Not the kind of thing anyone, much less a public figure, wants to get arrested for:
Newly released body camera video shows the moments a New Jersey mayor was arrested for drunk driving while her son was in the car with her on St. Patrick's Day.
That checks out.
Police in Lumberton responded to the home of Mayor Gina LaPlaca after a concerned resident called 9-1-1 to report that she was driving erratically. ...
Officers wait while she takes her son, who she had just picked up from day care, out of his car seat. In the body camera video, LaPlaca is seen losing her balance twice.
It's not a pretty sight:
This lady was far gone — she barely even seemed to comprehend that her side-view mirror was destroyed:
The sobriety tests were similarly rough:
Police eventually found a water bottle filled with alcohol inside her car, as well as a small liquor bottle:
Amazingly, the woman's blood alcohol content was so high that she needed to be taken to the hospital.
But is she still mayor?
Last week, the community and a member of the Lumberton Township Committee requested that LaPlaca resign from her role as mayor.
The town's attorney [said] that legally, under NJ law and township code, there is nothing the committee can do to remove Mayor LaPlaca as a person on the committee.
Somehow I think she's not gonna be in that position for much longer.
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