Paulsboro mayor pleads guilty to drunken driving charge, NJ cops say
A southern New Jersey mayor has pleaded guilty a drunken driving charge, blaming alcohol and medication for impairing him last year.
Paulsboro Mayor W. Jeffery Hamilton apologized after his guilty plea Wednesday, telling reporters outside a Salem County courthouse that he made a mistake and wants to move on.
Police pulled Hamilton over in the early morning hours of Dec. 20 after a woman reported a car swerving nearby. He was arrested after sobriety and breath tests.
His attorney, Charles Block, says Hamilton was on several medications that exacerbated the effects of alcohol on him.
A judge suspended Hamilton's license for three months and ordered him to complete a mandatory educational program as part of his sentence.
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Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
