By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to a Medford St. location on last week on reports of a vehicular accident with the driver being kept from leaving the scene.

Upon arrival, officers observed that the vehicle in question had sustained severe damage on the passenger side. Two men, who were witnesses, and a female, the driver of the car, were standing nearby.

The woman, Gladys Novoa, 41, was asked if the damaged car was hers and she reportedly acknowledged that it was. She further said that she did not know what happened and began to apologize, police said.

After police pointed out the damage, Novoa reportedly said that she did not know what happened and that she had just left a Christmas party at her office in Cambridge.

One of the witnesses told officers that he though Novoa had been drinking, and police said that the smell of alcohol was evident on Novoa’s person.

When asked if she had been drinking Novoa reportedly told the officers that she had three glasses of wine at the party.

The witnesses reportedly told police that they had heard a crash and observed Novoa leaving the scene, but they convinced her to stop and wait for police.

The officers administered standard field sobriety tests and reportedly determined that Novoa was alcohol impaired while driving.

Novoa was placed under arrest and charged with operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor and leaving the scene of property damage.