DWI charge for Washington Township man in Ridgewood Mercedes crash

ONLY ON CVP: A Washington Township man was drunk when he backed his Mercedes Benz sedan into a supermarket retaining wall yesterday, Ridgewood police said.

Photo Credit: *CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

10/28/2014 6:43 p.m.

Gerald Kent, 43, was also charged with reckless driving and having an open container of alcohol in the car.

Kent wasn’t injured when he backed the vehicle into a retaining wall in front of the Kings Supermarket on North Maple Avenue around 4:15 p.m.

He was taken away in handcuffs while a tow truck removed the Mercedes, slowing traffic in both directions.

STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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