Post by KC on Nov 23, 2006 21:12:44 GMT -5
TICONDEROGA — A New Jersey police officer was arrested over the weekend for allegedly violating the state's tough new driving-while-intoxicated laws in Ticonderoga.
Officer Walter E. Peterson III, 32, Hackensack was driving on Route 9N when he lost control of his vehicle, striking street signs and a fire hydrant, Ticonderoga Town Police said.
The car then ran off the roadway, went through a fence and came to a stop in a farm field used for grazing horses.
Peterson was arrested by Ticonderoga Town Police for aggravated DWI, which means he had a blood-alcohol level higher than .18 percent.
That's a misdemeanor under the new state DWI statute.
Police would not say exactly what Peterson's blood-alcohol level was.
Anything .08 or above is considered "common law" driving while intoxicated.
Peterson was also cited for common law DWI and failure to keep right and released on his own recognizance.
Peterson told police who arrived to investigate the accident that he is a police officer in Hackensack, N.J.
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Officer Walter E. Peterson III, 32, Hackensack was driving on Route 9N when he lost control of his vehicle, striking street signs and a fire hydrant, Ticonderoga Town Police said.
The car then ran off the roadway, went through a fence and came to a stop in a farm field used for grazing horses.
Peterson was arrested by Ticonderoga Town Police for aggravated DWI, which means he had a blood-alcohol level higher than .18 percent.
That's a misdemeanor under the new state DWI statute.
Police would not say exactly what Peterson's blood-alcohol level was.
Anything .08 or above is considered "common law" driving while intoxicated.
Peterson was also cited for common law DWI and failure to keep right and released on his own recognizance.
Peterson told police who arrived to investigate the accident that he is a police officer in Hackensack, N.J.
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