Braintree Man Charged With Third OUI

A Braintree man was charged with an OUI for the third time on Saturday afternoon while traveling in Weymouth.

Phillip Munnis, 45, was also charged with operating to endanger and was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Monday.

Police were made aware of Munnis when a caller said he was almost struck by a Silverado and had to pull over out of fear of getting hit.

Munnis was located inside the Silverado near the intersection of Main and Winter Streets after he was observed allegedly driving erratically by police. After the vehicle stopped at a red light behind a Volkswagen and Ford, police pulled over the vehicles.

The driver of the VW said that Munnis bumped the back of her car but there was no damage.

When Munnis initially left his car, he was slow to return to his vehicle when he was asked to do so according to the police report. Later, police said his speech was thick and slurred, along with delayed motor skills.

When talking with police, Munnis struggled to remove his license from his wallet, was slow to respond to police questions, and his eyes were described as, “red and glassy.”

He was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety test. His blood alcohol content was 0.10, above the legal limit of 0.08.

Munnis is free on bail and is due back in court on June 8.