Enfield State Representative Faces Drunk Driving Charge

State Rep. David Alexander, who was reelected to a second term as Enfield’s representative in November, reportedly was arrested on a drunk driving charge in Windsor Locks early Saturday.

Alexander (D-58) acknowledged the drunk driving arrest and apologized for the incident in a statement he released to NBC Connecticut on Saturday. In the statement Alexander, who is a captain with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, said he will “get the necessary help to overcome my struggles with alcohol.”

In January, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee (GAE) by House Speaker Brendan Sharkey (D-88), who told NBC Connecticut on Saturday the arrest is “serious enough to warrant” Alexander’s removal from his leadership role.

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Alexander is a 1999 Enfield High School graduate who went on to graduate with honors from Trinity College in Hartford in 2003, according to his biography on the Connecticut House Democrats website. In 2006 he received a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law and then served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps and is now a captain in the Marine Reserves. He also is a member of the Enfield Democratic Town Committee.

Alexander also serves the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee; the Public Health Committee and the Veterans Committee.

The NBC Connecticut story can be found here.

Photo: state Rep. David Alexander. Credit: Connecticut House Democrats website.