Cops: Man Drove Drunk & Too Slow
The following arrest information was supplied by the Hopatcong police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Dover man drove drunk and about 20 miles below the speed limit, police said.
Officer David Kraus was driving behind a vehicle when it started driving about 15 mph in Maxim Drive's 35-mph zone at about 3 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Kraus pulled the vehicle over, police said. The driver, 32-year-old Sianipar Halashon, had the smell of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, police said.
Halashon failed Kraus' field sobriety tests, police said. He was arrested and taken to the Hopatcong police department, where he gave breath samples, police said.
Halashon was charged with driving while intoxicated and released to a friend, police said.
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