Sen. Galluccio sentenced to home confinement

The sentence handed down by Judge Matthew J. Nestor will spare Galluccio from serving any time in prison if he abides by the conditions of his two-year probation. The senator must abstain completely from alcohol, will be subject to random urine tests, and will have to use a sobrietor, a hand-held device that allows officials to monitor his blood alcohol content at home.

Galluccio, 42, will also loose his driver's license for five years; undergo an alcohol evaluation and treatment; be required to attend a half-day workshop by the Brain Injury Association; and pay a $1,000 fine. If the senator fails to meet the conditions, he could spend up to a year in jail.

Galluccio has still refused to say whether he had been drinking alcohol shortly before the crash the afternoon of Oct. 4 in Cambridge. He sped away after rear-ending a minivan carrying a family of four, leaving a 13-year-old boy and his father with minor injuries. A police report showed that Cambridge Police had given Galluccio a ride home 13 hours before the crash because the officers were told he was "too intoxicated" to drive.

The father of the family Galluccio hit declined today to discuss the guilty plea and asked for privacy.

Galluccio's driving record includes two DUI convictions: in 1984, when he was 17, and in 1997. In December 2005, he triggered a four-car accident at a downtown Boston intersection at 2 a.m., but no sobriety test was administered. A clerk-magistrate ruled that he had been drinking but that there was not enough evidence for a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol

Yoday Galluccio pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash with personal injury and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage. The case was prosecuted by the Plymouth District Attorney's office, which recommended a sentence that included six months in jail. The judge opted for home confinement.

Senate President Therese Murray issued a statement saying that she asked Galluccio to resign his committee posts in the Legislature. "He now must consider whether he can continue to serve his constituents and the Commonwealth given the restrictions of his sentence," Murray said. "Over the next week, I will be consulting with members about this matter.?

Speaking to reporters today outside court, Galluccio said he planned to remain in office and vowed to "continue to work doggedly to represent the people of my district," according to the Somerville Journal. He offered an open invitation to his constituents to visit him at home during his confinement, and said he sought help two months ago to stop drinking.

"I am unforgiving of myself," Galluccio said.

Globe staff writers Meghan E. Irons and Matt Viser contributed to this report.