All of those incidents took place in a little more than 24-hours. The judge sentenced him on Monday to four-years in prison. He'll be required to serve two of those, and the rest will be suspended with probation.
On top of alcohol counselling and prison time, Lourenco, who lives in Cumberland, is also facing a fine of more than $3,000 and a two year loss of licence for each of the four incidents once he's released. At his sentencing, Lourenco said he's has taken steps to address his addiction.
News video from the time of Mr Lourenco's initial arrest.
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Lourenco told the court he's now been sober for more than seven months. "I'd like to offer my deepest apology to the family and lives that I affected in September when I relapsed and went into a blackout for 30 hours,” he said. “And I thank the Lord nobody got hurt." Once he eventually gets his licence back, he'll have to use an ignition interlock device in his car for another five years.
2 comments:
What I don't understand is how this guy was released so many times. It's not like each arrest happened in a different municipality. Apparently the Cumberland, RI police are worse than the Keystone Kops.
How unfair is it to be sentenced so harshly for driving drunk 4 times in 24 hours,whent he never had time to sober up and realise what he was doing.
A good lawyer should have been able to affect that sentencing, and yes, by placing a proportion of the blame on the police.
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