Prince William County police arrested Virginia Commonwealth University’s athletics director for drunken driving over the summer after he crashed his Cadillac into a ditch near Gainesville.
Ed McLaughlin, the athletics director at the Richmond school, was initially charged with DUI June 5, the Richmond Times-Dispatch first reported Dec. 19, but the charge was later downgraded to reckless driving.
McLaughlin crashed his 2025 Cadillac Escalade into a ditch around 3 p.m. near Bristow Road and Wright Lane in Bristow, according to police records obtained by InsideNoVa…