The Hightstown Police Department has announced that they have arrested and charged the Robbinsville School Board President with driving under the influence as well as several other ancillary charges. According to the details that have been released at this point, the Defendant was pulled over in Hightstown around 8:30 Sunday evening for an alleged motor vehicle infraction. The incident took place in the vicinity of Hightstown High School. It has yet to be reported but it is presumed that once the Defendant was pulled over at some point in time he was removed from his vehicle in order to perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, also known as SFST’s the legal profession. These test are used in an effort to gage whether the officers have enough probable cause in order to arrest the suspect and request that they submit a breath sample.
Based on the reports so far, the Defendant was placed under arrest and transported back to the Hightstown Police Department so that further tests could be conducted. While back at the police station the Defendant refused to submit a breath sample and as such he was formally charged with refusal to submit to a breath sample, driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated in a school zone as well as several other ancillary motor vehicle violations. Pursuant to John’s Law, the Defendant was released into the custody of a sober driver. He was released on a summons with a notice to appear in the Hightstown Municipal Court in the future to answer for the charges.
Provided this is the Defendant’s first DWI offense, he will be facing a mandatory minimum of a one year loss of license on the DUI in a school zone charge, a mandatory three month loss of license on the DUI charge (since their was no readings) and a mandatory seven to twelve month loss of license on the refusal to submit to a breath sample charge. As you can tell, these are all very serious charges and should not be taken lightly. For more information the potential penalties and how to fight Hightstown DUI charges please click the link.
DWI Lawyers in Hightstown NJ
If you or a loved one has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, assault by auto, death by auto or endangering the welfare of a child as a result of a DWI charge in Mercer County, it is crucial that you speak to a lawyer as soon as possible about your options. If you would like to speak to one of our Mercer County criminal defense lawyers today then please contact us at 609-789-0779. We can go over the specific facts of your case and we will give you our honest feedback on how we think we can be of assistance. Our attorneys serve all of Mercer County including Hightstown, Robbinsville, Hamilton, Trenton, Lawrence, Ewing, West Windsor and Princeton.
