BOSTON — It was instant karma for State Trooper John J. Lennon Jr. when a fellow Statie renowned for his honesty responded to the scene of his alleged drunken driving crash earlier this month.

Lennon, 35, of Marshfield, ran his car off Rte. 3 in Hingham after a golf outing and required a tow to get out, according to a police report. That was on Oct. 8, with the Herald just obtaining the police report.

“I directed Lennon to sit in the rear of the cruiser as the vehicle was being removed,” Sgt. Ryan Sceviour wrote in this report. “I returned to my cruiser to speak with Lennon. I opened the rear passenger door and was met with a moderate odor of an intoxicating liquor.”

That’s when Lennon refused roadside sobriety tests, prompting the arresting officer to handcuff and arrest Lennon.

“Based on my observation of Lennon’s slurred speech, blood shot and glassy eyes, odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his person … inability to stand … I believed Lennon was under the intoxicating effects of an alcoholic beverage,” wrote Sceviour.

Lennon also refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test and was given “an immediate suspension form” and was released to a “sober adult,” the police report adds. He was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation, and a marked lanes violation. The Camry he was allegedly driving was towed from the scene, police said.

State Police told the Herald Monday afternoon they are “working on this matter.”

Lennon has since filed a motion to dismiss in Hingham District Court that states, in part, “there are no facts stated in the report that the defendant was impaired” and no burden of proof for an OUI count exists. That motion adds just because the car was off the road, “there are no facts alleged to support that the defendant operated negligently.”

The Herald has reached out to Lennon’s lawyer, John Glynn, for comment.

Lennon is still listed as “certified” by the police accountability POST commission. He earned $131,716 in 2025, state Comptroller records state.

As for the arresting officer, he’s no stranger to being challenged — even by his own agency.

Sgt. Sceviour sued Worcester DA Joseph Early Jr. in federal court in 2018 over the arrest of a judge’s daughter in what became known as the Troopergate scandal.

The federal civil suit claimed top brass at the Massachusetts State Police violated his rights by ordering a police report and records relating to the arrest of a judge’s daughter to be altered.

The lawsuit, filed by then-trooper Sceviour and a colleague, stated Early “initiated and directed” the plot to change the arrest report of Alli Bibaud, daughter of then-Dudley District Court Judge Timothy Bibaud. After being pulled over for drunken driving, Alli Bibaud — whose father previously worked under Early — reportedly told Sceviour she had traded sex for heroin, which he noted in his report, and she allegedly offered sex for leniency and said her dad was a judge.

But Early told former state police Col. Richard McKeon — a friend of his — that scrubbing those references from the report was “the appropriate thing to do,” according to an investigation by then-Attorney General Maura Healey.

Sceviour was ultimately ordered to revise the previously approved report. McKeon and other top cops retired after news of the revision became public. Healey’s investigation did not recommend criminal charges, but instead referred the matter to the State Ethics Commission.

Sceviour settled out of court for $40,000 — $35,000 from the State Police and $5,000 from Early — and was given an apology, said his attorney Leonard Kesten on Monday.

In his police report on Lennon’s arrest, Sceviour states in the first line that his “body-worn camera” captured the arrest and evidence of the damaged car off Rte. 3. He even adds he informed Lennon and a tow-truck driver that “the interaction was being recorded.”

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