Connecticut: Farmington Police arrested DUI 2nd time for school bus driver Tammy Jo Costello

Connecticut School Bus Driver Tammy Jo Costello busted 2nd time for DUI

From The Courant

FARMINGTON, Conn. (8/27/2014) — A school bus driver charged Wednesday morning with driving 20 students to Irving Robbins Middle School while intoxicated has a previous drunken-driving arrest, state officials said.

Tammy Costello was charged with driving under the influence in May 2004 in Bristol, said Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman William Seymour. She completed the state’s alcohol education program on July 20, 2005, records indicate. Completion of the program results in charges being dismissed.

Costello has had a commercial driver’s license since 1997. It is valid through January 2016.

Costello, 44, of Bristol, was also issued a speeding ticket in Farmington last April, Seymour said. It is unclear if she was driving a school bus at the time of the 2004 arrest or when she was issued the ticket. …MORE

 

Farmington Police Department DUI arrests

Douglas Allen Leal, D.O.B. 07/01/1956 White MALE Years old at Arrest: 58

Address: 26 Wells DR., Farmington , CT 06032-, Arrested: 8/26/2014 22:13 Where Arrested: 26 Wells Drive, Court Date: 09/03/2014, Charge Description Counts Bond type Bond Amt, 14-215 Op Under Suspension $.00, 14-227A OPERATION WHILE UNDER THE INFL Non Surety $5,000.00, Remarks: Arrested for DUI. Released on bond.

Joseph Reda Migeed, D.O.B. 05/20/1988 White MALE Years old at Arrest: 26, Address: 16 Ashland AVE., Springfield , MA 01119-, Arrested: 8/14/2014 23:46 Where Arrested: Scott Swamp Road, Court Date: 08/27/2014, Charge Description Counts Bond type Bond Amt., 14-236 FAIL DRIVE IN PROPER LANE $.00, 14-227A OPERATION WHILE UNDER THE INFL Non Surety $1,500.00, 14-296aa(b1st (1st offense) Operation of a motor vehicle while using a hand-held mobile $.00, telephone to engage in a call or while using a mobile electronic device (An operator of a motor vehicle who types, sends, or reads a text message with a hand-held mobile phone. Remarks: Arrested for DUI. Released on Bond.