Driver In Mansfield Drugged Driving Case Had Previous OUI Charge

MANSFIELD, MA — A Norton woman who was arrested last week following reports of erratic driving has previously faced charges for driving while impaired.

Chelsey Reed, 29, was arrested April 3 and faces charges of drugged driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating with a suspended license, possession of an open container of alcohol inside a motor vehicle, and marked lanes violation. He was arraigned the next day in Attleboro District Court and is free on $500 bail.

Court records obtained by the Sun Chronicle show that Reed was arrested the day after she was arraigned in Milford District Court for driving with a suspended license. The records also say Reed was arrested for an OUI in 2010, but that case was continued without a finding and she received probation.

During the April 3 incident, Mansfield Police received a call from a driver who said she saw a vehicle being driven in an erratic manning on Reservoir Street in Norton before continuing on South Main Street towards the Interstate 495 North on-ramp. The caller said the vehicle was swerving and was in someone's yard before turning left towards the highway. A short time later, the caller provided play-by-play for the way the vehicle came to a halt.

"She almost just took out a car...and she just went off the highway and back on, oh good lord, she just, oh my God, she just went up and over the side, over the curb and into the guardrail and now she's just at a stop," the caller told the dispatcher.

Photos at the scene show the vehicle stopped with a flat tire and partially in the median on Route 140 North towards Interstate 495 North.

Reed is due back in court May 22. While her case is pending, she must submit to random drug tests.

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