Westford Woman Charged With OUI In Somerville

WESTFORD, MA – A Westford woman was charged with drunken driving Sunday after a traffic stop in Somerville. Marcia Stokes, 56, was pulled over around 6:40 p.m. after police said she was driving erratically.

According to the police report, Stokes hit a curb as she pulled over, "consistently became distracted" and had trouble finding her registration. Officers said her speech was slurred, her eyes were glassy and bloodshot and she smelled slightly of alcohol.

Stokes gave conflicting answers when asked where she was driving to and from and told officers she hit the curb because she was looking at her phone for directions, the report stated. She said she had not been drinking alcohol that day, according to police.

Stokes was asked to undergo a field sobriety test. She was arrested based on the results and her behavior, police said.

Officers found an open cup in the middle console that smelled like ginger ale and alcohol, as well as an open bottle of Absolut citrus vodka in a brown paper bag in the passenger seat, according to the police report.

Stokes was charged with operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

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