Overview
- State Police, which suspended Donovan Preston on Thursday, took his badge and department-issued gun and said internal discipline will follow.
- Boston officers found the 31-year-old trooper slumped in a running BMW in the South End with the gear in drive and an open High Noon hard seltzer in the cupholder.
- Police say he stumbled, had slurred speech and glossy eyes, failed three field sobriety tests, and refused a breath test.
- Because Massachusetts suspends a driver’s license when a breath test is refused, officers seized his license at the scene and had the BMW towed.
- He pleaded not guilty in Boston Municipal Court on Monday, was released on personal recognizance, received an open-container citation, and is due back in court May 13.