Charlie Baker’s son Andrew arrested for drunk driving

Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s son, Andrew “A.J.” Baker, was arrested Saturday for driving drunk, in keeping with a State Police spokesperson. 

At about 8:15 p.m., a State Police trooper responded to an space on Route 95 South close to Walnut Road in Lynnfield, the place Peabody police had pulled over a Volkswagen Jetta. The car was stopped after driving onto the freeway from Route 114. 

One other driver had seen the car being pushed erratically, and reported it to Peabody Police. Officers from that division informed the State Police trooper that they’d detected indicators of intoxication within the driver. The trooper additionally reportedly noticed indicators of intoxication whereas interacting with the driving force, recognized as Andrew Baker, 29, of South Boston. 

The trooper administered a number of area sobriety assessments, and decided that Baker was impaired by liquor. He was positioned underneath arrest for OUI. 

Baker was dropped at the State Police-Danvers Barracks and booked. He was launched on private recognizance, and might be arraigned at Peabody District Court docket on an undetermined date, officers mentioned. 

In 2018, Baker was accused of groping a girl on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Boston.