Crime & Safety

Beverly Man Arrested on Second OUI Offense Following Crash

The Sunday afternoon crash occurred near Pleasant and Smith streets.

Marblehead police arrested a Beverly man Sunday afternoon, charging him with his second OUI offense.

According to police, several callers reported the crash at 12:59 p.m. near Smith and Pleasant streets. Callers stated that airbags had deployed when one vehicle rear-ended another.

Officers arrived on the scene and arrested 24-year-old Taylor Hill Roberts of Beverly, charging him with OUI liquor (second offense) and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle declined ambulance transport.

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The police log notes that Roberts became agitated while in police custody and at some point while alone in his holding cell, got toilet paper stuck on his lips.

Roberts’ father bailed him out at 5 p.m.

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