Law enforcement authorities with the New Jersey State Police reportedly took four people into custody on July 18 during a DUI checkpoint they had set up on the Garden State Parkway. According to reports, the checkpoint was set up in the northbound lanes near the PNC...
Drunk Driving
New Jersey woman taken into custody on DUI charge
Authorities in Berkeley say that a 52-year-old woman was taken into custody for DUI and a variety of other charges. Police initiated a traffic stop at about 11:13 a.m. on June 25 after an officer noticed a vehicle going the wrong way on Jamaica Boulevard. In addition...
New Jersey DUI enforcement ramps up for 4th of July weekend
This weekend, many New Jersey residents will be celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with picnics, BBQs and beach parties. If you are one of them and plan on celebrating with alcohol, remember that the holiday is also synonymous with DUI citations. Law enforcement...
Study shows how drunk driving penalties vary by state
New Jersey DUI laws are about average when compared to other states in the country, according to a recent study by the consumer financial website WalletHub. Researchers in the study analyzed the DUI enforcement rules in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to...
Drunk driving penalties may increase if children involved
New Jersey may be strengthening its drunk driving laws when it comes to adults who drive under the influence with a child in the vehicle. At present, a person convicted of drunk driving may be jailed for up to six months if a child is a passenger in the vehicle at the...
New Jersey man charged with DUI following hit-and-run crash
On May 31, a man was taken into police custody and charged with drunk driving following a two-vehicle collision in Lacey. According to local police, the 24-year-old man is facing a number of additional charges in connection with the incident, including assault by...
Slow driving leads to traffic stop and drunk driving charge
Police in New Jersey took three men into custody on May 24 after a vehicle aroused the suspicions of an officer because it was being driven slowly. The events unfolded in Toms River at approximately 10:20 p.m. Driving at an excessively slow speed has been cited by...
Arrested at a sobriety checkpoint? Seek legal counsel quickly
It is likely that quite a few people reading this spent some time with friends or family socializing last weekend. In the course of those social gatherings it is possible that some people may have consumed alcohol and then, thinking that they were okay, gotten behind...
New Jersey woman allegedly drove baby around while intoxicated
Police say that a 28-year-old New Jersey woman was driving while under the influence of alcohol with a 6-month-old baby in the car. Authorities stopped her vehicle after spotting it on Belleville Turnpike, and they say that the right front wheel of the car looked like...
Information for CDL holders facing DUI allegations
New Jersey residents who hold commercial driver's licenses might be interested in learning about the differences between DUIs filed against professional drivers and charges levied against the non-commercial drivers. The commercial driver category encompasses a wide...