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New Jersey DWI and Hit-and Run Arrest Of Veteran Police Officer

By Lependorf & Silverstein

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A veteran officer in the Lower Township Police Department was charged with driving while intoxicated in New Jersey and hit-and-run after he swerved into an oncoming lane of traffic and sideswiped a Transit Bus on Townbank Road near Bayshore Road. According to an NBC news report, authorities followed scrape marks on the street into a home on Crawford Road and found a pickup truck that had heavy front-end damage. Officer Douglas Whitten was reportedly charged with DWI, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident. Whitten is apparently a 14-year veteran at his police department. New Jersey statutes state that no person shall operate a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. As in most states, it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).

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