But Cram’s lawyer says his client had no plans to drive anywhere — he was simply trying to stay warm while his buddy had a prostitute in the room he had rented for them.
Police were called to the Days Inn on Endicott Street just after 2 a.m. for a report of a man passed out in the parking lot, prosecutor Heidi Sylvanowicz told a Salem District Court judge.
Cram was eventually roused and told police that he had snorted a bag of heroin, one of four his buddy, “Danny,” had offered him in exchange for assistance in getting him a motel room.
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Cram apparently also planned to spend the night at the motel. When “Danny” got a prostitute, however, Cram went to wait in the car, which he turned on because it was cold out, Morris said.