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title: "I was a tourist arrested for DUI in Charlestown. Now what?"
description: "Tourist defendants face the same Rhode Island criminal case as residents plus home state license consequences through the Driver License Compact. Court appearances at the 4th Division in Wakefield..."
url: https://riduiguy.com/faq-items/i-was-a-tourist-arrested-for-dui-in-charlestown-now-what/
date: 2026-05-23
modified: 2026-05-23
author: "The RI DUI Guy"
type: faq
lang: en
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# I was a tourist arrested for DUI in Charlestown. Now what?

Tourist defendants face the same Rhode Island criminal case as residents plus home state license consequences through the Driver License Compact. Court appearances at the 4th Division in Wakefield require coming back to Rhode Island, though some can be consolidated. Out of state plate stops are challengeable if they lacked an articulable traffic violation.

I was a tourist arrested for DUI in Charlestown. Now what?(https://riduiguy.com/author/riduiguy/)2026-05-23T02:30:26-04:00