Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Newly Elected Legislator Charged With DWI

(Milford, NH) -- A newly elected New Hampshire legislator has more than lawmaking on his agenda after a drunk driving arrest. Stephen Stepanek represents House District six and won his bid on November 2nd. However, a few days later he was charged with driving while intoxicated. The 59-year-old is the former president of Hampshire Paper in Milford, and served in the Legislature before, from 2002 to 2008. Police say just after midnight November 7th, he was arrested on DWI, DWI second offense, and failure to turn on headlights when required. He was released on 600-dollars bail.