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Joseph P. Parisi, 50, was intoxicated when he tried to pass another driver that was turning left into the Mansfield Motel on Route 57 and sideswiped the vehicle shortly before 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, township police said.
The other driver, Tracy L. Redell, 50, of Phillipsburg, was found to be under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, and both drivers had suspended licenses during the crash, authorities said.
During questioning, Redell’s passenger, Stephanie Sankowich, 33, of Phillipsburg, gave officers a fake name and had heroin in her possession, authorities said.
She was also wanted on a no-bail warrant out of the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities said.
Parisi, of Mansfield Township, was arrested and charged with DWI, providing a false name, reckless driving, careless driving, driving with a suspended license, driving a vehicle without a required interlock device and failure to produce documents.
He was released to a responsible adult pending a court appearance.
Redell was charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license and released to a responsible adult pending a court appearance.
Sankowich was charged with hindering apprehension for providing a false name and possession of heroin, authorities said. She was lodged in the Warren County Jail on the outstanding warrant.
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