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21-Year-Old Morris County Woman Struck Parked Car While Drunk: Police

A 21-year-old Morris County woman was arrested and charged after she struck a parked car while drunk on the early morning of Sunday, April 21, police said.

Mount Olive Police

Mount Olive Police

Photo Credit: Budd Lake First Aid and Rescue Squad-Station 27 via Facebook

At 3:29 a.m., Mount Olive police responded to Center Street for a car crash, officers said. Police located a Nissan Sentra that had struck a parked vehicle and was now in the roadway, officers said.

As officers spoke with the driver, Kelsey Chaplin, a Budd Lake resident, the odor of alcohol was detected and she appeared to be impaired, police said. After conducting field sobriety testing, Chaplin was arrested.

Chaplin was charged with DWI and reckless driving, police said. She was released to a sober driver pending a court hearing, police said.

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