Drunken Teen Crashed Car, Tried Fighting Cops, Police Say
Hopatcong resident fled the scene after smashing into a telephone pole, police report.
A Hopatcong teen crashed into a telephone pole, left the scene, and subsequently tried fighting police before being arrested, Hopatcong Lt. Thomas Kmetz said.
Patrol responded to the area of Broadway and Brown Trail at noon Monday where a vehicle hit a telephone pole and left the scene, Kmetz said. Officer Gerald Mancuso found a piece of a bumper and a front headlight at the scene, Kmetz said.
Mancuso patrolled back roads for an hour before finding a match of the vehicle on Tulsa Trail, Kmetz said. Mancuso began speaking with the homeowner, who said his son, Joshua Alfaro, 19, had the vehicle out earlier that day, Kmetz said.
Mancuso then tried speaking with Joshua Alfaro, but the teen was highly intoxicated and could not talk to the officer, at which time the officer left to complete the investigation, Kmetz said.
Three hours later, patrol was called to respond to the Alfaro home for a complaint of a disturbance, Kmetz said. When police arrived, they saw Joshua Alfaro had an injury to his hand, Kmetz said.
While patrols tried speaking with the teen, he took his watch off and wrapped it around his wrist to use in the manner of brass knuckles, and then stood in a fighting stance, Kmetz said.
Sgt. Joseph Magrini then took Alfaro to the ground, and he refused to give his hands to police for arresting, Kmetz said. He was finally subdued and taken to headquarters, where he was held until the “effects of alcohol lessened,” Kmetz said.
Alfaro was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, careless driving, hindering and resisting arrest.
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Jarhead
12:14 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Hopefully they did the Mexican hat dance on him before transporting him to headquarters.
S. Murray
12:16 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
What did the parent think? Did he think it was OK for a 19 year old to be driving drunk? GET REAL!
Observer
5:38 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
If someone had just given him a hug that morning, this all wouldn't have happened. "Book 'em Danno!"
jenny
9:29 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
really, a hug - get real. Maybe some parenting would have helped
jazzman
8:25 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
they might have asked him or his parent if he drank anything at home or after the accident,then doing some simple calculations with alcohol absorbtion rate charged him with drive while intoxicated....not having any injuries at the scene i can understand why they didnt breathlizer him but they could have and should have regardless, even a refusal would have been good.3hrs later and still wants to go toe to toe with officers sounds like he was a point.zero 3 to me.Thats really drunk being almost 4 times the legal at the time of the accident.A almost excellent investigation that needs to be kept open only because of his access to vehicles.with special attention to his neighbors in the areas of 200-300 block of Tulsal Trail
My opinion
8:45 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Didn't this kid get in trouble not to long ago?
Jim Copeland
8:52 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
These things used to happen to me all of the time, then I stopped doing speedballs.
J Ant
12:41 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
They can not charge this kid with DUI because he was not in the car when the cops found him. If the cop charged him with this he would lose in court. I don't see how we can talk about the parents when the media didn't go into details regarding what the parents said or felt. Also it don't matter if you are the best of parents kids still do things they should not be doing no matter how much a parent is involved.
jazzman
2:51 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
If so,... that would mean that IF found outside your vehicle law inforcement would not be able to charge you with any driving offense including DUI ....the fact is once you leave your vehicle it becomes a criminal investigation if injuries are involved and not the simple motor vehicle violation.believe me if he had hit someone with that car they would and could have charged him with DUI and criminal charges also
Hopatcongiscool
6:12 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
@jenny he is 19 . An adult and he should be able to take responsibility of these things . You do know that mommy and daddy won't always be around and be watching him . I'm sure his parents are surprised by his actions but when u are intoxicated like this you don't realize what you are doing and once he woke up from all this he probably didn't realize the damage he has done . This is a lesson to many teenagers and adults that when you drink , be cautious of ur actions because he was lucky that it wasn't a little kid and just a flag pole !
Mike
7:55 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
His teachers obviously are at fault, even if he graduated last year. Union thugs!
fatjoe
11:49 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Agreed mike
james
2:56 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Union thugs!!! Hahaha you idiot ! Stick to the topic clown