HIGH BAIL FOR REPEAT OUI OFFENDER WHO BOLTED FROM TROOPER April 9, 2009 A Revere man fresh from a prison sentence for motor vehicle homicide was held on $25,000 cash bail this week following his fourth drunk driving arrest, an incident that prompted him to flee a State trooper working a paid detail and dive into the Atlantic Ocean, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced. TERRANCE PAIVA (D.O.B. 6/7/67) was arraigned Monday in Chelsea District Court on charges of operating under the influence as a fourth offense, operating with a suspended license, and failing to stop for police. Judge James Wexler ordered him to return to court on April 23. Shortly before 3:00 Sunday morning, a State trooper working a detail at Kelly’s Roast Beef observed Paiva make an illegal left turn from Oak Island Street onto Revere Beach Boulevard. When the trooper approached Paiva to get his license and registration, she observed him to have red, glassy eyes and she detected the scent of alcohol about him. When she returned to her cruiser, Paiva allegedly jumped from his GMC Envoy and began to run toward the sea. Paiva allegedly fell on his face, peeled himself off the pavement, and continued down Revere Beach. The trooper transmitted Paiva’s name and description to State Police dispatchers and another trooper soon located him in the surf. The troopers converged on Paiva and escorted him from the water. During the booking process, Paiva allegedly made statements indicating that he was not drunk but rather high on cocaine, though he did allegedly admit to having some drinks at the nearby Cove Lounge. In June 2004, Paiva pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide and operating under the influence as a third offense. He was sentenced to four and a half years in state prison; Suffolk prosecutors had recommended a term of six to nine years. In that case, Paiva admitted to being intoxicated when he drove his pickup truck into a brick wall, killing his 41-year-old passenger, Mark Ciampa. Pursuant to Massachusetts law, Paiva’s driver’s license was revoked for 15 years following his conviction. “Clearly, this man is a menace and needs to be taken off the roads,” Conley said. Return to the Press Releases page.