Police in Manchester arrest a Toms River man for allegedly being intoxicated when he broke a mailbox and severed a utility pole near the Jackson border.
It's not just about avoiding getting a ticket, paying a fine, it's about the risk of causing an accident single vehicle or otherwise, and, even worse than that, seriously or fatally injuring someone.
A Staten Island man has pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana in a hit-and-run car crash in Seaside Heights last August.
A Lavallette man, who was under the influence of drugs when he struck a pedestrian on Route 35 who later died in October of 2019, has plead guilty to Vehicular Homicide.
A Whiting woman, who is also under the legal drinking age, has been charged with DWI among other offenses after crashing into a utility pole in Berkeley Township.
From a driver throwing loose change at another driver's windshield in a road rage incident to a pair of DWI's, all within a few hours, Jackson Police have stories behind the arrests in each case.