Crime & Safety
Officer Busted For DWI After Monmouth County Police Chase: Cops
The police officer, a Monmouth County resident, was charged with driving while intoxicated, according to authorities.
A 50-year-old cop has been charged with driving while intoxicated after leading police on a chase and then running out of gas, the State Police told Patch on Monday.
Michael Dillon of Neptune was charged after he was pulled over on Interstate 195 in Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County on Friday morning, according to police.
The chase began around 2:30 a.m. in Hamilton Township and ended at milepost 8.8 in Upper Freehold when Dillon's car ran out of gas, police said.
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Ashley Manz, a Jersey City spokeswoman, also confirmed that Dillon was arrested and that he was suspended without pay.
A law enforcement source told The Jersey Journal that Dillon, a Jersey City police lieutenant, had been at a police holiday party Thursday night and is suspected of driving drunk afterward.
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