COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — The former Coventry councilor charged with driving under the influence last month faced a judge Friday.

Robert Delellis resigned from the Coventry Town Council less than a week after he was taken into custody on New London Turnpike, just over the town border in East Greenwich.

The 57-year-old was pulled over by a Rhode Island State trooper who caught him driving 92 mph down I-95 South.

The trooper noticed Delellis’ eyes were bloodshot and watery, though he told the trooper, "No —100%," both times when asked if he’d been drinking, according to a police report obtained by 12 News.

Despite initially telling the trooper he was on his way home from a friend’s house, the police report noted that Delellis later claimed to be on his way home from a Coventry Town Council

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