Tinted Windows Lead Braintree Police to Drunken Driving Arrest

A traffic stop for illegally tinted windows led to a Randolph man getting arrested for drunken driving in Braintree.

Jaya Salazar, 29, was charged with operating under the influence of liquor (second offense), possession of a Class B substance, impeded operation, not having an inspection/sticker, a tinted glass violation, and drinking alcohol from an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. He was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Thursday and is being held on $500 bail.

Early Thursday morning, a Braintree officer noticed a Honda Accord driving down Hancock Street with an excessive window tilt. According to the police report, the tint was estimated to be 35 percent darker than legally allowed.

After pulling over the vehicle on Pearl Street, the officer detected a strong odor of alcohol from inside the vehicle. When the officer asked for Salazar’s license registration. Salazar’s speech was described as thicked tongue and slurred and his eyes were allegedly glassy and bloodshot.

After Salazar was asked to get out of the car, he was allegely slightly unsteady. Police asked Salazar multiple times if he had weapons on him and he was placed in handcufts when he did not respond.

A search of the man resulted in police finding a razor box cutter and a seach of the vehicle turned up an open bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon and many open and empty boxes of Suboxone strips.

Police asked Salazar if he was drinking or using drugs and again, he replied with silence. He was taken into custody after not responding to a request for a field sobriety test.

At the station, Salazar continued to not speak, refusing a preliminary blood test. He also did not sign his Miranda rights.

Salazar is due back in court on June 3.