National Guard officer who chased Cape tour bus summonsed to court on multiple charges
FALMOUTH — An off-duty officer with the Massachusetts National Guard who chased a tour bus he thought was bringing migrants to Cape Cod last month has been summoned to appear in Falmouth District Court on multiple charges, Falmouth police Lt. Michael Simoneau said.
Lt. Col. Christopher Hoffman, 51, followed the bus — which turned out to have been transporting 37 senior citizens from Tennessee on a tour of Cape Cod — for approximately 10 miles, in the evening, from the Bourne Rotary to the Admiralty Inn & Suites in Falmouth. He live-streamed his pursuit of the bus on his Facebook page.
Falmouth police issued a summons to Hoffman on charges of operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and disorderly conduct, Simoneau said in an email to the Times.
The charges will be heard in a private clerk magistrate's hearing where the magistrate will decide whether to go forward with the charges. There is no information on the date of the hearing, Simoneau said. Magistrate hearings and records connected with them are not public under state law.
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