DWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police said they found a West New York man drunk and asleep in his car, with two wheels on the sidewalk and the lights on, in the middle of the night.

Jerry DeMarco

11/21/2013 2:42 p.m.

Officer David Tortora spotted the gray, four-door Chevy on Elm Street around 2:10 a.m. Saturday.

After waking the driver – identified as 40-year-old Jose Suazo-Ciprian of West New York — the officer detected alcohol on his breath, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said.

Suazo-Ciprian failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody, Madalone said. He then gave two breath samples, she said.

Police issued him a summonses before releasing Suazo-Ciprian to his son. A Dec. 12 Municipal Court date was set.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGENFIELD PD

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