What do you mean you can't remember?
"Galluccio ordered to prison for one year
MEDFORD - State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio today was found in violation of the terms of his probation and was sentenced to one year in the Middlesex House of Correction. He was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
Judge Matthew Nestor said from the bench that after listening to a day of testimony, including from Galluccio himself, that he was convinced the Cambridge Democrat had been drinking when tested on Dec. 21 - just three days after Nestor sentenced him to home confinement and ordered alcohol testing. "I am satisfied the defendant ingested alcohol,'' Nestor said from the bench. "He didn't last a week.''
Galluccio looked stunned when Nestor ordered him to be imprisoned. His mother and sister were in attendance and waved at him as he was being led away by a court officer and were then escorted out of the building by a Galluccio legislative aide....."
They always do; can't happen to their privileged asses!
A bit kinder treatment in the printed paper:
State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio stood in a Medford courtroom yesterday, red faced and clearly shaken, as a guard pulled his hands behind his back and placed handcuffs on his wrists, preparing to take him to serve an immediate one-year jail sentence for violating the terms of his house arrest by drinking alcohol.
“He didn’t last a week,’’ said District Court Judge Matthew J.
Rumors of Galluccio’s relationship with alcohol dogged the senator for years, but never stood in the way of his political ambitions. A passionate politician, he decisively won over voters in 2007 despite his opponents’ digs at his character and judgment.
Actually, he was a hero.
But yesterday, it appeared he could lose his political career along with his freedom.
Well, guys like him are taking it away from us all the time, so no sympathy.
Senate President Therese Murray stopped short of calling on Galluccio to resign but pointedly urged him to think of those he represents. “The senator needs to consider what is in the best interest of his constituents and the Senate,’’ she said in the statement. “The Senate will meet Wednesday in full formal session, and we expect to take action, if necessary, at that time.’’
He hasn't yet.
Wearing a crisp navy blue suit, his thin dark hair slicked back, Galluccio shook his head yesterday as Nestor rejected the defense argument that the test result was faulty. The senator had previously argued that toothpaste caused the positive reading, but abandoned that defense yesterday, focusing more on the integrity of the device installed in his home to remotely monitor his breath for alcohol several times a day....
Ummmmmm, THAT ONE NEVER WORKED FOR US, either -- despite the roughing up I took.
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The test showed Galluccio’s blood alcohol content was .037, said Catherine Ham, the assistant district attorney who argued the case for the Probation Department. A second test that day came back positive, though the content was lower. Two more tests that day were also positive, but with ever-lower alcohol content levels.
Yeah, you BURN OFF the BOOZE to the tune of ONE DRINK an HOUR!
I LEARNED SOMETHING from MY DRUNK SCHOOL SENTENCE!
“We’re not saying he was intoxicated,’’ Ham said. “What [the device] did indicate is he was not abstaining from alcohol.’’
Then, as Galluccio’s mother and sister looked on, he was taken away....
Awwwwww. He's still alive and he'll be out in a year, right?
Had his chances and couldn't stay of the nip.
The decision marked a stunning fall from power.
I don't want to hear it!
Galluccio, a longtime leader in Cambridge politics and a former high school football coach, had styled himself as a mentor to children and teenagers.
And then he plows his car into the back of a vehicle carrying them.
A Senate aide, speaking anonymously, said that if Galluccio does not resign by tomorrow, the state Senate will probably consider an order referring the matter to the Senate Ethics Committee, which can censure, suspend, or expel Galluccio or call for his resignation.
Murray wants him to quit or be expelled, the aide said. She had already tried to persuade Galluccio to resign by reaching out to people close to him, the aide said, but Galluccio has not responded. It was unclear late yesterday whether Galluccio planned to fight for his seat.
If he leaves the Senate, it would be the third time a lawmaker has left the Senate in disgrace in the past two years. Dianne Wilkerson, a Roxbury Democrat, is facing corruption charges after being photographed by federal agents allegedly accepting a bribe, and James Marzilli, an Arlington Democrat, was indicted on charges of accosting four women in Lowell. Both resigned as their legal troubles mounted.
Related: Last Political Will and Testament of Dianne Wilkerson
Add this slick scum to the list:
Galluccio, 42, showed up in court with a team of lawyers, three expert witnesses, two public relations representatives, and family and friends, several of whom testified on his behalf.....
How did they spin it for you, "Gooch?"
Update: Galluccio resigns
Not good enough.
