Eight Page Driving Record, 11 Suspensions Did Not Stop This Prophet From Driving

HELD: John M. Kellum Jr., who faces several charges in connection with a high-speed chase Sunday, appears in Malden District Court yesterday.
Photo: Herald Pool

Here's another persistent public spirited gentleman who could not stop taking time from his busy schedule to show the world how to drive when drunk. No one was watching this intense citizen. No police, no crime families, no Communists, no FBI informants, and no Harvard University campus police or building superintendents. But in nearby Cambridge, MA where academic geniuses rule, and make public safety priorities, all of the above groups took turns keeping a 70-year-old white man, under 24/7 surveillance, and harassment for decades. They added relentless character assassination, threats, insults, provocations, humiliation and ridicule. They stirred up animosity from black racists, man-hating lesbians and feminists and assorted sadists to attack this vulnerable man. Why bother with a dangerous man who enjoys thrill rides when high on alcoholic beverages? He might drive into you as this one did to police officers. Much safer to attack a harmless vulnerable elder, and demonize him without fear of being held accountable for abuses of power. Did the current leadership of Harvard University and Cambridge, MA take their priorities from the White House or was it the other way around?

[From article]
His lengthy Registry of Motor Vehicles record dating back 24 years includes:
Four drunken driving convictions.
11 license revocations.
10 license suspensions.
Six surchargeable accidents.
Two charges each of refusing a chemical test, illegal operation, speeding and refusing to obey police.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/suspect_s_driving_record_8_pages_long_24_years_old

Suspect’s driving record 8 pages long, 24 years old
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
By: Marie Szaniszlo
Boston Herald

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IN HOT WATER: John Kellum faces his fifth drunken driving charge after he allegedly smashed parked cars and a police cruiser before driving into the Malden River, above.
Photo by: WCVB-TV


[From article]
A four-time convicted drunken driver said to be “bent on destruction” as he went on a demolition derby — smashing parked cars, a police cruiser and playing chicken with cops before plunging a pickup truck into the frigid Malden River and paddling away from rescuers — is due in court this morning to face arraignment and a potential lifetime driving ban.
John Kellum, 42, whose license is revoked, faces his fifth drunken driving charge and a host of others for a wee-hours escapade yesterday, which began on his street in Melrose. What followed was nearly 5 miles worth of close calls as his busted tires shot sparks, police said.
“He was bent on destruction, I think he has no respect for his fellow man,” Melrose Police Chief
Michael L. Lyle said. “If everything goes right, I would think there will be five convictions. Maybe there will be a lifetime ban for him. I would hope the court does the right thing here.”
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“He has a disease,” his wife, Jennifer Kellum, told the Herald. “He’s not a mean, malicious person ... if he was straight he wouldn’t have done this.”
The situation began when police received a neighbor call about 1:30 a.m. of an intoxicated male on Spear Street, where Kellum lives. Kellum allegedly crashed the truck into two parked vehicles on the street and then rammed a responding Melrose cruiser before taking off. Officers — waiting for the truck to break down — trailed him to Malden, where Lyle said Kellum took aim at a second Melrose cruiser whose operator swerved to avoid a collision and struck a curb, blowing a tire.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/cops_driver_faces_5th_oui_rap_in_chase

Cops: Driver faces 5th OUI rap in chase
By: Jack Encarnacao
Boston Herald
Monday January 5, 2015