Daniel Dennis, who already has three OUI convictions under his belt over the past two decades, was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail today after he was pulled over for alleged drunk driving in the South End early this morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says:

A Boston Police officer in a marked cruiser watched Dennis allegedly sail through a red light at the intersection of Clarendon Street and Columbus Avenue shortly after 2:30 this morning. When the officers caught up to the 2003 BMW – owned by Dennis' passenger, who was also intoxicated – Dennis allegedly slowed but did not stop for approximately 200 yards.

Dennis, 45, then tried to make his escape on foot down West Canton Street; however, officers found him standing over some bushes taking a leak, the DA's office reports. After failing field sobriety tests, he was placed under arrest, the DA's office says.

Innocent, etc.