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Few DWI charges over New Year’s, North Jersey police say
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 Last updated: Tuesday January 1, 2013, 9:44 PM
BY MONSY ALVARADO
STAFF WRITER
The Record
North Jersey law enforcement rang in the New Year with just a few motorists in custody on charges of driving while intoxicated.
Most police departments in Bergen and Passaic counties reported no DWI arrests Tuesday.
The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police arrested a juvenile on drunken driving charges, Garfield and Saddle Brook also logged one arrest each, while Fair Lawn officers took two drivers into custody overnight.
“It’s hard to really say why,” said Garfield Lt. Tim Brutosky, referring to the low number of arrests in town. “People are having parties all over the place, I guess it’s a matter of fate. We are out there patrolling, but I guess everyone was lucky last night.”
Troopers from the state police barracks in Bloomfield, who patrol the Garden State Parkway from Woodbridge to Montvale, arrested three people on DWI charges during the night, said Trooper Ian Rosenberg.
Sgt. Adam Grossman, public information officer for the New Jersey State Police, said statewide figures on DWI arrests wouldn’t be tallied until after 6 a.m. today, the end of the holiday period. But he said more troopers were patrolling the highways and were on the lookout for drivers who may have been driving drunk.
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