Stumbling drunk NJ mayor arrested for driving with young son in car – IOTW Report

Stumbling drunk NJ mayor arrested for driving with young son in car

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Body cam footage captured the moment officers approached a New Jersey mayor accused of driving drunk on St. Patrick’s Day with her young son in the car.

Relief was expressed by police when they approached 45-year-old Lumberton Mayor Gina LaPlaca (D) in her driveway that neither she, her two-year-old son, nor anyone in her path had been physically injured. The fortunate outcome accompanied reports of her erratic driving that led to her arrest in her own driveway with a blood alcohol level said to have been high enough to warrant a trip to the hospital.

“Uh, that’s not good,” LaPlaca said as she approached her passenger side mirror after one officer asked her what happened while the other had alerted her to reports of her dangerous journey picking up her son from daycare, including allegedly running a red light on March 17.

“No, I’m good,” came her initial response to questions as to whether or not she had had anything to drink as she stumbled closing her car door. MORE

8 Comments on Stumbling drunk NJ mayor arrested for driving with young son in car

  1. It would be the very odd daycare where parents don’t have to sign-in and sign-out their child. Where on earth were the daycare workers and why didn’t someone stop her from leaving or sound the alarm? This is absolutely NOT the first time she picked her child up while being drunk.

    (See next story down on the blog.)

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