A state rep charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident appeared before a judge this morning where he admitted to ‘sufficient facts’ on the charges.

“I deeply regret my actions the other night. I take full responsibility for them. I own it, and I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this ever happens again,” state Rep. John Lawn said outside the Boston Municipal Court courtroom yesterday morning.

”I apologize to my family, friends, constituents, colleagues. I feel terrible and will do all I can to make sure I live a better life and a healthy life,” he continued.

The 56-year-old Watertown Democrat admitted that prosecutors had enough evidence to prove their case charging him with operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor and leaving the scene of property damage.

BMC Judge Paul Treseler sentenced Lawn to a 45-day license suspension, a year of probation, and to attend an alcohol education program. If he completes those requirements, the case will be continued without a finding.

He made his plea in the second of two whirlwind appearances in the city’s central municipal courthouse. He had just earlier spent roughly 40 minutes in conference with his attorney Timothy Flaherty following his first two-minute appearance when he had pleaded not guilty and the court had scheduled a follow-up date.

Outside the courtroom, Lawn, who co-chairs the Health Care Financing Committee, made his statement and then ignored a barrage of questions from reporters on whether he wound resign from his elected seat and what activity he had attended at the State House before the OUI arrest early Wednesday morning.

Lawn, according to the police report, had said that he was driving from an event at the State House. While ignoring the first round of reporter questions at BMC, he later said he had instead been “at a private residence.”

Boston Police also issued Lawn an “immediate threat suspension” during his arrest.

The prosecutor, Amanda Corin, argued that Lawn be subject to an additional 45-day suspension, but Judge Paul Treseler said that there is a standard disposition, which he would apply.

“If the RMV wants to do something else they can,” Treseler said.

A bad night

Police were flagged down near the intersection of Beacon and Bowdoin streets at around 1:20 a.m. The flagger told officers that he saw Lawn’s vehicle strike a parked pickup truck and then blow through two stop signs before parking on Bowdoin Street.

“I am a state rep,” Lawn allegedly said as an officer approached Lawn’s trashed GMC Yukon SUV from which “a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” emanated.

Police noted in their report that Lawn’s SUV was “leaning to one side,” with “extreme damage to the passenger side front wheel.” Police then noted the driver’s eyes were “glassy and bloodshot, and his speech was slurred.”

The police officers ordered Lawn to exit the vehicle and noted that “he had difficulty maintaining his balance.” He then whiffed multiple field sobriety tests and refused to submit to a breathalyzer test.