Crime & Safety

Who Knew? Alcohol Impairs Judgment

'OMGs from NJ PDs' takes a look at a few sobering moments.

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports:

Who You Gonna Call? They say the problem with being a criminal is you can't call the police. But maybe no one told a Lakewood man who flagged down Manchester police. Officers say he got their attention because he wanted to talk about an incident in which someone smashed his car window at a party. But inside the same car, police say, . Ultimately, someone was charged with smashing the window—and the driver was charged with allegedly having a dagger and the booze.

Don't Drink and Lie: It's hard to tell a convincing lie when you're very, very drunk. And Hillsborough police say . They said he made up a story about being robbed—and that he was trying to explain away injuries he got when he drunkenly fell down getting into his own car. The man's blood-alcohol level was .26 percent, police said.

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Don't Drink and Drive ... The Police Officer's Car: Look, if you really want to get inside a police car, there are easier ways. Lawrence Township police arrested a man . They investigated further and found he was drunk, and had driven to the store, so they charged him, police said. Ultimately, he did see the inside of that police car.

Chicken Soup for the Stole? We know, that pun's so bad, it's practically criminal in and of itself. But we're making it in reference to a woman who, Maplewood cops say, . Police say when a store manager approached the woman, she threw hot soup at him (then drover her car at him in the parking lot). The woman was eventually arrested. The manager eventually dried off.

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