Bradford Man Arraigned Today for Fatal Accident on Route 125
Bail was not posted for Robert Bryant. Police identified the victim.
Bradford resident Robert Bryant was arraigned today in Lawrence District Court after being charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal pedestrian accident yesterday afternoon.
State Police allege that Bryant was driving drunk when he struck a woman, who police are now identifying as Cynthia Anne Ray, 30, of Bradford. Yesterday afternoon, Ray had visited the State Police barracks on Route 125 in Andover for an accident report for a family member and was allegedly struck by Bryant on her way back to her car. She was transported to a hospital and later died of her injuries.
Following Bryant's arraignment today at Lawrence District Court, a $50,000 bail was not posted for Bryant by the end of the day. He will be transported to the Middleton Correctional Facility on Manning Avenue in Middleton.
If Bryant is bailed out, the court required him to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
Judge Mark Sullivan scheduled Bryant to appear before court again on Jan. 4 for a status review, which gives the judge the chance to make changes to conditions of Bryant's bail or other factors before the courts go further with the case.
Bryant has been charged with vehicular homicide, operating under the influence of liquor, operating under the influence of liquor - causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, and a marked lanes violation.
M. Dillon
12:39 pm on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I live on Rt. 125 and use it twice daily to travel to and from work and I have to say that, except for an occasional speed trap on Saturdays, I was quite shocked to see the lack of police presence on that road. You would think that since the state police barracks are there, there would be a deterrent, but from what I have seen the people who travel that road are well aware that the police station is really in name only; what I mean is I have never seen a police officer or cruiser come out of the barracks onto Rt. 125 in the 1.5 years I have lived in and traveled around the area. We're all suffering from budget cutbacks and staff shortages, but I still have to pick up the slack at my job. I wonder why the same doesn't hold true for the police? It makes me wonder what enforcement was like on that road before the cutbacks. On another note, the fact that there are only three visitor parking spots and one of them seems to always be taken up by the same car (perhaps a dispatcher who works for the station), even though they have a lot beside their building, does not really promote a neighborly attitude to the people they serve.
Marty Surette
2:27 pm on Thursday, December 16, 2010
How about we put blame where blame belongs on the careless thoughtless son of a b. that got behind the wheel drunk and killed Cindy.
I am sick of people being so fast to pass the buck instead taking responsibility for their own actions, whether the police where on the road or not Cindy would be alive today if this a-hole did not get behind the wheel drunk at 3 in the afternoon and to my further disgust Mr Bryant is walking out of jail today they say he needs to weare monitoring bracelet so they know were he is if they kept him in prison we would all kanow just where he is.
The whole situation just stinks.