MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – A Morris County man is facing a driving while intoxicated charge after he was allegedly driving erratically in Mount Olive Township.
On Sunday, June 2, at 6:48 p.m., an officer responded to the area of River Road for the report of an erratic driver, police said.
The officer located the grey Ford as it turned from River Road onto Flanders Drakestown Road. The officer observed the vehicle fail to maintain its lane of travel, crossing over the double yellow line multiple times, police said.
The officer stopped the vehicle on Wolfe Road in the area of the Mount Olive Middle School and made contact with the driver who was identified as Oscar Pineda-Palacios, 41, of Budd Lake, police said.
As the officer spoke with Pineda-Palacios, the officer detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noted that he appeared to be impaired. He was asked to perform field sobriety testing and was subsequently arrested, police said.
He was transported to police headquarters where he refused to submit to breath testing, police said.
Pineda-Palacios was charged with DWI, reckless driving, refusal to submit to breath testing, and failure to maintain lane. He was then released to a sober driver pending a court appearance, police said.
