Easton Police Make OUI, Child Endangerment Arrest

An Easton woman will be arraigned in Taunton District Court Tuesday after she was arrested for drunk driving with two 13-year-old children in the vehicle.

Mary Burns, 47, of 6 Andrews Street was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation and two counts of child endangerment after her vehicle was pulled over on Sullivan Avenue Monday night. She was released on $140 bail.

Easton Police Lieutenant Gary Sullivan said in a statement Tuesday that police received a call at approximately 9:05 p.m. reporting Burns' vehicle driving on the wrong side of Lincoln Street, heading east. The caller said Burns' vehicle almost hit a utility pole on the side of the road.

Sullivan said Officer Keith Boone located the vehicle, which allegedly rolled through a stop sign on Lincoln Street heading onto Main Street.

Boone eventually pulled Burns over on Sullivan Avenue and she was arrested after a subsequent investigation, Sullivan said.