Crime & Safety

Woman Charged With OUI After SUV Found Off Wareham Beach

The 23-year-old driver, who was later found at home, will be summonsed for drunk driving.

WAREHAM, MA – A 23-year-old Wareham woman will be charged with drunken driving after her SUV was found in the water off Little Harbor Beach Friday morning. Public safety and fire officials responded to the beach around 6:30 a.m. after the Wareham Department of Natural Resources was notified of the car.

The SUV was determined to be unoccupied. Police later identified the driver, Lauren Heyward, and found her safe at home. No other occupants were missing.

Heyward will be summonsed to Wareham District Court on one count of operating under the influence of alcohol.

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