Bedford Woman Arrested for Drunk Driving

MERRIMACK, NH - A local woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly driving drunk after shopping at Shaw’s.

J J Marshall-Scott, 57, of Wentworth Drive in Bedford, was arrested on March 21, 2016, and charged with operating under the influence.

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According to police, at just before 5:30 p.m., officers were tipped off by a caller who assisting a woman who had fallen in the Shaw’s parking lot on Continental Boulevard and believed that the woman might be intoxicated.

“(She) was last seen entering a vehicle shortly after being assisted to her feet,” according to Lt. Matthew Tarleton of the Merrimack Police Department.

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“Vehicle information was subsequently forwarded to police at which point officers made contact with the subject, now seated within her running motor vehicle,” according to Tarleton. “While questioning Marshall-Scott, police noted signs of possible alcohol impairment. Upon further investigation, to include voluntary field sobriety testing, it was determined that Marshall-Scott was intoxicated and she was placed under arrest.”

Marshall-Scott was charged and released on personal recognizance bail. She’s due in court on April 5.