LOWELL -- An eight-time convicted drunken driver from Pepperell who was held without bail, but is now free on $10,000 cash bail, is allowed to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but not to work.


Chapman had been held without bail since his arrest on Dec. 24, 2011, to last July, when he was released on $10,000 cash bail. The judge set conditions of his release: wearing a GPS bracelet with an intoxilyzer, submitting to random drug and alcohol screens, not drinking alcohol or taking drugs and to not contacting witnesses.

Chapman, 52, of 5 Groton St., Pepperell, was arrested by Pepperell police after a single-car accident near 103 Heald St. Chapman was allegedly driving while drunk when the car landed on its roof on the country road, badly injuring his passenger, Chad Pillsbury.



