


A clerk magistrate found enough evidence to schedule an arraignment Wednesday for Boston City Councilor Kendra on multiple charges stemming from a June 30 car crash that left her child injured.
Lara appeared in court Wednesday morning for a hearing at West Roxbury Municipal Court after being summoned on charges of driving an unregistered, uninsured vehicle with a revoked license before crashing into a Jamaica Plain home last month.
Lara’s defense attorney objected to the arraignment and unsuccessfully attempted to get the charges she was summoned on dismissed.
Clerk Magistrate Sean Murphy tacked on two additional charges, including negligent operation of a vehicle as to endanger and wanton endangerment of a child. A time for the arraignment was not immediately available.
Lara was driving at a “minimum” speed of 53 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour zone when she said she swerved to avoid a car pulling out a parking spot on the side of the road, according to a police report. Her car crashed into the front porch of a home on Center Street.
But the driver of the second vehicle pushed back, saying Lara was driving fast and he did not move his car, a police report said.
Lara’s license was revoked in 2013, police said, and her driving record shows multiple violations and sanctions, including several from Connecticut.
The crash touched off a review of parking procedures at City Hall, where City Council President Ed Flynn required officials to submit a parking application with proof of a valid driver’s license.
City officials said Lara “regularly” drove a dark gray Honda civic to work even though she was barred from driving.