration number, each carry a fine of $20 to $200, imprisonment for two weeks to two years, or both, under the same section.

About this log

State law requires every police department to keep a daily log of complaints, reported crimes and arrests, including the names and addresses of people arrested and the charges, and makes those entries public records. Responses to domestic violence, rape or sexual assault, arrests for assault, assault and battery or a protective order violation against a family or household member, and arrests of anyone under 18 go in a separate log that is not public, under Chapter 41, Section 98F. South Coast 360 prints less than the log does. We leave out names, house numbers, home addresses and hometowns. We read the four logs on the department's Police Logs page at about 7 p.m. Monday.

An arrest is not a conviction. Everyone charged is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.