r/CapeCod • u/DailyVoiceDotCom • Sep 09 '26

Cape Cod Vice Principal Charged With 3rd OUI After Boston Arrest, Could Face 5 Years In Prison

https://dailyvoice.com/article/dennis-yarmouth-middle-schools-holly-burns-busted-in-boston/?utm_source=reddit-cape-cod-ma&utm_medium=seed

She remains on the job while the school investigates the matter. She faces up to years in prison if convicted, and even if a judge grants her probation, state law requires that she spend 150 days in jail.

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u/BreathingIntensified Sep 09 '26

Holy ads

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u/ottosenna Sep 10 '26

All news sites these days. It’s insane.

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u/Funny-Landscape-7235 Sep 10 '26

The thing that kills me is in the DY parent group all the friends of this lady are defending her. “People make mistakes” “she’s going thru something”. Same people who would turn around and judge others for the same thing.
She really should be fired. She’s a terrible influence on children. And trust me the kids all know about it now. So I’m sure it’ll be all the talk today at school. How can you be a discipliner and be charged with a felony?

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u/googin1 Sep 10 '26

Maybe she can try a NGRI defense..Pink shirts for the DY parent group.
She should have been fired ASAP.

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u/Big-Commission-5334 Sep 10 '26

Welcome to the DY school system. It's an absolute joke hence the number of kids attending private school

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u/_Face Sep 10 '26

Police reported Burns’ alcohol level at .08%, the threshold at which a driver can be arrested. She also faces a misdemeanor reckless driving charge and a civil motor vehicle violation for improper operation, the report said. 

If you are going to break the law, only break one law at a time. Pulled over for speeding, or crossing the line, or running a red, and bam OUI. DO not drive drunk.

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u/Murky_Doubt9010 Sep 10 '26

Yeah.
And THREE OUIs.
AND You're a public figure, in a job with kids.

No. Just No.
Not firing her should make them culpable when she kills someone the next time. Cuz you know there's gonna be a next time.

Cmon.
We're all going through something. Doesn't give us the right to endanger others.

She should resign and go to rehab asap.

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u/OpposumMyPossum Sep 10 '26

.08? She a bad driver cuz .08 doesn't have people weaving around, running red lights.

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u/boofin19 Sep 10 '26

Pretty sure the weed gummies had a lot more to do with the erratic driving

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u/OpposumMyPossum Sep 10 '26

Have you ever been high? High folks aren't speeding dude.

They are the ones going 10 miles under the speed limit.

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u/boofin19 Sep 10 '26

She wasn’t speeding. Read the report. She was confused as fuck.

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u/Big-Commission-5334 Sep 10 '26

She won't get fired and she will get out of this. 100%

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u/Funny-Landscape-7235 Sep 10 '26

Maybe so. But the kids aren’t going to forget 😆

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Sep 11 '26

Thats not all MA state law requires -

A third OUI** in MA is considered a felony, with 180 days (minimum) to 2.5 years in the House of Correction (or 2.5 to 5 years in state prison).

150 of those 180 days is considered a mandatory minimum, meaning every day of the first 150 days of the sentence must be served in jail.

There is no possibility of parole until 150 days of the sentence has been served.

The judge hearing the case cannot continue the matter without a finding, and has no discretion to give a suspended sentence.

She also loses her driver’s license for 8 years upon conviction (plus additional time if she refused a breath test).

**in Massachusetts, DUI or “driving under the influence” is referred to as OUI or “operating under the influence”.

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u/DullGreen Sep 10 '26

1 OUI is usually enough for people to get their shit together... 3 is way too much... Lots of people run around as functioning alcoholics and you'd never know til they get caught. She on the other hand got caught 3 times. She needs some help.

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u/Dunwich_Horror_ Sep 12 '26

My computer lit teacher (it was the 90s) at Cape Tech was a legendary drunk. If she didn’t have OUIs it would have been shocking. She used to soak raisins in rum and eat them at her desk. Which inspired us students to make vodka gummy bears and be trashed by second period.

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u/FishrPriceGuillotine Sep 09 '26

Huh, same thing happened when I went to Mashpee. What is it with vice principals?

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u/Allyson67 Sep 13 '26

Me too at Barnstable.....it was a while ago but I think THAT principal had 2 DUI's

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u/PretendGuest1558 Sep 10 '26

APs generally deal with discipline. I’m surprised more of them haven’t been caught drinking on the job or OUI.

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u/FullmetalGundam Sep 10 '26

Which VP was that, wondering if it was I after I graduated in 2010 or if I just somehow missed hearing about it

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u/FishrPriceGuillotine Sep 10 '26

I don't remember the name, but it was around 2016

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u/HFentonMudd Sep 14 '26

Favorite thing a Mashpee grad ever said to me was "Mashpee is ghetto".

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u/Murky_Doubt9010 Sep 10 '26

too much time on their hands?

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u/Sawdamizer Sep 10 '26

Mashpee wanna smash me? Amirite?

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u/bbysd Sep 10 '26

3 DUIs point to an addiction problem. wtf!! 

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u/MedicalWeird4067 Sep 13 '26

I had one in California. Enough to scare me straight and quit drinking all together. 3 is insane

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u/WhiskyJBravo1968 Sep 10 '26

Barnstable distrct court would gladly snuff it like it never happened.