Post by Shuftin on Feb 25, 2007 0:15:33 GMT -5
02/24/07
BY FRAIDY REISS
JACKSON — A State Police sergeant is on administrative leave and could face departmental charges after pleading guilty to drunken-driving charges stemming from a car accident last year on Interstate 195, an official said.
Sgt. John P. Mulvey, 40, had his driver's license suspended for seven months after he pleaded guilty Feb. 8 in Municipal Court to driving under the influence. He also was ordered to spend 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center and pay $614 in fines.
Mulvey was off duty on the morning of the Aug. 12 accident and was driving alone in a 2005 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, State Police Lt. Gerald Lewis said.
The sergeant, a 19-year veteran of the State Police who is assigned to the Bordentown station, was traveling west in the left lane of I-195 in Jackson about 1:15 a.m. when he moved into the right lane and hit the back of another car, Lewis said.
Mulvey's blood-alcohol content at the time was .182 percent, or more than double the legal limit of .08 percent, according to court documents.
When Mulvey's pickup truck hit the car — a 2005 Subaru Forester — both vehicles spun, slid into the center median and rolled over, Lewis said. Mulvey was thrown from his pickup truck, Lewis said.
Troopers who arrived at the scene found the Tundra upright and the Forester overturned, Lewis said. The driver of the Forester, Paula M. Rosser, 48, and her passenger, 15-year-old Mary Rosser, were able to remove themselves from their car, Lewis said.
Ambulances took Mulvey and both Rossers — it was not clear what their relationship was — to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Lewis said. Mulvey was admitted for treatment of his injuries, including multiple broken ribs, while the Rossers were treated and released, he said. He could not provide more information.
Paula Rosser, an independent contractor who delivers the Asbury Park Press, declined to comment for this story, citing a pending lawsuit. Her attorney, Robert Vacchiano, could not be reached for comment.
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BY FRAIDY REISS
JACKSON — A State Police sergeant is on administrative leave and could face departmental charges after pleading guilty to drunken-driving charges stemming from a car accident last year on Interstate 195, an official said.
Sgt. John P. Mulvey, 40, had his driver's license suspended for seven months after he pleaded guilty Feb. 8 in Municipal Court to driving under the influence. He also was ordered to spend 12 hours at an intoxicated driver resource center and pay $614 in fines.
Mulvey was off duty on the morning of the Aug. 12 accident and was driving alone in a 2005 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, State Police Lt. Gerald Lewis said.
The sergeant, a 19-year veteran of the State Police who is assigned to the Bordentown station, was traveling west in the left lane of I-195 in Jackson about 1:15 a.m. when he moved into the right lane and hit the back of another car, Lewis said.
Mulvey's blood-alcohol content at the time was .182 percent, or more than double the legal limit of .08 percent, according to court documents.
When Mulvey's pickup truck hit the car — a 2005 Subaru Forester — both vehicles spun, slid into the center median and rolled over, Lewis said. Mulvey was thrown from his pickup truck, Lewis said.
Troopers who arrived at the scene found the Tundra upright and the Forester overturned, Lewis said. The driver of the Forester, Paula M. Rosser, 48, and her passenger, 15-year-old Mary Rosser, were able to remove themselves from their car, Lewis said.
Ambulances took Mulvey and both Rossers — it was not clear what their relationship was — to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Lewis said. Mulvey was admitted for treatment of his injuries, including multiple broken ribs, while the Rossers were treated and released, he said. He could not provide more information.
Paula Rosser, an independent contractor who delivers the Asbury Park Press, declined to comment for this story, citing a pending lawsuit. Her attorney, Robert Vacchiano, could not be reached for comment.
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