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Dearborn fire chief arrested for alleged drunk driving
Bodycam footage of the traffic stop that led to Joseph Murray's arrest shows the moments when Dearborn Heights officers came face to face with the chief. He allegedly passed a car going 15 mph over the speed limit and was swerving.
DEARBORN, Mich (FOX 2) - Dearborn Fire Chief Joseph Murray will be on probation for a year after he was caught driving drunk last summer.
The 44-year-old pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated and learned his sentence last week. The sentence also includes a random alcohol and drug screening once a week. He must also attend one Alcohol Anonymous meeting per week.
Murray was pulled over for speeding and weaving between lanes on Telegraph and Dartmouth in Dearborn Heights around 3 a.m. Aug. 29, 2023. He refused a breathalyzer after doing a field sobriety test during the traffic stop, and was arrested.
Dearborn Fire chief charged with driving drunk 2 days after job gets reinstated
Chief Joseph Murray was reinstated as chief on Monday while today the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office charged him with two counts of operating while intoxicated.
He was originally charged with operating with a high BAC and operating while intoxicated, but the BAC charge was dropped as part of his guilty plea.
Murray first became a firefighter in 2001. He has worked for the Dearborn Fire Department since 2004 and has been fire chief since 2012. He was reinstated in his role two days before being charged with the crime, as he wasn't arraigned until November.
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