BRIDGEPORT - A member of the State Board of Education, arrested four times for drunken-driving in 12 weeks, was ordered taken into custody by a Superior Court judge Tuesday.

“He has serious allegations pending in multiple jurisdictions and this court is concerned he not only is a threat to himself but to others,” Judge Kevin Doyle ruled as judicial marshals snapped the handcuffs on Stephen Wright’s wrists and led him away.

Following a hearing the judge found that Wright, a Monroe lawyer and former Trumbull Board of Education chairman, gave evasive answers and violated prior conditions of release. He then ordered the 62-year-old Wright held in lieu of $300,000 bond which can only be posted in the courthouse.