Police: Teen in Mass. bullying case drove drunk

By STEPHEN SINGER Associated Press Writer

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts teenager charged in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving.

Eighteen-year-old Austin Renaud was arraigned Tuesday in Holyoke District Court. Judge Mark Mason released him on personal recognizance with an 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew and ordered him to avoid drugs and alcohol, enforced with random testing.

Holyoke Police Chief Anthony Scott says Renaud was arrested early Sunday. Sgt. Larry Cournoyer told WWLP-TV that Renaud appeared to have been drinking and told officers that his car had struck a curb.

Renaud has pleaded not guilty to statutory rape in the bullying case. He's among six teens charged in what prosecutors said was the "unrelenting" bullying of Phoebe Prince at South Hadley High School.