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State Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio was led away in handcuffs today, sentenced to one year in jail for violating the terms of his home confinement. A judge sentenced the Cambridge Democrat after a full day of testimony over his failed Breathalyzer test Dec. 21. Galluccio blamed the bad test results on his toothpaste. He must now serve out his term in the House of Correction. Developing ...

Take a deep breath. The Herald has put state Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio’s oral argument to the test. The embattled Cambridge Democrat, on home confinement after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run crash, flunked a series of blood-alcohol checks this week - and he blamed it on his toothpaste. Galluccio claimed Sensodyne and Colgate Total Whitening toothpaste caused low readings on a Sobrietor, the device Galluccio uses. Galluccio said he brushed with both brands Monday before blowing into the device showing “several low level positive reads over the course of an hour.” A Herald test using an Alcohawk Slim Ultra digital...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A Massachusetts state senator who injured two people in a hit-and-run accident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to six months home confinement. Sen. Anthony Galluccio, a Democrat from Cambridge, pleaded guilty Friday to leaving the scene of an accident in the Oct. 4 crash in Cambridge. The 42-year-old has said he made a "serious error in judgment" when he drove away after his SUV rear-ended another vehicle. A 13-year-old boy and his father received minor injuries. In Cambridge District Court Friday, Galluccio said he deeply regrets his actions. The judge ordered Galluccio to surrender his driver's license for...

State Senator Anthony Galluccio was cited Monday for leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly collided with a vehicle carrying three people on Sunday afternoon in Cambridge and then fled. Galluccio, a Cambridge Democrat, collided with the other vehicle at about 5:30 p.m. as he was driving around Garden and Linnaean streets, said officer Frank Pasquarello, spokesman for the Cambridge Police Department.