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New Jersey Mother DUI Arrest with Child in Car

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A New Jersey woman faces charges of driving under the influence of drugs, child endangerment and reckless driving after she ran a red light and weaved onto the wrong side of the road, according to this news report in The Intelligencer. Police say 24-year-old Laura A. Krimmel was high on heroin and other drugs while having her 4-year-old daughter in the vehicle at the time. A witness apparently told police that Krimmel's vehicle drifted twice into oncoming traffic lanes in Upper Moreland. When an officer approached, he saw Krimmel at the wheel, blood covering her hand and gearshift, and an orange needle top on the seat between her legs, the news report said. Krimmel was also slurring and unable to stand. Officers also collected plastic packets containing heroin from Krimmel's vehicle...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).